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Adrian Belew

real name Robert Steven Belew

Covington, United States · b. 1949-12-23

Adrian Belew is credited on 1,513 releases across 355 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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Born Robert Steven Belew on December 23rd 1949 in Covington, Kentucky, USA. Colonel Adrian Belew is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and producer who has released 25 solo albums, and has worked alongside some of the most ground breaking artists of the past 30 years, including David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Talking Heads, Paul Simon, Laurie Anderson and Nine Inch Nails, plus many more. From 1981 to 2008 Belew was the singer, and guitarist in art-rock giant King Crimson. Known for pushing the sonic boundaries of guitar, Belew is sometimes referred to as a stunt guitarist) - with much of Belew's music mixing pop song writing with complex time signatures, witty lyrics, wild sounds, and a technical mastery of his instrument. In the early 2020s Belew and former Talking Heads member Jerry Harrison started a live tour tribute to Remain In Light, performing the iconic 1980 record. Married.

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