Robert Fripp is an English musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has also worked extensively as a session musician and collaborator, notably with David Bowie, Blondie, Brian Eno, and David Sylvian. He has also contributed sounds to the Windows Vista operating system. His discography includes contributions to over 700 official releases.
Toyah Ann Willcox is a four times Brit Award nominated English musician, singer, songwriter, actress, producer, author and storyteller. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Willcox has had 8 Top 40 singles, released over 20 albums, written two books, appeared in over 40 stage plays and 10 feature films, and voiced and presented numerous television shows.
William Frederick Rieflin was an American musician. Rieflin came to prominence in the 1990s mainly for his work as a drummer with groups such as Ministry, the Revolting Cocks, Lard, KMFDM, Pigface, Swans, Chris Connelly, and Nine Inch Nails. He worked regularly with R.E.M. following the retirement of Bill Berry in 1997. He was a member of King Crimson from 2013 until his death in 2020.
Trey Gunn is an American musician, known for his membership in progressive rock band King Crimson from 1994 to 2003, playing Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick.
Toyah was an English new wave band fronted by Toyah Willcox between 1977 and 1983. The only other consistent band member throughout this period was Joel Bogen, Willcox's principal co-writer and guitarist.
Soundtracks is a collection of soundtrack pieces from the films Quicksilver and Lorca and the Outlaws with music composed by Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks.
The Changeling is a 1982 album by Toyah. Released in June 1982, the album peaked at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Silver in 1982 for selling more than 60,000 copies in the UK. It included the Top 30 single "Brave New World".
Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! is a live album recorded by Toyah on 17 June 1980 at the Lafayette Club in Wolverhampton. The concert was also filmed by ATV as part of a TV documentary about the band and its eponymous singer. The album reached No. 22 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Silver in 1981 for selling more than 60,000 copies.
Desire is the second studio album released by Toyah Willcox as a solo artist.
Leap! and Take the Leap! are the names for Toyah Willcox's project subsequent to Ophelia's Shadow. It consists of six new tracks, either previously unrecorded or written for the new album, and eight older tracks re-recorded with her new band.
"Ieya" is the fourth UK single from the post-punk band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, and was released in 1980. It was later re-recorded and re-issued in 1982.
Looking Back was Toyah Willcox's seventh solo album, and, like Take The Leap! before it, contained re-recordings of classic Toyah tracks. The album was an 'electric' accompaniment to The Acoustic Album, released the same year.
The Humans are a rock band featuring singer Toyah Willcox, former REM drummer Bill Rieflin and musician Chris Wong. The band have released three studio albums, We Are The Humans, Sugar Rush and Strange Tales, and have performed live in the UK, Estonia and the USA.
This Fragile Moment is an album in Toyah Willcox's discography that comprises experimental songs derived largely from live-in-the-studio group improvisations. The other musicians are Chris Wong of Toyah's other band The Humans, producer & touch guitarist Markus Reuter, plus the Estonian duo Fragile: Arvo Urb (drums) and Robert Jürjendal (guitar).It was conceived and recorded in Tallinn, Estonia during the summer of 2009.
In the Court of the Crimson Queen is the fifteenth studio album by British singer Toyah Willcox. It was released on 15 September 2008 by Willow Recordings Ltd. The album title was suggested by producer/co-author Simon Darlow and was endorsed by King Crimson mainstay and Toyah's husband Robert Fripp. "At last my husband's done something for my career!", Willcox commented. The album was reissued on CD and vinyl in April 2019 by Edsel records. It featured 5 additional tracks, including 'Dance In The Hurricane'. The album charted at #74 in the Official UK album charts as well as peaking at #22 in the UK sales charts and #7 in the independent album chart.
Sugar Rush is a 2011 studio album by The Humans. It is the second album by avant-garde rock singer Toyah Willcox and bassists Bill Rieflin and Chris Wong, a trio formed in 2007. The music is augmented in the studio with other instruments, notably the guitar of guest Robert Fripp of King Crimson, who appears on every track of Sugar Rush. Igor Abuladze joined The Humans on their US and UK tour in 2011 in support of the album.
21st Century Supersister is the 25th single release by the British rock singer Toyah Willcox. Written by Toyah and collaborator Simon Darlow, it was featured in the 2011 film "The Power of Three" in which Willcox starred. The song was originally recorded for the 2008 album In The Court Of The Crimson Queen and was subsequently re-worked with new lyrics in 2011. Its original version was included as the b-side of the single and was added to the album for its 2013 reissue.
Strange Tales is a 2014 studio album by The Humans. It is the third full-length release by the experimental band formed by singer Toyah Willcox, former REM drummer Bill Rieflin and musician Chris Wong. The album was released on 1 March 2014 via Willcox's Vertical Species label.
Live at the Orpheum is a live album by the band King Crimson, released by Discipline Global Mobile records in 2015. The album was recorded on 30 September and 1 October at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California on the band's The Elements of King Crimson US tour of 2014.
Meltdown: Live in Mexico City is a Blu-ray and triple-disc CD live album by the English progressive rock band King Crimson. Recorded over five nights in July 2017, Meltdown was released on 20 October 2018 and was produced by Bill Rieflin from multitrack recordings. The release was announced in August 2018 and was preceded by streaming of the track "Indiscipline" on 4 October.
