Trey Gunn

Renowned for his exceptional command of the Chapman Stick—an unconventional electric instrument resembling a guitar—Trey Gunn first gained recognition during the early 1990s through his contributions to recordings by Robert Fripp's League of Crafty Guitarists, the project led by the King Crimson founder. Alongside fronting the Trey Gunn Band, he became a member of King Crimson upon the group's 1995 reformation and continued performing regularly with the ensemble well into the following decade. Most of his independent releases have appeared on Discipline, the label connected to King Crimson, where his work explores instrumental progressive rock textures frequently shaped by ambient elements. His initial effort leading a solo project arrived with the 1994 album One Thousand Years, which he followed in 1996 by The Third Star. He issued Raw Power: Surfacing, Vol. 1 through First World in 1999 before returning the next year with both The Joy of Molybdenum and the Warr touch guitar as his latest instrument.