Robert Fripp Supposedly Heard Cream Live and Hated It—But Where Did the Explosive Quote Come From?

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Robert Fripp Supposedly Heard Cream Live and Hated It—But Where Did the Explosive Quote Come From?

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Did Robert Fripp Really Call Cream “Awful”? Inside Rock's Most Intriguing Guitar Clash

Imagine being told that one of rock's most exacting guitarists saw Cream onstage and came away unimpressed. Not merely indifferent: a circulating video transcript claims Robert Fripp thought the celebrated trio were “quite awful.

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” It then places Eric Clapton, one of the era's most admired players, directly in the path of Fripp's criticism.

There is a reason that line travels. Cream became shorthand for the explosive possibilities of three musicians playing at the edge of their abilities.

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