Adrian Belew

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Poll question: Adrian Belew

[Chan790]

1. Adrian Bel-who?

:shrug:

No idea who he is. He looks like some old 80's hair-rocker who should retire from touring to sell hardware or vacuum cleaners.

[cemaphonic]

2. 80s yes, (mostly) -not a hair-rocker

Played guitar for Zappa, Bowie. King Crimson, Talking Heads and others.

[Chan790]

4. Okay, kickass musicians...

I'll take back the vacuum cleaner salesman crack.

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. He did that incredible shrieking guitar solo on NIN's "The Becoming".

He, and his work, rule.

[Systematic Chaos]

3. Anyone who votes "annoying" in this poll needs taste, an imagination and a life.

That is all.

[harmonicon]

5. I went for option 2 because of that picture alone

I actually like some things that he's done, both solo and in different bands, but he looks like such a douchebag there that I can't resist but hate him.

[Kat45]

6. I saw him in concert with Zappa, and later as a solo act.

He does some wild things on that guitar.

[Sebastian Doyle]

8. He always sounded good with Bowie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k02Dn-V3dQ4

[peekaloo]

15. I love that song!

first thing I thought of when I saw Belew's name.

[evlbstrd]

9. Fabulous guitarist.

[Tom Kitten]

10. Also played with Laurie Anderson...

On "Mister Heartbreak"(what a great album that is and what a great line-up...her, Adrian, Anton Fier, Bill Laswell, David Van Tiegham, guests Peter Gabriel and William Burroughs). He also toured with her and is in the "Home Of The Brave" movie. I saw Laurie Anderson on tour for "Mister Heartbreak" at the Hult Center in Eugene but I don't think Adrian was there. Still, a fantastic show!

I did see Adrian with The Bears a few years later and it was also a good show. I Love his albums "Lone Rhino" and "Twang-Bar King" but haven't followed him so much lately. He (and Laurie) also are on Jean Michel-Jarre's album "Zoolook" which is my favorite album by him... But I like all those people, Bowie, Eno, Zappa, Gabriel, Fripp, Anderson, etc...

[cemaphonic]

11. Yeah, he's a total ham in "Home of the Brave."

I think he does a fair bit of goofing around on "Stop Making Sense" too, but I haven't seen it in awhile.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. He's worth about 800 million Slashes. Up there with Fripp, Zappa, Vai, and other greats

[tigereye]

16. exactly!

[davsand]

13. Actually a nice guy and a pretty damn good musician..

Met him in The Esquire when he was working with King Crimson in a studio behind CV Lloyd. He lived in Urbana for a while but I never met hm until he was doing that session in 82 or 83. We used to go see him play in a couple of the bars in town. He'd speak--he was not stuck up at all given who all he'd played with by that point in his career.


We USED to have a good music scene in this town. Sad to say, that has gone by the wayside.



Laura

[Taverner]

14. Adrian Belew is the god Clapton wished he was

Just sayin'

:shrug: