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Happy Birthday Bill

Posted by Sid Smith
17 May 2021

Bill Bruford is celebrating his 72nd birthday today. Since retiring from performance and recording in 2009, Bill has gained a Ph.D., published an acclaimed biography, a weighty academic treatise on creativity, and been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. By way of a celebration, here's a small selection of Bill's contributions to King Crimson. . .

Click here to read Anil Prasad's interview with Bill

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DGM HISTORY

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

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2020s

The next step is Discipline

The 1980s see a very different King Crimson incarnation originally touring under the name Discipline . The presence of Adrian Belew meant that Robert Fripp was working for the first time with another guitarist. This incarnation of Fripp, Belew, Bruford and Levin becomes the first one to record successive studio albums with the same lineup.