''Vrooom Vrooom'' is a live two CD set by the band

King Crimson King Crimson were an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968 by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald (musician), Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield. Guitarist Fripp remained the only constant member throughout the ...

, recorded in 1995 & 1996 and released in 2001. It features the six member “double trio” lineup of the band, with guitarists

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and

Adrian Belew Robert Steven "Adrian" Belew (born December 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist primarily known as a guitarist and singer, he is noted for his unusual approach to the instrument, his ...

, bassists

Tony Levin Anthony Frederick Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an American musician and composer specializing in electric bass guitars, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson (19 ...

and

Trey Gunn Trey Gunn (born December 13, 1960) is an American musician, known for being in the progressive rock band King Crimson from 1994 to 2003. He plays Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick instruments. Biography A native Texan who now resides in New Mexi ...

, and drummers

Bill Bruford William Scott Bruford (born 17 May 1949) is an English drummer and percussionist who first gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. After leaving Yes in 1972, Bruford spent the rest of the 1970s recording and tou ...

and

Pat Mastelotto Lee Patrick Mastelotto (born September 10, 1955) is an American rock drummer and record producer. He has been a member of King Crimson, Stick Men, Mr. Mister and O.R.k., as well as working as a session drummer with XTC, The Pointer Sisters an ...

. This album was intended as a wider commercial release of two previous releases which had been made available on more limited media in 1999. Disc one was taken predominantly from the same recordings as the 1999 live album '' Live in Mexico City'' (originally made available exclusively as a

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download). The eleventh track on the disc, "Biker Babes of the Rio Grande", is an alternative version of the track "Fearless and Highly Thrakked", previously featured on '' Thrakattak'' (1996) and '' On Broadway'' (1999). Disc two was derived mostly from the same recordings as ''On Broadway'', originally released as the July 1999 release in the then subscriber-only King Crimson Collectors' Club.

Track listing

Disc one

#"Vrooom Vrooom" ( Belew, Fripp,

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, Levin, Bruford, Mastelotto) – 5:01 #"Coda: Marine 475" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Bruford, Mastelotto) – 2:44 #"Dinosaur" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Bruford, Mastelotto) – 5:05 #"B'Boom" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Bruford, Mastelotto) – 4:51 #"THRAK" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Bruford, Mastelotto) – 6:39 #"The Talking Drum" (

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, Fripp, Wetton, Bill Bruford, Muir) – 4:03 #" Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)" (Fripp) – 6:13 #"Neurotica" (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford) – 3:40 #"Prism" ( Favre) – 4:24 #"Red" (Fripp) – 7:03 #"Improv: Biker Babes of the Rio Grande" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Bruford, Mastelotto) – 2:27 #"

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" (Fripp, McDonald,

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, Giles, Sinfield) – 7:37 *All tracks except 11 recorded 2–4 August 1996 at the Teatro Metropólitan,

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, Mexico *Track 11 recorded 22 November 1995 at the Longacre Theater, New York, NY, USA

Disc two

#"Conundrum" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Bruford, Mastelotto) – 1:57 #"

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" (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford) – 6:44 #"Frame by Frame" (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford) – 5:12 #"

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" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Bruford, Mastelotto) – 6:12 #"One Time" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Bruford, Mastelotto) – 5:52 #"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Bruford, Mastelotto) – 4:55 #"

Indiscipline ''Discipline'' is the eighth studio album by English progressive rock band King Crimson, released on 2 October 1981 by E.G. Records in the United Kingdom and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. This album was King Crimson's first foll ...

" (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford) – 7:16 #"Improv: Two Sticks" (Gunn, Levin) – 1:50 #"Elephant Talk" (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford) – 5:14 #"Three of a Perfect Pair" (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford) – 4:16 #"B'Boom" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Bruford, Mastelotto) – 3:47 #"THRAK" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Bruford, Mastelotto) – 6:43 #"

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" (

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) – 3:03 #"Walking on Air" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Bruford, Mastelotto) – 5:35 *All tracks except 14 recorded 20–22, 24–25 November 1995 at the Longacre Theater, New York, NY, USA *Track 14 recorded 30 June 1995 at the

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, CA, USA

Personnel

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guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

– guitar *

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Warr guitar The Warr Guitar is an American-made touch guitar, a type of instrument that combines both bass and melodic strings on a single fretboard. Invented by Mark Warr, a musician from Thousand Oaks, California, it is related to the Chapman Stick, anot ...

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bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

electric upright bass The electric upright bass (EUB) is an instrument that can perform the musical function of a double bass. It requires only a minimal or 'skeleton' body to produce sound because it uses a pickup and electronic amplifier and loudspeaker. Therefore, ...

, Chapman stick, backing vocals *

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

– drums, percussion Production personnel *Ronan Chris Murphy and Robert Fripp – mixing (Disc 1) *Adrian Belew and Ken Latchney – mixing (Disc 2) *David Singleton and Robert Fripp – mastering (DGM) *Alex R. Murphy – assistant engineer (DGM) * P.J. Crook – cover artwork *Steve Jennings, Robert Leslie and Tony Levin – photography *Hugh O'Donnell – design

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2001 live albums King Crimson live albums Discipline Global Mobile albums