King Crimson

King Crimson were a rock band founded in London in 1968 by a group of musicians from western England. Widely recognised as a foundational progressive rock group, the band have incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during their history (including jazz and folk music, classical and experimental music, psychedelic rock, hard rock and heavy metal, New Wave, gamelan, electronica and drum and bass). They have been influential to many contemporary musical artists and have gained a large following, despite garnering little radio or music video airplay.

Though originating in England, King Crimson have had a mixture of English and American personnel since 1981. The band's line-up has persistently altered throughout their existence, with eighteen musicians and two lyricists passing through the ranks. The only musician to appear in every line-up of the band has been founding guitarist Robert Fripp, although drummer Bill Bruford was a member from 1972 to 1998 and guitarist Adrian Belew has been a consistent member since 1981.

Links to Peel
After a mild support in their early prime, Peel was much more interested in Robert Fripp's other projects, expecially frippertronics and Fripp & Eno.

He did not like, anyway, original singer Greg Lake's band Emerson, Lake and Palmer, calling them "a complete waste of time, talent and electricity" and "a band I still regard as probably being the most awful ever, whose stuff was just transcendental in its awfulness".

Sessions
Two sessions. Session #1 a vailable on  Epitaph   and   In The Court of the Crimson King (40th Anniversary Edition), two tracks from session #2 available on Epitaph.

1. Recorded: 1969-05-06. First Broadcast: 11 May 1969. Repeated: ? 2. Recorded: 1969-08-19. First Broadcast:  07 September 1969. Repeated: 08 November 1969
 * The Court of the Crimson King / 21st Century Schizoid Man / I Talk to the Wind
 * The Court of the Crimson King / Epitaph / Get Thy Bearings

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 * 01 November 1969: The Court Of The Crimson King (LP: In The Court Of The Crimson King) Island ILPS 9111
 * 07 February 1970: Cat Food (single) Island WIP 6080
 * 28 February 1970: Cat Food (single) Island WIP 6080
 * 21 March 1970: Cat Food (single) Island WIP 6080
 * 10 August 1976: The Night Watch (album - Starless And Bible Black) Island ILPS 9275

External Links


 * Wikipedia
 * DGM Live!
 * Elephant Talk Website