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English progressive rock band the band|the fictional entity|Golden Wind (manga)#Diavolo Distinguish|Crimson King Use British English February 2016 February 2016 Infobox musical artist | name = King Crimson | image = King Crimson, De vereeniging te Nijmegen - 48113112087 (cropped).jpg | landscape = yes | caption = King Crimson in Nijmegen on 22 June 2019. Top L–R: Mel Collins, Tony Levin, Jakko Jakszyk, Robert Fripp. Bottom L–R: Pat Mastelotto, Jeremy Stacey, and Gavin Harrison. | background = group_or_band | origin = London, England | discography = King Crimson discography | years_active = flatlist| *1968–1974 *1981–1984 *1994–2003 *2008 *2013–2021 | genre = flatlist| *Progressive rock *art rock *experimental rock *post-progressive | label = flatlist| *Island Records|Island *Atlantic Records|Atlantic *Vertigo Records|Vertigo *Polydor *E.G. Records|EG *Virgin Records *Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. *Caroline Records|Caroline *Discipline Global Mobile | spinoffs = flatlist| *21st Century Schizoid Band *Crimson Jazz Trio *Emerson, Lake & Palmer *Fripp & Eno *McDonald and Giles *ProjeKcts *Stick Men (prog band)|Stick Men *Tuner (band)|Tuner *U.K. (band)|U.K. | spinoff_of = *Giles, Giles and Fripp | website = URL|dgmlive.com | current_members = | past_members = * Robert Fripp * Peter Sinfield * Michael Giles * Greg Lake * Ian McDonald (musician)|Ian McDonald * Mel Collins * Peter Giles (musician)|Peter Giles * Gordon Haskell * Andrew McCulloch (drummer)|Andy McCulloch * Ian Wallace (drummer)|Ian Wallace * Boz Burrell * Bill Bruford * John Wetton * David Cross (musician)|David Cross * Jamie Muir * Adrian Belew * Tony Levin * Pat Mastelotto * Trey Gunn * Gavin Harrison * Jakko Jakszyk * Bill Rieflin * Jeremy Stacey ''King Crimson'' were an English-based progressive rock band formed in London in 1968 by Robert Fripp (guitars, Michael Giles (drums, Greg Lake (bass, vocals, Ian McDonald (musician)|Ian McDonald (saxophone, flute, clarinet, keyboards) and Peter Sinfield (lyrics, illumination). Fripp remained the only constant member throughout the band's history.Cite web Meagher John 2023-04-01 King Crimson: how a new film captures Robert Fripp's eccentric reign https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/king-crimson-how-a-new-film-captures-robert-fripps-eccentric-reign/42413515.html 2024-06-20 Irish Independent |quote=Jazz, experimental rock, metal music|metal, math-rock, industrial music|industrial: under their perfectionist leader Robert Fripp, the band have pushed boundaries like few others. They are still doing so, yet the prog rock tag continues to dog them.Cite news Pareles Jon 2022-09-19 Robert Fripp Lightens Up https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/19/arts/music/robert-fripp.html 2024-06-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |quote=As the guitarist and leader of King Crimson — the band he founded in 1969 — Fripp, 76, has written music that’s barbed, visceral, complex and ambitious, seizing the vanguard of progressive rock yet reaching a broad audience. The band drew inspiration from a wide variety of music, incorporating elements of classical music|classical, jazz, folk music|folk, heavy metal music|heavy metal, gamelan, blues, industrial (music)|industrial, electronic music|electronic, experimental music and New wave music|new wave. They exerted a strong influence on the early 1970s progressive rock movement, including on contemporaries such as Yes (band)|Yes and Genesis (band)|Genesis, and continue to inspire subsequent generations of artists across multiple genres. The band has earned a large cult following, especially in the 21st century.cite magazine Hank Shteamer 15 April 2019 The Crimson King Seeks a New Court https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/robert-fripp-interview-king-crimson-tour-david-bowie-kanye-west-820783/ |magazine=Rolling Stone 19 Mar 2021 26 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211026141319/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/robert-fripp-interview-king-crimson-tour-david-bowie-kanye-west-820783/ live The band's debut album, ''In the Court of the Crimson King'' (1969, remains their most commercially successful and influential release.#refBuckley2003|Buckley 2003, p. 477, "''Opening with the cataclysmic heavy-metal of "21st Century Schizoid Man", and closing with the cathedral-sized title track,''" The next two albums, ''In the Wake of Poseidon'' and ''Lizard (album)|Lizard'' (both 1970, were recorded during a period of instability in the band's line-up, before a settled line-up of Fripp, Sinfield, Mel Collins, Boz Burrell and Ian Wallace (drummer)|Ian Wallace recorded ''Islands (King Crimson album)|Islands'' in 1971. In mid-1972, Fripp disbanded this line-up, recruited new members Bill Bruford (formerly of Yes (band)|Yes, John Wetton, David Cross (musician)|David Cross and Jamie Muir, and changed the group's musical approach, drawing from European free improvisation and developing ever more complex compositions. The band reached what some saw as a creative peak on ''Larks' Tongues in Aspic'' (1973, ''Starless and Bible Black'' (1974, and ''Red (King Crimson album)|Red'' (1974). King Crimson disbanded at the end of 1974. After seven years of inactivity, King Crimson was recreated in 1981 with Fripp, Bruford and new members Adrian Belew (previously a side man for Frank Zappa, David Bowie, and Talking Heads) and Tony Levin (already a prolific session musician for numerous top artists, including John Lennon and Peter Gabriel). Drawing influence from African music, gamelan, post-punk and New York Minimalist music|minimalism, this band lasted three years, resulting in the trio of albums ''Discipline (King Crimson album)|Discipline'' (1981, ''Beat (King Crimson album)|Beat'' (1982) and ''Three of a Perfect Pair'' (1984). Following a decade-long hiatus, they reformed in 1994, adding Pat Mastelotto and Trey Gunn for a sextet line-up Fripp called "The Double Trio". The double trio participated in another three-year cycle of activity that included the album ''Thrak'' (1995). Fripp, Belew, Mastelotto and Gunn reunited in 2000 as a quartet,cite web https://www.stereogum.com/2060790/king-crimson-debut-album-50th-anniversary-review/reviews/the-anniversary/ A Tribute To In The Court Of The Crimson King, Released 50 Years Ago Today Phil Freeman 10 October 2019 stereogum.com 7 February 2021 7 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210207205344/https://www.stereogum.com/2060790/king-crimson-debut-album-50th-anniversary-review/reviews/the-anniversary/ live called "The Double Duo", releasing ''The Construkction of Light'' (2000) and ''The Power to Believe'' (2003). After another hiatus, the band reformed for a 2008 tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of their 1968 formation, with Gavin Harrison of Porcupine Tree being added, and Levin returning in place of Gunn. Following another hiatus (2009–2012, during which Fripp was thought to be retired, King Crimson came together again in 2013, this time as a septet (and, later, octet) with an unusual three-drumkit frontline, and new singer and secondary guitarist Jakko Jakszyk. This version of King Crimson toured from 2014 to 2021. After the band's final show in 2021, Fripp commented that King Crimson had "moved from sound to silence."cite web https://hellorayo.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/robert-fripp-king-crimson/ Robert Fripp says King Crimson have 'moved from sound to silence' Colothan Scott 8 December 2021 26 June 2024 Planet Rock H Bauer Publishin TOC limit|3