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Gavin Harrison of The Pineapple Thief performs at Alcatraz on March 07, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images)
Gavin Harrison on juggling King Crimson, Porcupine Tree and The Pineapple Thief, and the hardest songs to play

By Martin Kielty Published

Drummer explains Robert Fripp’s flexibility to tour scheduling, and reveals why he doesn’t have a favourite among the songs he’s created with Bruce Soord

Interviews
A masked Robert Fripp, and Toyah Willcox dressed as a witch, in their kitchen
Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp launch their most terrifying Sunday Lunch video yet

By Fraser Lewry Published

Is Robert Fripp auditioning for Slipknot?

Bands & Artists
Prog 174 on sale now online image
Steven Wilson bids you welcome to the village on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

By Jerry Ewing Published

Plus Peter Hammill, Rush, Justin Hayward, Michael Giles, The Pineapple Thief, Pure Reason Revolution, Eivør, Arthur Brown, The Tangent, Pallas and loads more

Magazines
Gary Kemp performs in Milan in 2024; and Robert Fripp performs in London in 2023
“I’m slightly afraid of him”: Gary Kemp’s respect and fear for Robert Fripp

By Daryl Easlea Published

Fans of Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets know all about his passion for prog. But Kemp believes the King Crimson icon went deeper into intellectual territory than Pink Floyd did

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Interviews
John Wetton, David Cross, Robert Fripp and Bill Bruford of King Crimson in 1974. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
King Crimson were only around for half of the 70s. Here’s what they did with the time

By Sid Smith Published

10 of the best tracks from In The Wake Of Poseidon, Lizard, Islands, Larks’ Tongues In Aspic, Starless And Bible Black and Red

Tracks & Singles
King Crimson
How King Crimson created Starless, complete with the “death of prog” solo

By Sid Smith Published

One of their most popular and recognised songs was rejected, plundered for its title then became the star of 1974 album Red – after the line-up who’d made it had disintegrated

Tracks & Singles
A photograph of Al Murray holding a Genesis record
Pub Landlord Al Murray didn’t want to be just another punk fan

By Jo Kendall Published

Comedian and drummer’s record collection started with cassettes of Genesis and King Crimson before taking in Tool, Steven Wilson, The Aristocrats and more

Interviews
Robert Fripp and Toyah in their kitchen
Toyah and Robert Fripp unleash sprightly cover of the MC5's incendiary call to arms Kick Out The Jams

By Fraser Lewry Published

Kick Out The Jams ignited punk’s vital spark in 60s Detroit – and now it's set light to Toyah and Robert Fripp's Worcestershire kitchen

Bands & Artists
Adrian Belew
Beat’s Adrian Belew on survival, orchestra music and Frank Zappa

By Sid Smith Published

King Crimson offshoot Beat leader and Bowie, Shatner and Hancock collaborator has long been confident that the future is secure on the road – which pleases him because he loves it

Interviews
Robert Fripp and Toyah
That movie about Toyah and Robert Fripp's Sunday Lunch viral success is still in production

By Fraser Lewry Published

Don't expect the Citizen Kane of kitchen performance videos to arrive any time soon

Bands & Artists
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