King Crimson

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Beat studio portrait
King Crimson-affiliated act Beat announce global livestream of upcoming Los Angeles show

By Fraser Lewry Published

Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Steve Vai and Danny Carey are currently on the road playing the music of 80s-era King Crimson

Concerts & Shows
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox in their kitchen wearing David Bowie-style makeup
It's all gone spectacularly Halloween-shaped in the Fripp-Willcox household

By Fraser Lewry Published

Watch aghast as Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp wrestle David Bowie's Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) into the grave

Tracks & Singles
Jakko Jakszyk - Who's The Boy With The Lovely Hair?
Two life stories intertwine in Jakko M Jakszyk’s memoir Who’s The Boy With The Lovely Hair?

By Dave Everley Published

His colourful life and remarkable times feature Sir Richard Attenborough, The Nolan Sisters, Ruud Gullit, Michael Jackson (and Morris Minor And The Majors’ Stutter Rap)

Interviews
A Mellotron, and inside a Mellotron
The heavenly harmony of the spheres: A beginner's guide to the Mellotron in six essential songs

By Paul Henderson Published

The official sound of prog, made in Birmingham

Tracks & Singles
King Crimson sitting on an area of grass, 1969
Prog writers to celebrate 55th anniversary of King Crimson's debut album with listening party

By Jerry Ewing Published

Sid Smith, Jo Kendall and Mike Barnes host A King Crimson Listening party in London this October

Bands & Artists
King Crimson - Red
The radical neutrality that gave birth to King Crimson’s Red

By Sid Smith Published

Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, John Wetton and guests struggled to deliver the 1974 album that, for many years, remained severely underrated

Interviews
Robert Fripp
Ever wondered what King Crimson is all about? Here’s Robert Fripp’s observation

By Prog Published

Ever wondered what the band is all about? Here are several ways of approaching the question, suggested by the man who’s done the most thinking about it

Interviews
King Crimson - Sheltering Skies
“Seat-of-the-pants stuff served by a revelatory sound mix”: King Crimson’s Sheltering Skies

By Ian Fortnam Published

1982 live set, previously part-released as The Noise, finds the post-Discipline line-up repurposing prog

Tracks & Singles
King Crimson: Sheltering Skies (Live In Fréjus, August 27th, 1982) cover art
80s' King Crimson shine brightly on Sheltering Skies

By Kris Needs Published

Enter the post-prog maelstrom

Tracks & Singles
Jakszyk, Fripp & Collins - A Scarcity of Miracles
The series of incidents that led to Jakszyk, Fripp & Collins’ A Scarcity Of Miracles

By Rob Hughes Published

The reunion of two bandmates who’d fallen out badly in the 70s, combined with the energy of a lifelong fan, resulted in a stunning album that assembled the leading lights of Crimson’s final era

Interviews
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