King Crimson: Difference between revisions

Current band members:

* [[I Am the Band|Robert Fripp]] (1969 - present): guitar, guitar synthesizer, etc.

* Pat Mastelotto (1994 - present): drums, percussion

 

Former band members:

* Ian McDonald (1969): saxophone, flute, Mellotron

* Michael Giles (1969 - 1970): drums

* Peter Sinfield (1969 - 1971): VCS 3 synthesizer, lyrics

* Gordon Haskell (1970): bass, vocals

* Andy McCulloch (1970): drums

* Ian Wallace (1971 - 1972): drums

* John Wetton (1972 - 1974): bass, vocals, piano

* Jamie Muir (1972 - 1973): percussion, drums

* David Cross <ref>No, not ''that'' [[David Cross]]</ref> (1972 - 1974): violin, Mellotron, piano

* Richard Palmer-James (1973 - 1974): lyrics

* Peter Giles (1970): bass

* Keith Tippett (1970 - 1971): piano

* Nick Evans (1970): trombone

* Robin Miller (1970 - 1971, 1974): oboe, cor anglais

* Harry Miller (1971): double bass

* Paulina Lucas (1971): vocals

 

Studio album discography:

** [[Your Mileage May Vary]] with "Providence". The first minute and a half contains some excellent [[Silence of the Lambs]]-styled violin work from Cross and Wetton provides one of the best bass solos in music history in the last three minutes. The improv section of "Moonchild", on the other hand...

** A curious example: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxEbFxwed3M "The Deception of the Thrush"], an improvisation featured on many King Crimson live albums. Each iteration follows the same basic structure, but with wild variations in actual content. The linked version is arguably the best one.

* [[Japanese Stock Phrases]]: "Matte Kudasai" (lit. "please wait"), "Shoganai" (a variant of "[[It Can't Be Helped|shikata ga nai]]")

* [[Last-Note Nightmare]]: "21st Century Schizoid Man" is probably the best known example, but the band use this trope pretty often. It's especially commonplace during live improvisations.

* [[Sampling]]: In a rather unexpected move, "21st Schizoid Man" was sampled for the beat of [[Kanye West]]'s "Power".

* [[Scare Chord]]: Several, but the one in "The Devil's Triangle" is particularly jarring.

** The lyrics of "Happy Family" (from ''Lizard'') are widely believed to be a thinly-veiled reference to [[The Beatles]]' breakup ("Silas" = George, "Rufus" = Ringo, "Jonah" = John, "Jude" = Paul), which would explain the cover illustration.

** Also, the opening lyrics to "Epitaph" reference Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence"

** Also, the ProjeKct Two albums ''Space Groove'' and ''Live Groove''.

* [[The Spartan Way]]: Bill Bruford's descriptions of what playing in King Crimson was like almost make the band sound like this.

'''Bruford''' (on joining King Crimson): It was like going over the Berlin Wall... [[Dissimile|into East Germany]]. }}

* [[Too Soon]]: It's not surprising that they began to omit the lyrics of "Coda: I Have a Dream" during concerts.