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<<I think the key is that he "did" expose them. as in Past Tense. That was decades ago. Everybody who was going to be influenced by that already was. New people today are not getting interested in looping because of Fripp or Eno.>> Again, I have to argue your point. First of all, I first heard of Fripp and Eno (and the various musical projects they've been involved in over the years) back around 84 or so. I read about Adrian Belew in the January 84 issue of Guitar Player. I had heard of King Crimson prior to this (largely because I knew that Greg Lake and John Wetton both had been in the group...at the time, I knew of Lake and Wetton primarily via their connection with Asia) but really didn't know their music. I saw the Sleepless video and a King Crimson concert on MTV, and was immediately taken by the band. Subsequently, I read about Frippertronics in various music magazines. The idea of looping immediately grabbed my attention. It wasn't long after this that I acquired Fripp's Let The Power Fall (I wish I still had it, I don't think I've ever seen it on CD) and Under Heavy Manners/God Save The Queen. I also have several of the Soundscapes performances. Point being: not everyone who is influenced by Fripp heard his music "decades ago", and in fact, most of the really big influence he has on my playing really only during the 90's, when I got some of the live Crimson recordings from the 71-74 era lineups. It was then that I first heard the classic Fripp "laser beam" fuzztone lead sound that really had a big impact on me. Also, you seem to insinuate that young people don't listen to progressive rock or "classic" rock performers. This simply isn't true. While it's admittedly not as popular with the younger crowd as it was in 1973, I still see plenty of young people at prog concerts I've attended over the last few years. This summer, at NEARfest (that's the North East Art Rock Festival, held in Trenton, NJ back in June), I met a family who had a young girl who was about 8 or so. I was curious to know if she was "dragged" to the show by her parents or if she was genuinely into this kind of music. Turns out it was the latter, and that in fact, when she heard that Hackett was going to be at NEARfest, it was SHE who wanted to go. And I see lots of teenagers at various shows. So, I'm sure there's still 18 year old guitarists, drummers and whatever who are hearing records like No Pussyfooting, or Fripp's Soundscapes records or whatever, and having their ideas of what can be done with music be re-arranged. ===== May you never thirst! The Scuba Diver Presently Known As Chris "What do you get when you give a yo-yo to a flock of flamingos?"-James Earl Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com