Adrian Belew

guitar, vocal, guitars, producer, performer, arranger, instrument arranger, electric guitar, strings, mandolin, cello, piano, handclaps, sitar, bass guitar, drums, electronic drum set, vibraphone, koto, pedal steel guitar, acoustic guitar, bowed string instruments, electronic instruments, marimba, rattle

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
King Crimson
Gary Platt mix, recording, remixer Another Time, Ballet for a Blue Whale, Brave New World, Burned by the Fire We Make, Dream Life, Fish Head, Fly, Futurevision, Here, I See You, I Wonder, I’m Down, Life Without a Cage, May 1, 1990, Never Enough, Paint the Road, Peace on Earth, Postcard from Holland, Sexy Rhino, She Is Not Dead, Survival in the Wild, The Ideal Woman, The Rail Song, Twang Bar King, [untitled]
Nine Inch Nails
Noah Evens recording Brave New World, Burned by the Fire We Make, Dream Life, Fly, Futurevision, Here, I See You, May 1, 1990, Never Enough, Peace on Earth, Postcard from Holland, Survival in the Wild, [untitled]
Christy Bley piano Another Time, Fish Head, I Wonder, I’m Down, Life Without a Cage, Paint the Road, Sexy Rhino, She Is Not Dead, The Ideal Woman, The Rail Song, Twang Bar King

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Gary Platt mix, recording, remixer Another Time, Ballet for a Blue Whale, Brave New World, Burned by the Fire We Make, Dream Life, Fish Head, Fly, Futurevision, Here, I See You, I Wonder, I’m Down, Life Without a Cage, May 1, 1990, Never Enough, Paint the Road, Peace on Earth, Postcard from Holland, Sexy Rhino, She Is Not Dead, Survival in the Wild, The Ideal Woman, The Rail Song, Twang Bar King, [untitled]
Noah Evens recording Brave New World, Burned by the Fire We Make, Dream Life, Fly, Futurevision, Here, I See You, May 1, 1990, Never Enough, Peace on Earth, Postcard from Holland, Survival in the Wild, [untitled]
Christy Bley piano Another Time, Fish Head, I Wonder, I’m Down, Life Without a Cage, Paint the Road, Sexy Rhino, She Is Not Dead, The Ideal Woman, The Rail Song, Twang Bar King
Larrie Londin drums Another Time, Fish Head, I Wonder, I’m Down, Life Without a Cage, Paint the Road, Sexy Rhino, She Is Not Dead, The Ideal Woman, The Rail Song, Twang Bar King
J. Clifton Mayhugh bass guitar Another Time, Fish Head, I Wonder, I’m Down, Life Without a Cage, Paint the Road, Sexy Rhino, She Is Not Dead, The Ideal Woman, The Rail Song, Twang Bar King
David Bowie vocal Gunman, Pretty Pink Rose
Les Claypool bass Ampersand, Matchless Man, Writing on the Wall
Peter Hyrka violin Asleep, Madness, Pause
Danny Carey drums, tabla Ampersand, Matchless Man, Writing on the Wall
Erick Cole acoustic guitar, balalaika, theremin Asleep, Face To Face, I Wish I Knew
Gary Lee Tussing cello Madness
Gary Tussing cello Asleep
Audie Belew (Daughter of Adrian Belew) vocal Oh Daddy
Leah Belew vocal Asleep
Mike Barnett (bass, known for his work with Adrian Belew) bass Still Life with a Dobro
Rich Denhart (Producer, Engineer) recording Twang Bar King

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
King Crimson vocal, guitar B’Boom, Coda: I Have a Dream, Coda: Marine 475, Dinosaur, Discipline, Discipline (rough mix), Elephant Talk, Elephant Talk (edited), FraKctured, Frame by Frame, Funky Jam, Heartbeat, Heartbeat (edited), Heaven & Earth (early edit), Heroes, Improv Two Sticks, Indiscipline, Into the Frying Pan, Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part IV, Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Pt II, Level Five (live), Matte Kudasai, Neal and Jack and Me (extract), Neurotica (Manhattan) (live), Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds), One Time, People, ProzaKc Blues, Red, Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream, Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream (recording session), Sleepless, THRAK, THRAK (live), The ConstruKction of Light, The Making of Discipline (edit), The Talking Drum, The World’s My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum, Three of a Perfect Pair, Tomorrow Never Knew/Thela, VROOOM, VROOOM VROOOM, Walking On Air (edit)
Nine Inch Nails electronic instruments, guitar, guitars, marimba 10 Ghosts II, 11 Ghosts II, 14 Ghosts II, 16 Ghosts II, 21 Ghosts III, 25 Ghosts III, 27 Ghosts III, 3 Ghosts I, 30 Ghosts IV, 31 Ghosts IV, 32 Ghosts IV, 35 Ghosts IV, 4 Ghosts I, 7 Ghosts I, Just Like You Imagined, The Great Below, Where Is Everybody?
David Bowie guitar, guitars, mandolin Boys Keep Swinging, D.J., Fantastic Voyage, Move On, Red Money, Red Sails, Repetition
Kevin Max instrument arranger, electric guitar, electronic drum set, guitar, guitars, handclaps, koto, pedal steel guitar, sitar, strings, vibraphone Be, Blind, Dead End Moon, Deconstructing Venus, Existence, Her Game, I Went Over the Edge of the World, The Secret Circle
Laurie Anderson guitar Blue Lagoon, Credit Racket, Gravity's Angel, Late Show, Sharkey's Day, Sharkey's Night, Talk Normal
Tori Amos acoustic guitar, guitar, rattle Happiness Is a Warm Gun, Heart of Gold, I'm Not in Love, New Age, Rattlesnakes, Real Men, Strange Little Girl
Joan Armatrading guitar (I Love It When You) Call Me Names, Bad Habits, Everybody Gotta Know, Foolish Pride, The Game of Love, The Key
Jerry Harrison guitar No Warning, No Alarm, Slink, The New Adventure, The Red Nights, Things Fall Apart, Worlds in Collision
David Byrne performer, guitars Eggs in a Briar Patch, His Wife Refused, Two Soldiers, Under the Mountain, Wheezing
Talking Heads guitar Burning Down the House, Girlfriend Is Better, Houses in Motion, Once in a Lifetime, This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Paul Simon electric guitar, guitar Crazy Love, Volume II, The Boy in the Bubble, Under African Skies, You Can Call Me Al
Porcupine Tree guitar Deadwing, Halo
Mike Oldfield vocal, guitar Far Country, Holy
Jean-Michel Jarre guitars Diva, Ethnicolor, Part 1
Jars of Clay instrument arranger, producer, bass guitar, bowed string instruments, cello, mandolin Flood, Liquid
Frank Zappa vocal City of Tiny Lites, Jones Crusher
ProjeKct X guitar Heaven and Earth
Crash Test Dummies guitars God Shuffled His Feet
William Shatner guitar I Can’t Get Behind That
Artie Traum electric guitar Mean Low Water
Caifanes guitar Piedra
Jaguares producer Gimme Some Truth