Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox cover David Bowie’s ‘Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)’ for Halloween
It was made for a special "scary Sunday Lunch"
by Daniel Peters · NMERobert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have covered David Bowie’s ‘Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)’ ahead of Halloween this week as part of their ongoing Sunday Lunch video series. Watch the duo’s performance clip below.
Fripp, who contributed lead guitar to the original track – featured on the 1980 album of the same name – is seen playing an electric guitar alongside Willcox. The two sport facepaint similar to Bowie’s Pierrot-esque clown character, which he famously donned in his music video for ‘Ashes to Ashes’.
Fripp then welcomes viewers to a special “scary Sunday Lunch”, after which the duo cackle as Willcox sneaks in a kiss on Fripp’s cheek.
This December, the duo will hit the road for their Christmas Party 2024 tour, which will see them tour Edinburgh, Sunderland, Bath, and London before wrapping it up in Wolverhampton days before the annual holiday. Tickets are on sale now. Visit here to purchase tickets.
In an interview with NME at Glastonbury 2023, Wilcox spoke on the series’ enduring popularity and future: “At the moment our social media numbers are growing. So as long as those audiences are there and that kind of pull is there, we’ll keep going. But I will not watch him do anything that makes his health suffer. At the moment though, he is utterly remarkable, his playing is remarkable.” Fripp then replied with “Yes, it’s true. I’m godlike when I step upon the stage.”
Last week, Fripp’s main band King Crimson released a 50th anniversary edition of 1974 album ‘Red’, which features new mixes of its songs by producer and band manager David Singleton dubbed as the “Elemental Mixes”.
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“David Singleton’s Elemental Mixes pull the veil aside on the original sessions and act as a kind of alternative account, a ‘Red’ that could have been, revealing the different passes and takes that the band undertook… as they engaged with the material,” King Crimson biographer Sid Smith writes in its liner notes.
In June, it was revealed that Fripp, alongside The Jesus And Mary Chain‘s Jim and William Reid and a host of other artists, launched a lawsuit against the PRS over songwriter royalties.