Adrian Belew

Adrian Belew at a concert in November 2006

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Lone Rhino   US 82 07/24/1982 (9 weeks) Twang Bar King   US 146 10/01/1983 (7 weeks) Mr. Music Head   US 114 07/22/1989 (11 weeks) Young Lions   US 118 06/02/1990 (11 weeks)

Singles

Oh daddy   US 58 08/05/1989 (8 weeks) Pretty Pink Rose (feat. David Bowie )   UK 89 06/09/1990 (2 weeks)

Robert Steven "Adrian" Belew (born December 23, 1949 in Covington , Kentucky , USA ) is an American guitarist and composer .

Belew is best known for the progressive rock band King Crimson , where he was singer and guitarist from 1981 to 2013. Before that, Belew played with Frank Zappa , Caifanes , Talking Heads and David Bowie, among others . Belew has been a permanent member of The Bears since 1987 . The song Oh Daddy , which he sang as a duet with his daughter Audie, hit the US singles charts in 1989. Belew has worked as a producer or guest musician with Paul Simon , Mike Oldfield , Jean Michel Jarre , Nine Inch Nails , Laurie Anderson - whose hand-painted guitar he sometimes played - and Porcupine Tree , among others .

Music career

Frank Zappa invited Belew to audition in 1977 during his performance as a singer and guitarist in a music club in Nashville. Belew accompanied Zappa up to the end of his USA tour in 1978. Immediately afterwards he was engaged for a concert tour and studio recordings by David Bowie, who met Belew at a concert on this tour. Belew plays guitar on the albums Stage and Lodger . It was through Robert Fripp that Belew met producer Brian Eno , who hired him to play guitar for the Talking Heads album Remain in Light . He can be heard on several tracks on this album on guitar solos and accompanies the Talking Heads on their concert tour.

In 1981, Belew was offered by Robert Fripp to play the second guitar in the succession of his band King Crimson. Although Belew was offered at the same time to take over the lead guitar for the well-known and successful Talking Heads and thus to replace founding member David Byrne , he decided on the new project, which was ultimately continued under the well-known name of King Crimson . Belew became a member in April 1981 and remained so for 32 years, along with all of his other musical projects, until 2013.

In 2017 Belew formed a new band called Gizmodrome with Level 42 bassist Mark King and Police drummer Stewart Copeland .

Discography

Albums

• 1982: Lone Rhino
• 1983: Twang Bar King
• 1986: Desire Caught by the Tail
• 1989: Mr. Music Head
• 1990: Young Lions
• 1992: Inner Revolution
• 1993: The Acoustic Adrian Belew
• 1994: Here
• 1995: Guitar as Orchestra (The Experimental Guitar Series - Volume 1)
• 1996: Op Zop Too Wah
• 1998: Belewprints: The Acoustic Adrian Belew Volume Two
• 1999: Salad Days
• 2003: Raven Songs 101 (with Kevin Max)
• 2004: Side One
• 2005: Side Two
• 2005: Habitat (with Man on Fire)
• 2006: Side Three
• 2008: Side Four (Live)
• 2009: E
• 2011: E for Orchestra
• 2015: Live at Rockpalast

Compilations

• 1991: Desire of the Rhino King
• 1999: Coming Attractions

Singles

• 1982: Big Electric Cat / The Lone Rhinoceros
• 1987: Joan Miro's Procession Through the Insides of a Purple Antelope Across a Sea of ​​Tuna Fish
• 1989: One Glance Is Holy ( Mike Oldfield with Adrian Belew)
• 1989: Oh daddy
• 1990: Pretty Pink Rose (feat. David Bowie )
• 1990: Not Alone Anymore
• 1990: A Little Adrian
• 1994: Never Enough
• 1996: Op Zop Too Wah Radio Sampler (EP)

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1. ↑ Chart sources albums: US1 US2
2. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
3. ↑ Chart sources singles: UK US
4. ↑ Nick Deriso: Adrian Belew's Mr. Music Head was more than 'Oh Daddy': 'Don't think I've played it again'. In: somethingelsereviews.com. April 28, 2015, accessed January 19, 2016 . 
5. ↑ http://www.guitarplayer.com/artists/1013/adrian-belew-on-his-1977-audition-for-frank-zappa/16809
6. ↑ http://www.mtv.com/artists/adrian-belew/biography/
7. ↑ Who is Adrian Belew and why is he on all our '80s records? ( Memento from August 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ http://ultimateclassicrock.com/adrian-belew-reunited-king-crimson/
9. ↑ King Crimson on Allmusic (English)
10. ↑ Gizmodrome at laut.de

Web links

• Official website
• Adrian Belew at Allmusic (English)
• Adrian Belew at Discogs (English)
• Adrian Belew on the baby blue pages
• Nick Deriso: Adrian Belew's Mr. Music Head was more than 'Oh Daddy': 'Don't think I've played it again' , somethingelsereviews.com, April 28, 2015. About the success of the MTV hit "Oh Daddy" . Retrieved October 17, 2015.