First Name |
Robert
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Last Name |
Fripp
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Full Name at Birth |
Robert Fripp
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Birthday |
22nd May, 1946
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Birthplace |
Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England
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Height |
5' 7" (170 cm)
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Build |
Average
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Eye Color |
Brown - Light
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Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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Zodiac Sign |
Gemini
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Sexuality |
Straight
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Ethnicity |
White
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Nationality |
British
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Occupation Text |
Musician, Songwriter, Producer
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Occupation |
Guitarist
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Claim to Fame |
King Crimson
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Music Genre (Text) |
Progressive rock, jazz fusion, psychedelic rock, ambient, experimental rock, art rock, hard rock, new wave, heavy metal
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Music Genre |
Pop/Rock, Clinical
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Year(s) Active |
1967–present
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Music Style |
Prog-Rock, Experimental, Art Rock, Post-Rock, Experimental Rock, Alternative/ Indie Rock, Experimental Electronic, Avant-Garde
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Music Mood |
Sophisticated, Complex, Difficult, Uncompromising, Eccentric, Volatile, Cerebral, Refined/Mannered, Elaborate, Atmospheric, Eerie, Elegant, Clinical, Trippy, Confident, Intense, Enigmatic, Indulgent, Meandering, Detached, Austere, Producer
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Instrument |
Guitar, Mellotron, Frippertronics, Keyboards
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Instrument (text) |
Guitar, Mellotron, electric piano, organ, synthesizers, celesta, banjo, keyboards, Frippertronics
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Record Label |
E.G., Polydor, Discipline Global Mobile
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Associated Acts |
King Crimson, Giles, Giles & Fripp, Fripp & Eno, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Blondie, David Sylvian, League of Gentlemen, Van der Graaf Generator, The Roches, G3, Porcupine Tree, Toyah Willcox, The Damned, Talking Heads, Andy Summers, Trey Gunn, Theo Travis, Slow Music Project, Giles, Giles & Fripp
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Official Websites |
http://www.dgmlive.com/
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Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. As a guitarist for the progressive rock band King Crimson, Fripp has been the only member to have played in all of King Crimson's line-ups from their inception in the late 1960s to the present. He has also worked extensively as a studio musician, notably with singer David Bowie on the albums "Heroes" and Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), Brian Eno, David Sylvian and contributed sounds to the Windows Vista operating system. His complete discography lists more than seven hundred releases over four decades.