A heart attack hasn't slowed Robert Fripp down. Two months after the King Crimson co-founder underwent emergency surgery to have a pair of stents inserted, Fripp, 79, showed his heart was just fine by delivering a fast-paced rendition of the Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated" alongside his wife, Toyah Willcox.
In the YouTube video uploaded on June 29, Fripp sported a Ramones-esque wig while Wilcox, 67, rocked out in a red wig and some dark makeup. The two did a quick version of the Ramones' signature hit, released in 1978 off their Road to Ruin album (the band made a music video for the song in 1988 to promote their compilation, Ramones Mania; it became a staple of late '80s MTV).
At the end of the performance, Fripp declared that he did not want to be sedated, but "present, engaged and entirely vigilant for the mayhem and absurdity of this kitchen." And Toyah added, "We now go boom boom."
The video was part of the couple's Toyah and Robert's Sunday Lunch, a long-running YouTube series. Willcox—an icon in her own right, who fronted the eponymous punk band Toyah before launching a successful solo and acting career—performs with her husband in a variety of outrageous outfits in a delightful, sometimes scandalous display of rock and roll euphoria.
The Ramones cover was the first Toyah and Robert's Sunday Lunch since they performed Rod Stewart's "Do You Think I'm Sexy" in April, right before Fripp's health scare. The prog rock legend revealed in mid-May that, while on a trip to Italy, he started to suffer chest pains.
Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox perform at Fairport's Cropredy Convention Festival on August 11, 2022Photo by Steve Thorne/Redferns
Though Fripp initially thought it was acid reflux, his friends took him to a hospital where the doctors discovered that he had suffered a heart attack without knowing it. He underwent five hours of emergency surgery before going under the knife for a second operation. Ultimately, the medical professionals diagnosed him with a trifurcated artery, and he had two stents put in.
A day after going public with his health scare, Fripp expressed "gratitude to all the many good people who have sent good wishes, privately and publicly."
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