King Crimson
UK
Formed: 1969
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Prog-Rock, Art-Rock/Experimental, Album Rock, Hard Rock
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If there is one group that embodies progressive rock, it is King Crimson. Led by guitar/Mellotron virtuoso Robert Fripp, during its first five years of existence the band stretched both the language and structure of rock into realms of jazz and classical music, all the while avoiding pop and psychedelic sensibilities; the absence of mainstream compromises and the lack of an overt sense of humor ultimately doomed the group to nothing more than a large cult following, but made their albums among the most enduring and respectable of the prog rock ...
Group members
- Adrian Belew (38)
- Robert Fripp (28)
- John Wetton (23)
- David Cross (23)
- Bill Bruford (20)
- Tony Levin (16)
- Greg Lake (8)
- Trey Gunn (6)
- Keith Tippett (3)
- Michael Giles (3)
- Jamie Muir (2)
- Peter Giles (1)
- Gordon Haskell (1)
See also
- Bad Company (58)
- Adrian Belew (38)
- Robert Fripp (28)
- Family (21)
- Bill Bruford (20)
- Discipline (11)
- Trey Gunn (6)
- Boz (6)
- Emerson, Lake & Powell (4)
- Rhythm Buddies (1)
Similar artists
- David Bowie (321)
- Genesis (296)
- Pink Floyd (261)
- Marillion (165)
- Yes (122)
- Jethro Tull (96)
- Fish (84)
- Move (73)
- Talking Heads (66)
- Camel (64)
- Moody Blues (39)
- Soft Machine (37)
- Procol Harum (32)
- Gentle Giant (32)
- Van Der Graaf Generator (29)
- Jon Anderson (27)
- Magma (24)
- Focus (21)
- Alan Parsons (6)
- Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1)
Influenced by
- Frank Zappa (295)
- Miles Davis (281)
- Pink Floyd (261)
- Beatles (252)
- Jimi Hendrix (113)
- John Coltrane (110)
- Jethro Tull (96)
- Joni Mitchell (60)
- Fairport Convention (41)
- Moody Blues (39)
- Procol Harum (32)
- Donovan (31)
Followers
- Rush (197)
- Marillion (165)
- Asia (69)
- Camel (64)
- Kansas (62)
- Peter Gabriel (50)
- Gong (40)
- Roxy Music (38)
- Henry Cow (12)
- Amazing Blondel (7)
- Maps & Atlases (6)
Performed Songs By
- Brian Eno (161)
- David Cross (23)
- John Wetton (23)
- Tony Levin (16)
- Greg Lake (8)
- Michael Giles (3)
- Jamie Muir (2)
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