Here's a couple of new interviews with a couple of Crims ahead of the UK tour. First up, Jakko talks about joining the group and getting to grips with the repertoire he fell in love with as a kid.
“I was talking to Robert about what we might do and how much of the old material we might try and revise, and Robert said: ‘I was thinking we might do Larks’ Tongues In Aspic, Part One’. And I thought, Oh! Fantastic! But then he said: ‘However, since I adopted the New Standard Tuning’ – which is the new way he tunes his guitar since the 80s – ‘some of the parts are difficult, purely from an ergonomic point of view’ – suddenly notes that were right next to each other are quite a stretch because they’re really far apart – so I remember feeling deflated that we were weren’t going to be doing that number. Followed by him saying ‘But you’re playing in standard tuning and so you can play those parts!’” I remember going: ‘What? Eh? I can’t play that! That’s impossible – what are you talking about?’. But it’s like anything. You practise your arse off until somehow...”.
Tony Levin talks about his career and the need to keep practising. "I do indeed need to practice a lot for the band. And it's very challenging in other ways too. But I like being challenged, I like trying to improve my playing and my sound and feel – so it's a challenging but great situation to be in the band."
King Crimson are the cover artists in the next edition of Prog magazine which goes on sale next week. UK comedian, Al Murray reports from Crimson's gig in Pompeii and there are interviews with Jeremy, Gavin and Jakko.
