Adrian Belew

I have enjoyed all the artists I've worked with.

King Crimson is never easy; it's challenging. That's why I like it.

King Crimson will soon be touring parts of Europe.

I love drums and still play frequently.

I have no secrets; all of these things have been discussed at length in guitar magazines over the years but are far too elaborate to cover in one article.

For example, after developing a sound similar to an elephant trumpeting, I wrote the song Elephant Talk which gave my elephant sound an appropriate place to live.

As you can appreciate over my lifetime I've developed a large vocabulary of sounds each requiring certain physical techniques often combined with a specific effect box.

I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.

Age 10. I joined the school marching band as a drummer.

I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs.

We expect to keep our writing sessions going until late spring, then to play some new material in a few secret club dates. The record will likely take a long time and may not surface until 1999!

Digital for storage and quickness. Analog for fatness and warmth.