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“I would call our approach organized chaos, but it drove Allan Holdsworth up the wall”: John Wetton has been the bass force behind a peak-period King Crimson lineup and two prog rock supergroups

A veteran of one of King Crimson’s classic lineups, John Wetton’s amazing career took him through a host of British prog bands

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New 10-disc John Wetton live box set on the way

Concentus: The John Wetton Live Collection, Volume I will be released in November

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“Even with tensions rife, this music showcases the breathtaking musical telepathy they’d developed”: The best King Crimson songs of the 1970s

They were only around for half of the decade before splitting – but left an indelible mark with six albums of bold, visionary work

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“He got all these twists and turns that I thought only John Wetton was capable of”: How Geoff Downes assembled his new Asia line-up

US tour with Focus, Martin Turner and Curved Air presents possibility of completing songs left unfinished after original singer’s death

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New John Wetton auction to raise money for cancer charity takes place in July

Signed guitar and Asia and Wetton memorabilia galore in new charity John Wetton auction

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Things are hotting up in the Worcestershire kitchen of Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp

Robert Fripp and Toyah's Sunday Lunch returns with a blast through the Stooges' Search And Destroy

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"John Wetton would have endorsed this tour as he wanted the music to live on." Wetton's widow "thrilled" with new Asia line-up

The new-look Asia line-up take their Heat of The Moment tour to North America in July

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“I’m 16 and they were my heroes… They started to laugh because I was also playing the echo parts. I didn’t know they were a special effect”: Obsessive attention to detail was always Eddie Jobson’s superpower

From a backstage performance for Curved Air to being dragged onstage by Frank Zappa and out-complicating King Crimson, the UK violinist has managed to ignore distractions from making music

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New-look Asia announce Heat of The Moment US tour

Geoff Downes joined by John Mitchell, Virgil Donati and Harry Whitley in new Asia line-up

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“We didn’t go ‘That’s your job’ – we’d say ‘Why don’t you have a go?’ I can remember playing solos on Stylophone… In some places it was like 'the Martians have landed!‘” How Family made Bandstand, and where it took them

With a pre-King Crimson John Wetton on bass and a clutch of idiosyncratic songs with busy arrangements, the 1972 release cemented Roger Chapman and co’s position as one of the most influential bands of the era

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“The priorities of the first Asia were to make it a success. Yet when we had it, we were so stupid it was unbelievable:” How the supergroup admitted mistakes and worked them out via their patchy Phoenix album

It was the first studio project featuring all four original members since their gradual disintegration in the 80s. And even if it wasn’t their best work, it was an essential element in moving forward

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“We were really screwing with the system, removing applause from live tracks to sound like studio tracks – the exact opposite of what people do today”: How King Crimson made stealth live album Starless And Bible Black

King Crimson’s 1974 ”excruciating, teeth-pullingly difficult” album Starless And Bible Black sowed the seeds of their looming breakup

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“Neoclassical metal wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t heard Selling England By The Pound”: Genesis’ Tony Banks is Yngwie Malmsteen’s prog hero

Swedish guitar virtuoso hails keyboardist’s Bach-style playing (and he also has soft spots for ELP, Kansas and UK)

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“You pick five interesting guys, lock them in a room together… and if they make an album without actually killing each other first, it will at least be an interesting album”: How King Crimson made Larks’ Tongues in Aspic

The 1973 release steered a new line-up into uncharted waters, resulting in a work that could only have been made by a band who were “prepared to jump off the cliff”

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"My man management skills are very poor, but the music that gets made is usually worth it": The story of John Kalodner, the man who made rock stars

He signed Foreigner. He helped Whitesnake go global. Aerosmith owe him. He is music biz A&R legend-cum-rockstarmaker John Kalodner

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The 20 greatest rock supergroups ever

From Cream and ELP to Temple Of The Dog and Velvet Revolver, these are history’s greatest supergroups

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"Keith had so much criticism after that 3 album. He was susceptible to that kind of thing." Robert Berry on his work and relationship with Keith Emerson

Three years after the release of The Rules Have Changed, Robert Berry revisited the music he made with Keith Emerson for a brand new recording, Third Impression

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“If there’s a message it’s live every day as if it’s your last. I went through a very sticky patch… The freedom of not being enslaved by addiction is marvellous”: John Wetton’s return from the darkness

With Asia on the rocks and a scuppered solo deal, the singer found himself struggling with alcohol in the 90s - before he finally earned himself a reprieve

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"I’ve been using Vigier guitars since 1997. One of their reps had me try them, but I didn’t want to – I’d been playing my own awful, homemade, Swiss cheese guitars!" Failed luthier Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal is busier than ever, but success isn't on his mind

The former Guns N’ Roses man discusses giving up constructing his own instruments, learning how to sing like a bassist while playing like a guitarist for Asia, and the upcoming Art of Anarchy record

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I was pretty much ordered to go and play with Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes and John Wetton. I was told that if I didn’t, I’d be dropped”: Trevor Rabin’s challenging road to Yes

From a dalliance with NWOBHM and Asia to sudden career jumps across the ocean, he’s always been far more interesting and varied than many realise

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Bruford's One Of A Kind to get vinyl reissue

Bill Bruford's 1979 album with Bruford, One Of A Kind, to be released on vinyl in November

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“There’s a tendency for people to cherry-pick tracks or create playlists… we prefer our music to be listened to from the opening track to the final notes”: Downes Braide Association on the album as art form

Geoff Downes and Chris Braide argue the case for storytelling, collaborating, and carrying on the legacies of John Wetton, Greg Lake, Chris Squire and Keith Emerson

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"It blurred all the boundaries of my musical vocabulary." - John Wetton on Surf's Up

Back in issue 48, we polled readers and musicians on their favourite prog albums. This was John Wetton's...

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Bill Bruford surprises fans with live performance at John Wetton Tribute show

Bruford appeared alongside Roger Chapman, Rick Wakeman, Annie Haslam, Steve Hackett and more

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John Wetton: An Extraordinary Life tribute concert - important information!

Exclusive John Wetton Memorial Concert will take place at Trading Boundaries this evening at 6.30pm

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