King Crimson

King Crimson’s rock star moments: A unique marriage proposal, a food fight and an adult movie soundtrack

By Sid Smith published 29 March 26

John Wetton recalled a unique proposal in Italy as he argued that the band had plenty of edgy adventures – they just didn’t get caught

Bill Bruford’s first and best drum lesson as King Crimson recorded Larks’ Tongues In Aspic

By Mike Barnes published 23 March 26

He’d left Yes to join Robert Fripp in the hope of growing and learning. He didn’t expect it to happen the way it did

Amazingly, a prog supergroup soundtracked the summer of 1982. Their secret? English church music

By Mark Blake published 8 March 26

With a background in three of the genre’s biggest bands, the quartet got tired of creating epics and decided to go pop. But they know their debut album would have only achieved a thousandth of its sales without the last track to be added

The apocalyptic anthem that sowed the seeds for prog – and became “the first heavy metal song” in the process

By Jo Kendall published 24 January 26

Everyone from Ozzy to Voivod has covered this groundbreaking masterpiece

Debate: Will the return of Rush be the biggest prog event of 2026?

By Martin Kielty published 15 January 26

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson own the limelight all year, or can King Crimson, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Crown Lands and The Pineapple Thief grab headlines?

The 20 best prog reissues of 2025

By Prog Magazine published 1 January 26

Long-awaited cuts from Pink Floyd, Genesis, Rush, Mike Oldfield and many more got the deluxe treatment over the past 12 months. Is your favourite on our list?

“It was my first studio job. I wiped a Robert Fripp guitar section”: World-class producer’s shaky start

By Malcolm Dome published 10 December 25

After the baptism of fire that was King Crimson’s Lizard, he worked on Tangerine Dream’s Rubycon, Frank Zappa’s Joe’s Garage and dozens of Van Morrison records