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How King Crimson created Starless, complete with the “death of prog” solo

By Sid Smith Published

One of their most popular and recognised songs was rejected, plundered for its title then became the star of 1974 album Red – after the line-up who’d made it had disintegrated

Tracks & Singles
A photograph of Al Murray holding a Genesis record
Pub Landlord Al Murray didn’t want to be just another punk fan

By Jo Kendall Published

Comedian and drummer’s record collection started with cassettes of Genesis and King Crimson before taking in Tool, Steven Wilson, The Aristocrats and more

Interviews
Robert Fripp and Toyah in their kitchen
Toyah and Robert Fripp unleash sprightly cover of the MC5's incendiary call to arms Kick Out The Jams

By Fraser Lewry Published

Kick Out The Jams ignited punk’s vital spark in 60s Detroit – and now it's set light to Toyah and Robert Fripp's Worcestershire kitchen

Bands & Artists
Adrian Belew
Beat’s Adrian Belew on survival, orchestra music and Frank Zappa

By Sid Smith Published

King Crimson offshoot Beat leader and Bowie, Shatner and Hancock collaborator has long been confident that the future is secure on the road – which pleases him because he loves it

Interviews
Robert Fripp and Toyah
That movie about Toyah and Robert Fripp's Sunday Lunch viral success is still in production

By Fraser Lewry Published

Don't expect the Citizen Kane of kitchen performance videos to arrive any time soon

Bands & Artists
King Crimson studio portrait
King Crimson unveil 2014 (The Complete US Tour) double Blu-ray set

By Jerry Ewing Published

King Crimson's new two-disc set 2014 (The Complete US Tour) features every date in the tour, plus a family and friends show at The Egg in Albany

Concerts & Shows
Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and Phil Lynott onstage (composite image)
Twelve incredible live performances just uploaded to the internet

By Fraser Lewry Published

The internet is a goldmine, part 54568964

Concerts & Shows
Bassist Boz Burrell (1946 - 2006)
How Boz Burrell saved King Crimson when Robert Fripp had lost hope

By Martin Kielty Published

If someone hadn’t left a bass behind in the band’s rehearsal room, leading to a change of role for their newly-hired singer, their career might well have ended before 1971’s Islands

Bands & Artists
King Crimson in 1981
Nine King Crimson albums to listen to and one to avoid

By Malcolm Dome Published

An exploration of the best albums by King Crimson, Robert Fripp's ever-rotating gang of idiosyncratic, brilliant musicians

Albums
Segments of five classic progresssive rock album covers
A beginner's guide to progressive rock in five essential albums

By Jerry Ewing Published

50 years on from its arrival, arguments still rage about what exactly constitutes progressive rock - but there's no quibbling about these five essential albums, surely?

Albums
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