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“Think you’re heavy? Listen to this song from 1969!” Ivar Bjørnson’s gateway from metal to prog
By Grant Moon published
Norwegian multi-instrumentalist explains what the genres have in common, buying a synth just to learn one Pink Floyd song, and discovering musical airplane engines via his wife

"He was such an interesting man. A funny combination of intensity and craziness." King Crimson's Jamie Muir remembered...
By Sid Smith published
King Crimson biographer and Prog writer Sid Smith pays tribute to percussionist Jamie Muir, who died this weekend, aged 82

King Crimson percussionist Jamie Muir has died aged 82
By Jerry Ewing published
Jamie Muir, who featured on King Crimson's Lark's Tongues In Aspic before leaving to become a Buddhist monk, has died

Former King Crimson bassist Peter Giles now a gold medal-winning athlete at the age of 80
By Jerry Ewing published
How former Giles, Giles & Fripp and King Crimson bass player Peter Giles became a gold medal-winning athlete

At last! Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have unleashed their inner punk
By Fraser Lewry published
Watch all the action unfold in Worcestershire's rowdiest kitchen

King Crimson fan and Saxon vocalist Biff Byford narrowly missed out on being a prog musician
By Natasha Scharf published
Twists of fate prevented him from following his original ambitions – but his band still use Robert Fripp’s music at sound checks

How King Crimson offshoot BEAT moved from an all-star dream to reality
By Andrew Daly published
When Adrian Belew failed to persuade the 80s line-up to reunite, he had to come up with another way of bringing that decade’s three albums back to life – and he did it

The official film of King Crimson's legendary 1982 Munich show is now free to watch online
By Fraser Lewry published
Watch Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, Adrian Belew and Tony Levin unleash the King Crimson beast
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