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Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch: More ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ Press

February 1st, 2022

Classic Rock/Louder: Toyah and Robert Fripp continue to take everyone’s mind off everything else: The latest cover in Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s catalogue of chaos is the Ramones’ classic Blitzkrieg Bop – As sure as Tuesday follows Monday, Toyah Willcox and King Crimson leader Robert Fripp used Sunday as an opportunity to remind everyone that the world isn’t always the miserable place the headlines make it appear. So while North Korea launches its biggest missile test in five years, while tensions mount in Ukraine, while vaccine mandate protests block the streets of Ottawa, and while Jamie Oliver reveals he’s not a fan of Bake Off, the Fripp-Willcoxes are once again lightening humanity’s load. This week it’s a cover of the Ramones’ 1976 classic Blitzkrieg Bop that receives the Willcox-Fripp treatment. Robert fixes the lens with his steely glare and chops out the riff, Toyah leaps around the kitchen with the enthusiasm of an adrenalised puppy, and all is right with the world. Just like last week. And the week before. – Continue reading…

Guitar.Com: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp Continue Punk Streak with Cover of Ramones’ Blitzkrieg Bop: Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox have brought their Sunday Lunch covers sessions back to the world of punk, following their Clash cover with a cover of the Ramones’ Blitzkrieg Bop – Willcox wrote in the video’s description: “Hey Ho – Let’s go to the most famous kitchen on YouTube!!! The Frippcox household have really outdone themselves this week!!”. The performance features the typical exuberance we’ve come to expect from Wilcox, offset by the iron gaze of the King Crimson guitarist hammering away at his Les Paul – Continue reading…

Ultimate Guitar: Watch: Here’s King Crimson Mastermind Robert Fripp Covering Ramones With Wife Toyah: The duo continues their traditional “Sunday Lunch” series – When this whole awful thing started in 2020, one of our favorite guitar masters, the almighty Robert Fripp, decided to try out something new. The artist who we all remember for his unique approach to music and guitar teamed up with his wife Toyah Willcox and began covering some of the greatest rock songs of all time. One thing led to another and we saw them covering some of the most unexpected songs, including “Enter Sandman,” “Chop Suey!,” and many others. And all this came with some of the most extravagant intricately choreographed videos, even causing some controversies along the way – Continue reading…

Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch: Press

January 30th, 2022

More great press for Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – now in its third calendar year! (Images © Toyah Willcox)

NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of Ramones’ ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’: King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ by the Ramones – watch it below. The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which returned earlier this month after a brief break for the holidays. Launched in 2020, the series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s YouTube channel – Continue reading…

Brooklyn Vegan: Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover Ramone’s “Blitzkrieg Bop”: Toyah and King Crimson’s Robert Fripp have been on a punk kick this month with their Sunday Lunch covers series. Having recently paid tribute to The Stooges, The Undertones and The Clash, now they’ve taken on the Ramones’ classic “Blitzkrieg Bop.” Shot in their kitchen with a handmade “BOP ME BOBBY FRIPP” signed taped to their cupboard, it’s typically spirited take on the song. Watch that, which was shot as always in their kitchen, below – Continue reading…

Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Cover “Blitzkrieg Bop”: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, are back with the latest entry in their ongoing “Sunday Lunch” series of cover videos. Robert and Toyah’s latest effort sees the couple tackle the Ramones’ 1976 punk rock anthem “Blitzkrieg Bop.” – Continue reading…

DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Blitzkrieg Bop… Toyah & Robert’s – Burning Question (January 29th, 2022)… Toyah At Home – Summer Of Love (January 29th, 2022) – Continue reading…

Sunday Lunch: Hey Ho – Let’s go to the most famous kitchen on You Tube!!! The Frippcox household have really outdone themselves this week!! – Watch the video…

Toyah & Robert: At Home/Burning Question/Sunday Lunch

January 30th, 2022

Toyah At Home – Summer Of Love: This week Toyah is joined By Robert Fripp as they go behind the recording of Summer Of Love, and we see an exclusive live version of the song – Watch here…

Toyah & Robert -Burning Question: Direct from the Frippcox kitchen, The deeply unqualified Toyah and Robert tackle your Burning Questions! – Watch here…

Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Blitzkrieg Bop: Hey Ho – Let’s go to the most famous kitchen on You Tube!!! The Frippcox household have really outdone themselves this week!! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah & Robert: You Tube Success!

January 25th, 2022

Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch series continues to be phenomenally successful, but overall Toyah’s You Tube channel is performing amazingly in itself. In the past two years the channel has gained 149K followers and each Sunday Lunch video receives hundreds of thousands of views each week. Although as the trilogy of retrospective Sunday Lunch collections from the beginning of the year testified, some of these cover clips have been viewed in their many millions!

Toyah At Home, Burning Question and sporadic other content such as Toyah promo videos or announcements all attract big audiences, with Sunday Lunch the cherry on top of the icing on the Toyah & Robert cake! Sunday Lunch also hits the You Tube Top 10 Trending For Music almost every week, which is, frankly, an amazing reach. (Image © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah & Robert: At Home/Burning Question/Sunday Lunch

January 25th, 2022

Toyah At Home – Zoom Zoom: This week Toyah is joined by Robert for a very special insight to Zoom Zoom – Watch here…

Toyah & Robert -Burning Question: More of your social, emotional and music tuning predicaments are addressed with care and attention by the deeply unqualified Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp in this Saturday’s Burning Questions – Watch here…

Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Should I Stay: They are back for another edition of Sunday Lunch. It’s always tease, tease, tease, you’re happy when I’m on my knees…. I dont think we need to say anything else :-) – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah & Robert: At Home/Burning Question/Sunday Lunch

January 17th, 2022

Toyah At Home – Neon Womb/Obsolete: This week Toyah looks at 2 anthemic songs Neon Womb and Obsolete, and tells us the stories behind them before introducing exclusive live footage of both songs from a recent London gig. – Watch here…

Toyah & Robert -Burning Question: More of your social, emotional and music tuning predicaments are addressed with care and attention by the deeply unqualified Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp in this Saturday’s Burning Questions – Watch here…

Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Teenage Kicks: What a year 2021 was, lets kick start 2022 as we mean to carry on… Direct from the most famous kitchen of lockdown – this is a version of Teenage Kicks you wont forget!!! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah & Robert: New Year Catch Up!

January 6th, 2022

Toyah & Robert’s Happy New Year Message 2022: We hope you have a great 2022. From our home to yours, Happy New Year, love Toyah and Robert. – Watch here…

Toyah At Home – Take Me Home/New Year’s Day Special: Toyah is wishing you a Happy New Year from her home in this special episode of Toyah At Home. As we enter 2022 Toyah delves into the song Take Me Home, the closing track on the Top 25 charting studio album “Posh Pop”, released by Toyah in August 2021. There’s an exclusive live performance of the song from Toyah’s recent autumn tour. Happy New Year from Toyah xxx – Watch here…


Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch: Most Wanted – Part 2: Part Two of a three-part series taking a look at the Most Wanted Sunday Lunch videos of the last year! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah & Robert: Christmas Catch Up!

December 31st, 2021

Toyah & Robert – Sunday Lunch – An early treat!!!: Another awesome festive singalong – and we think the BEST yet!! – Watch here…

Toyah At Home – Drury Lane 40th Anniversary Special: Toyah looks back to Christmas Eve 40 years ago today! In 1981 Toyah took to the stage at Theatre Royal Drury Lane for a very special concert broadcast live on BBC Radio 1 and on BBC 2 television as The Old Grey Whistle Test Christmas Special which was seen/heard by over 12 million. The concert featured all of the hit singles from 1981 and celebrated the album Anthem which had remained in the album chart all year. In this special episode of Toyah At Home for Christmas 2021, Toyah reflects on the momentous occasion and we see three songs from the concert. Look out for some news on the Drury Lane concert coming in 2022. Happy Christmas from Toyah xxx – Watch here…

Toyah & Robert wish you a Merry Christmas: From the Frippcox Household – We wish you a merry christmas :-) – Watch here…

Toyah & Robert -Burning Question 25th December: More of your social, emotional and music tuning predicaments are addressed with care and attention by the deeply unqualified Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp in this Saturday’s Burning Questions – Watch here…

Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch: Most Wanted – Part 1: Part one of a three-part series taking a look at the Most Wanted Sunday Lunch videos of the last year! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah & Robert: At Home/Agony Aunts/Sunday Lunch Singalong

December 13th, 2021

Toyah At Home – I Want To Be Free 40th Anniversary: This week Toyah takes takes us back to I Want To Be Free, the story behind the video, its inspirations plus an exclusive live performance – Watch here…

Toyah & Robert – Agony Aunts Unseen Episode 1: As a special treat for christmas, we have compiled a “unseen” show for you! – Watch here…

Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Ding Dong Time!!: The Frippcox household take on another festive anthem… And we have nothing further to say! – Watch here… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

NME: Robert & Toyah Share Metallica Cover

November 15th, 2021

Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of Metallica’s ‘Master Of Puppets’

Guess we know who’s pulling the strings in this week’s Sunday Lunch performance…

King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Metallica‘s ‘Master Of Puppets’ – watch it below.

The pair launched their Sunday Lunch video series last year, sharing renditions of songs by Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and more through Willcox’s YouTube channel.

• Continue reading at the NME. See also Metal Sucks.

NME: Robert and Toyah Cover Iggy Pop

November 8th, 2021

Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Iggy Pop

“Here we are rocking out with T on the kitchen table – mercy!”

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have covered Iggy Pop’s ‘The Passenger’ in the latest of their Sunday Lunch video series.

The video specials began during the first coronavirus lockdown in the UK last year and quickly went viral as the couple put their spin on songs by David Bowie, Metallica, Britney Spears, Soft Cell and more.

• Continue reading at the NME. See also Metal Sucks.

Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Sunday Lunch/Burning Question +

October 26th, 2021

Rolling Stone: See Robert Fripp Table-Dance to ‘Peaches’ With Toyah Willcox: The latest cover from their Sunday Lunch series – King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer and actress Toyah Willcox, have shared the latest cover from their Sunday Lunch series, this time performing the Stranglers‘ “Peaches.” The couple launched their online series last year in which they shared covers of tracks by Nirvana, the Rolling Stones, and David Bowie – Continue reading…

NME: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share kitchen top rendition of The Stranglers’ ‘Peaches’: It’s all peachy for the kitchen duo this week – King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of The Stranglers‘ ‘Peaches’ – Continue reading…

Guitar.Com: See Robert Fripp Table-Dance To Toyah Willcox’s Cover Of The Strangler’s Peaches: Peaches come from a can, they were put there by a man… wait, wrong Peaches – YouTube’s favourite power couple, musicians Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp, have returned for another Sunday Lunch cover. On the musical table this week is a cover of The Strangler’s Peaches, and on the actual table is Robert Fripp – Continue reading…

Classic Rock/Louder: Watch Robert Fripp dance erotically as Toyah sings Peaches by The Stranglers: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox’s joyous excursion into avant-garde entertainment – Since returning from King Crimson’s recent US tour, Robert Fripp has achieved the impossible: made his earlier lockdown videos with Toyah Willcox seem like the innocent relics of a bygone era. Where once Fripp took a back seat while his wife cavorted for the lens, the roles have now reversed. Now it’s Fripp taking the lead, strutting and shimmying on the kitchen table, the world’s unlikeliest lap dancer, a surprise sex bomb in waistcoat and shades – Continue reading…

Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Cover The Stranglers’ “Peaches”: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, have unveiled the latest entry in their “Sunday Lunch” series of cover videos that have captured the Internet’s attention in recent months. The duo’s new video finds them covering The Stranglers’ 1977 classic “Peaches,” with Robert up on the kitchen counter dancing while Toyah watches, a reversal from their usual roles. With Robert busy looking sexy, the cover utilizes tracked audio instead of his usual guitar playing – Continue reading…

Tone Deaf: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover The Stranglers’ ‘Peaches’: Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover The Stranglers’ ‘Peaches’ as part of their ongoing Sunday Lunch covers series – Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox are back with the latest installment of their Sunday Lunch series, this time they’ve taken on The Stranglers’ 1977 cut ‘Peaches’ – Continue reading…

DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah And Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Peaches… Toyah And Robert – Burning Questions – (October 23rd, 2021) What’s a fun way to spice up a marriage after 35 years? / I’m an old musician, with hours and days and years of playing music, with very little success. Is there any hope for a guy like me?… Toyah At Home & On The Road (October 23rd, 2021) – Continue reading…

Burning Question: Toyah And Robert – Burning Question – ( 23rd October ): More of your social, emotional and music tuning predicaments are addressed with care and attention by the deeply unqualified Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp in this Saturday’s Burning Questions – Watch the video…

Sunday Lunch: Well the tables have turned again and Robert’s back on the table… and everything is just Peachy! – Watch the video… (Images © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Sunday Lunch/I’m Too Sexy

October 18th, 2021

NME: Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox’s goofy Right Said Fred cover: “I’m too sexy for King Crimson”: “We literally have no words for this week’s episode,” Willcox wrote in the video’s description – Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have shared the latest instalment of their Sunday Lunch cover series, this time tackling Right Said Fred‘s 1992 hit ‘I’m Too Sexy’. “We literally have no words for this [week’s] episode,” Willcox wrote in the video’s description, “other than this is Robert Fripp as you have NEVER seen him before!!” – Continue reading…

Guitar.Com: Watch Robert Fripp “As You’ve Never Seen Him Before”, Dancing On Kitchen Table In I’m Too Sexy Cover: The guitarist known for performing while sitting down takes centre-stage in the Right Said Fred cover – In their latest Sunday Lunch cover video, Robert Fripp and his wife Toyah Willcox have shared a bombastic performance of Right Said Fred’s I’m Too Sexy – Continue reading…

Metal Sucks: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox Cover Right Said Fred’s “I’m Too Sexy”: With King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp now home from tour, he and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, have been experimenting with the format of their weekly Sunday Lunch cover videos. While the couple edited together Toyah’s solo covers and Fripp’s hotel room reactions during his absence, his return has seen this format extended only within the two in the same room, as one performs while the other watches in their world famous kitchen – Continue reading…

DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Too Sexy… Toyah & Robert’s Burning Questions (October 16th, 2021) As an introvert, how does one push forward doing extrovert activities without being exhausted? And more questions… Toyah At Home & On The Road – Episode 9 – Continue reading…

Sunday Lunch: We literally have no words for this weeks episode, other than this is Robert Fripp as you have NEVER seen him before!! – Watch the video… (Image © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah & Robert’s Burning Question ( Sat 16 Oct 2021)

October 17th, 2021

More of your social, emotional and music tuning predicaments are addressed with care and attention by the deeply unqualified Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp in this Saturday’s Burning Question.

Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Sunday Lunch/Burning Question +

October 11th, 2021

NME: Watch Toyah Willcox perform cover of The Rolling Stones’ ‘Sympathy For The Devil’ – This week’s Sunday Lunch sees Willcox ditch the cooking in favour of a ‘Stones’ cold classic – Toyah Willcox has performed a cover of The Rolling Stones‘ ‘Sympathy For The Devil’ for husband and King Crimson founder Robert Fripp – Continue reading… 

Guitar.Com: Toyah Willcox Table Danced Over Robert Fripp For A Cover Of Sympathy For The Devil: The Sunday Lunch pair take on the Rolling Stones – Toyah Willcox has graced the internet once more with a new Sunday Lunch cover, this time of The Rolling Stones‘ Sympathy For The Devil. Now he’s back from tour with King Crimson, her husband Robert Fripp is there to look on – Continue reading…

Metal Sucks: Toyah Willcox Covers The Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil” for King Crimson’s Robert Fripp: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp is back home from tour but continues to be content to let his wife, actress and singer Toyah Willcox, carry on with the duo’s “Sunday Lunch” cover videos on her own as he sits back and watches from the other side of their world famous kitchen – Continue reading…

DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch – Sympathy. Toyah & Robert’s Burning Questions (October 9th, 2021). Toyah At Home, & On The Road – Episode 9 – Continue reading…

Metal Addicts: Robert Fripp And Toyah Willcox’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ Is Back With ‘Sympathy For The Devil’ Cover: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp is back home from tour and that only could mean one thing — Toyah & Robert‘s Sunday Lunch is back! – In latest episode, Robertand his musician wife Toyah Willcox have covered THE ROLLING STONES’ “Sympathy for the Devil.” Fripp sits back in complete adoration much as he did virtually from hotel rooms while on tour – Continue reading…

Sunday Lunch: Robert is at home and he’s seated in the kitchen again, Toyah’s ditched the cooking and for Sunday Lunch well – it’s Toyah aboard the kitchen table! – Watch the video… (Image © Toyah Willcox)

Toyah & Robert’s Burning Question (Sat 9 Oct 2021)

October 9th, 2021

More of your social, emotional and music tuning predicaments are addressed with care and attention by the deeply unqualified Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp in this Saturday’s Burning Question.

Toyah & Robert’s Weekend: More ‘Sunday Lunch’ Press

October 5th, 2021

More press coverage for this week’s Toyah & Robert: Sunday Lunch.

Uncut: Watch Toyah Willcox cover The Velvet Underground’s “Venus In Furs”: “Toyah will do almost anything to get out of cooking” – Toyah Willcox and husband Robert Fripp have shared a cover of the The Velvet Underground‘s “Venus In Furs” – It’s part of their regular, ongoing series of ‘Sunday Lunch’ online performances which see them perform a cover together at home in their kitchen – something they started during lockdown – Continue reading…

Guitar.Com: Robert Fripp Reacts To Toyah’s Cover Of The Velvet Underground’s Venus In Furs: Fripp and King Crimson plan to be back on the road in November – King Crimson’s Robert Fripp has rejoined his wife Toyah Willcox in the kitchen for the latest episode of their Sunday Lunch cover series. This week’s upload was a cover of The Velvet Underground’s Venus In Furs – Continue reading…

Tone Deaf: Watch Toyah thrill Robert Fripp with her cover of The Velvet Underground: In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp releasing a rock cover – In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp releasing a needy rock cover from their home. What started as an endearing little COVID-19 lockdown “Sunday Lunch” performance has become as regular a presence in our lives as face masks and Netflix – Continue reading…

Toyah & Robert’s Burning Question (Sat 2 Oct 2021)

October 4th, 2021

More of your social, emotional and music tuning predicaments are addressed with care and attention by the deeply unqualified Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp in this Saturday’s Burning Question.

Posh Pop: Watch The Videos – The Bride Will Return

October 4th, 2021

The official video for the Toyah song The Bride Will Return written by Toyah Willcox & Simon Darlow. From the album Posh Pop out now. Order the album here.

NME: Robert & Toyah Share Cover Of Shirley Bassey’s ‘Goldfinger’

September 27th, 2021

Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of Shirley Bassey’s ‘Goldfinger’

This week’s Sunday Lunch sees the pair reunited and doing things shaken not stirred

King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of Shirley Bassey‘s ‘Goldfinger’.

The pair launched their Sunday Lunch video series last year, sharing renditions of songs by Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and more through Willcox’s YouTube channel.

• Continue reading at the NME. See also Metal Sucks.

DGM Live: Toyah & Robert’s Weekend!

September 27th, 2021

Toyah & Robert’s Sunday LunchGoldfingerTake Me Home (from 2021 studio album Posh Pop)… Barefoot On Mars (from 2021 studio album Posh Pop)… Toyah At Home & On The Road – Episode 7…

• Continue reading at DGM Live. (Image © Toyah Willcox)