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Re: Fripp and the Plex




>I think King Crimson's music serves as a useful bridge between "normal"
>rock music and the wild n' woolly world of experimental and 
>free-improvised
>music for people who are used to more accessible rock, are willing to
>be a little daring, but aren't quite ready yet for, say, Fred Frith,
>Hans Reichel, Derek Bailey, Jim O' Rourke, Dr. Nerve,etc.

well said, Paolo

I remember Fripp saying in an interview or so, that he had to close down
Crimson because it was going *comercial* - this was after "Red" had been
released... %-/

A few years later he reopened with "even more" comercial sound ;-)

I admired it and still do.

Matthias