Reunion news from Bruford:

From: Richard.Kaczynski@f418.n120.z1.fidonet.org (Richard Kaczynski)
Newsgroups: rec.music.progressive
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 10:59:59 -0500

A friend of mine who manages a major local record store got to meet
King Crimson after their show in Detroit a few days ago.  Having been
primed by all the a.m.p. and r.m.p gossip I've fed him (and being a
huge UK fan), he couldn't help but ask Bill Bruford:

 "Bill, I keep hearing rumors about a UK reunion.  Is there any
  truth to it?"

 "Ah, you hear rumors all the time," he answered evasively.

 "Well, I have a friend who can oficially put the word out on the
  Internet if you'd like."

The drummer's attention perked up at the thought.  "In that case, I'd
better tell you the truth."  The facts: Eddie Jobson is 100%
definitely forming a UK reunion.  Bruford refused to give any other
names, nor would he comment on whether he was going to participate.
"But if the wind blew the right way," he added, "I'd love to be
involved."

So, FWIW, that's the story straight from Bill Bruford.



Date: Sat, 8 Jul 1995 14:26:44 -0700
From: edumark@ix.netcom.com (chris hoard)
Subject: Bruford speaks about UK Reunion
To: dead-of-night-request@cogs.susx.ac.uk

I wanted to pass on some information to this group, as a result of a
recent conversation a friend of mine (long-time BB/KC fan) had with BB
after the recent KC show in LA.  My friend Ken had an extended chat
with BB last week, as he's been a long time friend of BB, AH, and Dave
Stewart.

On the subject of UK, BB confirmed he had been approached by Jobson or
Jobson's management, and intimated that Eddie, despite successfully
heading up a commercial jingle company in the UK, still "dreamed of
being a pop-star."  BB mentioned he hadn't been home, when Jobson had
called several times, and hadn't been able to connect with EJ.  BB
expressed clearly his lack of interest in recreating "past glories,"
and that, at a minimum was committed full time to KC for the next 18
mos.  It seems BB won't be in any UK reunions, but that Jobson and
Wetton are nonetheless keen on going forward.

As for a new project with BB and AH, that wasn't something BB ruled
out, but it will have to wait until BB is afforded a break from KC
(1997).  Both musicians are not very interested in re-treading past
territory covered, although BB did mention he was quite proud of the
albums he'd recorded in the past with UK and AH...

That's my report and BB update/Cheers/CH


Conversation with Bill Bruford - Conducted August 7, 1995
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MOT: Can we set the record straight on this UK thing for once and for
all? Is there a UK reunion in the works?

BB: I think Eddie Jobson and John Wetton are doing one. So far my
involvement or lack of it is completely undetermined.

MOT: Somebody reported you sent some polyrhythms to them for them to
use.

BB: See, here we're all getting completely overexcited again. No, I
didn't send any polyrhythms. Why don't we just drop this subject? When
you get a UK album let's see who's on it. That's probably much more
exciting, rather than trying to figure out whether I'd sent John
Wetton some socks or not, you know.

MOT: OK. My only concern is to set the record straight...

BB: Don't even try. Don't try setting any record straight, there is no
straight record. This is an ongoing flux of gossip which is much more
fun than having any straight record...this is fun, this is what
cyberspace is invented for, people with not enough work to do,
inventing locations, various positions to be in, why should I spoil
anybody's fun? I personally am not involved, it's not my interest, but
I'm happy to chat to you for a bit about it but it's not my interest
as you can probably tell.