2026-05-09

Robert Fripp, Sorcerer of Sound


Robert Fripp has been ripping the guitar apart and putting it all back together wrong for almost 60 years. He never got the memo that "progressive rock" is just a label, that it's not actually supposed to progress... 



No one explained to Fripp that prog bands can't have the energy and aggression of a punk band. 


No one ever told Fripp that little professor-looking chaps aren't supposed to play with gut-ripping emotion. 


No one informed Fripp that prog-rock guitar heroes weren't supposed to play with New Wave weirdoes like Blondie or the Talking Heads, or get pop stars like Daryl Hall to holler like Johnny Rotten. 

Quite the obstinate character, that Fripp.

In late y2k, I saw the man doing his solo electronic Frippertronics guitar work in the old Winter Gardens at the World Financial Center. It became obvious seeing him that night that the man is a sorcerer of sound, unleashing huge sheets and torrents of pure emotion throughout the place, that almost became an entity unto itself. It was fascinating to see all of these stock broker types glued to their seats, all misty eyed.

How all that would change, just nine months later...


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