'''Adrian Belew''' (born December 23, 1949, in Covington, Kentucky) is a guitarist and vocalist (and sometimes drummer, pianist and bass player), perhaps best known for his work as a member of the progressive rock group King Crimson, which he joined in 1981. He was discovered by [[Frank Zappa]] playing Rolling Stones covers in a Holiday Inn lounge band. He is known for expeimenting with various guitar effect pedals and the guitar synthesizer. A trademark of his style is using the tremolo arm (whammy bar), garnering him the nickname "The Twangbar King."
Belew has contributed to two [[Nine Inch Nails]] albums: ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' and ''[[The Fragile (halo)| The Fragile]].''On November 15, 2007, he reported on his blog that he has been invited to do some work on the forthcoming Nine Inch Nails album, rumored for release in 2008::''when I received a call from [[Trent Reznor]]:asking me to work with him on new music:in L.A. for the first week of december.::trent has always championed my playing.:he once said in Guitar Player Magazine:"adrian is the most awesome musician in the world.":I've always joked that it was a typo:and that he really said the most awful musician.:::but it is seriously a mutual admiration.:in my opinion, no one makes better sounding records than trent.:I love what he does and I'm happy he feels the same.::yes!
==Body Of Work==
*Tori Amos, ''Strange Little Girls'' (2001)
==External LinkLinks==
*[http://www.adrianbelew.net/ Official website]
*[http://elephant-blog.blogspot.com/ Adrian Belew's blog]
[[Category:Related to NIN]]