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Adrian Belew in concert, November 2006.

Adrian Belew (born December 23, 1949 as Robert Steven Belew, Covington, Kentucky) is an American guitarist and vocalist (and sometimes drummer, pianist and bass player), perhaps best known for his work as a member of the progressive rock group King Crimson, which he first joined in 1981. He has also released a number of solo albums for Island Records and Atlantic Records, and has worked with many other musicians. He was nominated for a Grammy in 2005, for his single, "Beat Box Guitar", which was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1365x2048, 507 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Adrian Belew Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1365x2048, 507 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Adrian Belew Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Downtown Covington has many wooded streets and historic buildings Covington is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... A drummer in Action A drummer is a person who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... Pianist Claudio Arrau, Carnegie Hall, 1954. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... King Crimson are an influential English musical group founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Island Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group and is operated through The Island Def Jam Music Group. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance has been awarded since 1980. ...

In addition, Belew is well-regarded for his contributions, particularly on guitar, to various other artists' recordings. In 1977, he performed with Frank Zappa, appearing in Zappa's 1979 concert film Baby Snakes, as well as Zappa's controversial album Sheik Yerbouti. In addition to playing lead guitar on David Bowie's 1979 album, Lodger, he also supported him on his Stage world tour in 1978 and the Sound + Vision world tour in 1990 as musical director, playing guitar and singing backing vocals. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, film director, and satirist. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... i went a free film from you to wacth ... Baby Snakes is the live soundtrack to the 1979 Frank Zappa movie of the same name. ... Sheik Yerbouti is a double vinyl live album by Frank Zappa featuring material recorded in 1977 and 1978, released on March 3, 1979 (see 1979 in music) and re-issued on May 9, 1995 (see 1995 in music). ... David Bowie (David Robert Jones 8 January 1947) is an English Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ... Lodger is a 1979 album by David Bowie. ...

Belew's other session credits include the 1980 album Remain in Light by the Talking Heads, Lights Out by Peter Wolf, Earth Moving by Mike Oldfield and Paul Simon's landmark 1986 album Graceland. He worked with Laurie Anderson during the mid-1980s, appearing in her concert film Home of the Brave. He also worked with the Tom Tom Club on their first album in 1981. He also contributed to an Ryuichi Sakamoto album called Lefthanded dream in 1981 'together with Robin Scott ("M").During the 1990s, he contributed to two Nine Inch Nails albums, The Downward Spiral and The Fragile. He played synthesized guitar on the song "God Shuffled His Feet" by Crash Test Dummies in 1993. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Remain in Light is an album by Talking Heads, released on October 8, 1980 (see 1980 in music). ... Talking Heads was an American rock band existing between 1974 and 1991, composed of David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, and Jerry Harrison. ... Peter Wolf (born Peter Blankfield on March 7, 1946) is an American rock and roll musician, best known as the lead vocalist for the J. Geils Band from 1967 to 1982. ... Earth Moving is a record album, written by Mike Oldfield. ... Michael Gordon Oldfield (born May 15, 1953 in Reading, England) is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music and more recently dance. ... Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, half of the folk-singing duo Simon and Garfunkel who continues a successful solo career. ... Graceland is an album released in 1986 by Paul Simon. ... Laurie Anderson (born Laura Phillips Anderson, on June 5, 1947, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois) is an American experimental performance artist and musician. ... Home of the Brave is a phrase used in the refrain of The Star Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States. ... Tom Tom Club was a New Wave band, a side project set up by Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz who were also members of the Talking Heads. ... “NIN” redirects here. ... The Downward Spiral (also known as Halo 8) is an LP by Nine Inch Nails, released in 1994. ... The Fragile (also known as Halo 14) is a double album by Nine Inch Nails released in 1999. ... For the mannequins, see Crash test dummy. ...

In the late-1980s, Belew formed the pop band The Bears with ex-Raisins members and released two albums, The Bears and Rise and Shine. A third album, Car Caught Fire, followed in 2001. The back cover photo of the Car Caught Fire CD booklet (left to right: Belew, Arduser, Nyswonger, Fetters). ...

He is featured prominently on Tori Amos's 2001 cover album, Strange Little Girls. He also contributed his lead guitar stylings to Porcupine Tree's album, Deadwing (2005) as well as to a track ("I Can't Get Behind That", also featuring Henry Rollins) on the 2004 Ben Folds-produced William Shatner album Has Been. Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. ... Strange Little Girls was a concept album released by singer and songwriter Tori Amos in the year 2001. ... Porcupine Tree is an English progressive rock band formed in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England by Steven Wilson. ... Deadwing is the eighth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in March 28, 2005. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield[1]) is an American Grammy Award-winning alternative rock singer and songwriter, spoken word artist, book author (prose and poetry), radio and TV personality, occasional movie actor, comedian, and voice-over artist. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Benjamin Scott Folds (born September 12, 1966, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American singer-songwriter and the former frontman of the musical group Ben Folds Five. ... William Bill Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian actor, who gained fame for his starring role as Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the television show Star Trek from 1966 to 1969 and in seven of the subsequent movies. ... Has-been A has-been is somebody who used to be famous or popular, but their career/reputation has gone down since that time. ...

He even appeared in a series of Japanese advertisements promoting the mechanic company Daikin in which he emulated animal noises with his electric guitar and appeared as the conductor, conducting a symphony in which all the members were himself playing guitar. Daikin Industries is a mayor Japan-based manufacturer of air conditioning systems. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ...

Belew's vocals are known for their distinct, sometimes manic feel - his singing voice is often compared to that of Talking Heads singer David Byrne. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he played on one Talking Heads album and toured with them in 1980 before being invited to join King Crimson. David Byrne (born May 14, 1952 in Dumbarton, Scotland) is a musician best known as a founding member and the principal songwriter of the New Wave band Talking Heads. ...

2006

In April/May 2006, Adrian toured Australia with local musicians Al Slavik (bass guitar, stick and vocals) and John Prior from Matt Finish (drums). At the Corner Hotel in Melbourne, he was filmed crowd surfing at the end of the show. Matt Finish at the Tivoli, 1984 Matt Finish, an Australian guitar-based rock band, was formed in the late seventies. ... The Corner Hotel in Richmond, Victoria is one of Melbournes most popular and respected medium-sized rock venues. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Adrian is currently touring the U.S. with his latest band, The Adrian Belew Power Trio, which is rounded out by former Paul Green School of Rock students Eric Slick (19) on drums and Julie Slick (20) on bass. In August of 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia he performed on The Acoustic Planet Tour with Bela Fleck & The Flecktones and Umphrey's McGee, and the trio are currently recording Side Four, a live album compiled from their recent and upcoming tours. The Paul Green School of Rock is a rock music program, first established in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1998, by Paul Green. ... Bass drum made from wood rope and cowskin A drum is a musical instrument in the percussion group, technically classified as a membranophone. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... Nickname: Hotlanta, The Big Peach, The ATL, A-Town Location in Fulton and DeKalb Counties in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia Counties Fulton, DeKalb Government  - Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area  - City  132. ... Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is a primarily instrumental group that draws equally on bluegrass, fusion and jazz band, sometimes dubbed blue_bop. ... Umphreys McGee is a progressive rock / jam band from South Bend, Indiana whose music is often referred to as progressive improvisation. ...

Discography

• Lone Rhino (1982)
• Twang Bar King (1983)
• Desire Caught By the Tail (1986)
• Mr. Music Head (1989)
• Young Lions (1990)
• Desire of the Rhino King (1991)
• Inner Revolution (1992)
• Here (1994)
• The Guitar as Orchestra: Experimental Guitar Series, Vol. 1 (1995)
• Acoustic Adrian Belew (1995)
• Op Zop Too Wah (1997)
• Belew Prints: The Acoustic Adrian Belew, Vol. 2 (1998)
• Salad Days (1998)
• Coming Attractions (2000)
• Raven Songs 101 (2004, with Kevin Max)
• Side One (2005)
• Side Two (2005)
• Side Three (2006)

Mr. ... Young Lions is the second album on Atlantic Records by Adrian Belew, released in May 1990. ... Inner Revolution is a 1992 album by Adrian Belew. ... Here is an album by the artist Adrian Belew, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). ... Raven Songs 101 is a Poetry/Spoken Word collaboration by Kevin Max and Adrian Belew. ... Kevin Max (born August 17, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and poet. ... Side One is a 2005 album by Adrian Belew featuring Les Claypool (from Primus), and Danny Carey (from Tool) on tracks 1, 2 and 3. ... Side Two is a 2005 album by Adrian Belew. ... Side Three is a 2006 album by Adrian Belew. ...

Singles

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The Modern Rock Tracks chart is a music chart that has appeared in Billboard magazine since the early 1980s. ... The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock stations, which are counted in the Modern Rock Tracks chart. ... See also: 1989 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1989 Record labels established in 1989 other events of 1989 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 7 - Genesis 88 and Sunrise/Back to the Future stage large-scale illegal Acid House party in London January 14 - Paul... Mr. ... See also: 1989 in music, 1990 in British music, other events of 1990, 1991 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // January 21 - MTVs Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical guest, Squeeze February 6 - Billy Idol is involved in a serious motorcycle accident... David Bowie (David Robert Jones 8 January 1947) is an English Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ... Young Lions is the second album on Atlantic Records by Adrian Belew, released in May 1990. ... See also: 1989 in music, 1990 in British music, other events of 1990, 1991 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // January 21 - MTVs Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical guest, Squeeze February 6 - Billy Idol is involved in a serious motorcycle accident... Young Lions is the second album on Atlantic Records by Adrian Belew, released in May 1990. ...

External links

• Adrian Belew - official site
• Adrian Belew interview at Modern Guitars Magazine (2006)
• Adrian Belew Radio Interview With Chris Comer & Rob Ervin February 20, 2007]