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King Crimson is an English musical group founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969. Their dense musical style has typically been categorised as progressive rock, though it also has influences from ... King Crimson is an English musical group founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969. Their dense musical style has typically been categorised as progressive rock, though it also has influences from jazz, classical, new wave, heavy metal and folk. Although King Crimson has garnered little radio or music video airplay, they have a devoted following.

History
Though its membership has fluctuated considerably during its lifetime, the band continues to perform and record music. Fripp is said to have once noted that "King Crimson exists when King Crimson needs to exist. Robert Fripp has been the only consistent member, although he has stated that he does not necessarily consider himself the band's leader. To him King Crimson "is a way of doing things", and the musical consistency that has persisted throughout the band's history, despite frequent rotation of its members, reflects this point of view.

The name King Crimson was coined by lyricist Peter Sinfield as a synonym for Beelzebub, prince of demons. According to Fripp, Beelzebub would be an anglicised form of the Arabic phrase "B'il Sabab", meaning "the man with an aim". However, the original name is understood to be from ba'al zebul, "Lord of the Seat". (The name was later popularly corrupted to ba'al zevel, "Lord of the Dungheap", and ba'al zevuv, "Lord of the Flies", because the god's statue was constantly covered in blood.)

Origins
Drummer Michael Giles and his bassist brother Peter, put out an advertisement for a singing organist. Robert Fripp, a guitarist who didn't sing, responded to the ad, and while he wasn't what the Giles brothers had been looking for, he impressed them greatly. The trio of Giles, Giles and Fripp was formed. They recorded one unsuccessful album together, "The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp", before disbanding.

Fripp and Michael Giles began discussing the formation of a new band. The first musician to be added to their new lineup was multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald. McDonald had been writing songs with lyricist Peter Sinfield, and brought him into the new band. Robert Fripp had seen singer-guitarist Greg Lake perform with a band called the Gods, and recruited him to sing and play bass. Thus, the first incarnation of King Crimson was born in November of 1968. Shortly afterward, they purchased a mellotron, and began using it to create their trademark orchestral sound.

Early in January 1969, the group rehearsed for the first time. The group's high-profile premiere took place at the famous free concert in Hyde Park, London, staged by The Rolling Stones in July 1969. The first King Crimson album, In the Court of the Crimson King was released in October, and received public compliments from guitarist Pete Townshend, who called the album "an uncanny masterpiece."

King Crimson went on tour through England, and later the United States, performing alongside many contemporary popular musicians and musical groups, including Iron Butterfly, Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, and Fleetwood Mac. Tensions and musical differences within the band eventually reached a limit, however; Ian McDonald and Michael Giles left the band in December 1969 to pursue solo work. In 1970, they recorded the McDonald and Giles studio album. McDonald went on to be a founding member of Foreigner in 1976.
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Song Name		Comments
21st Century Schizoid Man		51
21st Century Schizoid Man (Including Mirrors)		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [*][Instrumental]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [2004 Remaster]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [2009 Remix]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [2009 Stereo Mix] [Version]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [5.1 Digital Surround] [DVD]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [BBC Peel Session]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Bbc Session] [*]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [BBC Session] [Live][*]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [DVD][Instrumental]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Edit Version][Version]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Edit]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Edit][Instrumental]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Edit][Live][Instrumental]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Instrumental]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Live 1969]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Live 1972]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Live 1974]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Live at Fillmore East, New York, November 19		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Live at Hyde Park, London, July 5th, 1969] [		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Live in 69]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Live in 72]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Live in 74]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Live]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Live][Instrumental][Version]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Mono Version][Multimedia Track]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Original Master Edition 2004] [Version]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man [Original Version]		0
21st Century Schizoid Man Including Mirrors		0
21st Century Schizoid Man/Mirrors		0
Asbury Park		0
Asbury Park [Live]		0
B'boom		0
B'boom [#]		0
Book Of Saturday		3
Book of Saturday (Daily Games)		0
Book of Saturday [Daily Games]		0
Book of Saturday [Live]		0
Bude		0
Bude [*]		0
Cadence & Cascade [Instrumental Take] [*][Take]		0
cadence and cascade		7
Cadence and Cascade [5.1 Digital Surround]		0
Cadence and Cascade [Live]		0
Cadence and Cascade [Remix]		0
Cage		1
cat food		5
Cat Food [5.1 Digital Surround]		0
Cat Food [Edit]		0
Cat Food [Single Version]		0
Cat Food [Single Version][Edit][*]		0
Cirkus		10
Cirkus (Including Entry of the Chameleons)		0
Cirkus [5.1 Surround]		0
Cirkus [Stereo]		0
Cirkus [Studio Run] [*]		0
Cirkus/Entry of the Chameleons		0
Clouds		0
Coda Marine 475		0
Coda: I Have a Dream		0
Coda: Marine 475		0
Coda: Marine 475 [#]		0
Coda: Marine 475 [Abridged]		0
Court of the Crimson King		0
Court of the Crimson King (Fragment)		0
Court of the Crimson King (Fragment)		0
Court of the Crimson King (Including Return of the Fire Witch/The ...)		0
Dig Me		1
Dinosaur		8
Dinosaur [#]		0
Dinosaur [Edit]		0
Dinosaur [Single Version]		0
Discipline		0
Discipline		0
Discipline [Live]		0
Doctor Diamond		2
Drop In		0
Drop In [Early Rehearsal]		0
Earthbound		0
Easy Money		6
Easy Money [Live]		0
Elephant Talk		8
Elephant Talk [#]		0
Elephant Talk [Live]		0
Elephant Talk [Video] [Multimedia Track]		0
Epitaph		27
Epitaph [2004 Remaster]		0
Epitaph [2009 Remix]		0
Epitaph [2009 Stereo Mix] [Version]		0
Epitaph [5.1 Digital Surround] [DVD]		0
Epitaph [Alternate Version] [Alternate Take][Version]		0
Epitaph [Alternate Version] [Alternate Take][Version]		0
Epitaph [Alternate Version] [Multimedia Track]		0
Epitaph [Backing Track]		0
Epitaph [Backing Track] [*]		0
Epitaph [Backing Track] [*][Instrumental][Version]		0
Epitaph [Backing Track] [DVD][*][Instrumental][Version]		0
Epitaph [Instrumental]		0
Epitaph [Live at Fillmore East, New York, November 1969] [Live]		0
Epitaph [Live at Hyde Park, London, July 5th, 1969] [Live]		0
Epitaph [Live]		0
Epitaph [Original Master Edition 2004] [Version]		0
Epitaph Including March For No Reason and Tomorrow and Tomorrow		0
Epitaph/March for No Reason/Tomorrow and Tomorrow		0
Exiles		4
Exiles [Abridged]		0
Exiles [Abridged][Live]		0
Exiles [Live]		0
Eyes Wide Open		0
Facts of Life		4
Fallen Angel		3
Fallen Angel [Trio Version][#][*][Instrumental]		0
Formentera Lady		1
Formentera Lady [Abridged]		0
Formentera Lady [Digital Surround]		0
Formentera Lady [Take 1] [Take]		0
Formentera Lady [Take 2] [*][Take]		0
Formentera Lady [Take 2] [Take]		0
Formentera Lady [Take 3] [Take]		0
Formentera Lady [Take 4] [Take]		0
Formentera Lady [Take]		0
Fracture		0
Fracture [Abridged]		0
Fracture [Live]		0
Frakctured		0
Frakctured [Live][#]		0
frame by frame		3
Frame by Frame [Video] [Multimedia Track]		0
Great Deceiver		0
Groon		0
Groon [Live]		0
Groon [Single B Side][*]		0
Happy Family		5
Happy Family [5.1 Surround]		0
Happy Family [Stereo]		0
Happy With What you have to be happy with		9
Heartbeat		2
Heartbeat [Live]		0
Howler		0
I Ran		0
I Talk To The Wind		30
I Talk to the Wind [2004 Remaster]		0
I Talk to the Wind [2009 Remix]		0
I Talk To The Wind [2009 Stereo Mix] [Version]		0
I Talk To The Wind [5.1 Digital Surround] [DVD]		0
I Talk to the Wind [Alternate Mix]		0
I Talk To The Wind [Alternate Mix] [*]		0
I Talk To The Wind [Alternate Mix] [*][Multimedia Track]		0
I Talk to the Wind [Alternate Mix] [Alternate Take]		0
I Talk To The Wind [Alternate Mix] [Alternate Take][*]		0
I Talk to the Wind [Alternate Take - Duo Version]		0
I Talk to the Wind [BBC Peel Session]		0
I Talk to the Wind [BBC Session] [*]		0
I Talk to The Wind [BBC Session] [Live][*]		0
I Talk To The Wind [Duo Version] [*]		0
I Talk To The Wind [Duo Version] [*][Multimedia Track]		0
I Talk to the Wind [Duo Version] [*][Version]		0
I Talk To The Wind [Duo Version] [Alternate Take][*][Version]		0
I Talk to the Wind [Duo Version] [Version]		0
I Talk To The Wind [Original Master Edition 2004] [Version]		0
I Talk to the Wind [Studio Run Through]		0
I Talk to the Wind [Studio Run Through]		0
I Talk To The Wind [Studio Run Through] [Version]		0
in the wake of poseidon		6
In the Wake of Poseidon [5.1 Digital Surround]		0
In the Wake of Poseidon [Edit][Instrumental]		0
In the Wake of Poseidon [Including Libra's Theme]		0
In the Wake of Poseidon/Libra's Theme		0
Indiscipline		4
Indiscipline [*]		0
Indiscipline [#]		0
Indiscipline [Video] [Multimedia Track]		0
Indoor Games		3
Industry		0
Inner Garden I		2
Inner Garden II		2
Inner Garden, Pt. 1		0
Inner Garden, Pt. 2		0
Into the Frying Pan		0
Islands		8
Islands [Digital Surround]		0
Islands [Edit][Instrumental]		0
Islands [Fragment]		0
Islands [Studio Run Through]		0
Islands [Studio Run Through] [*]		0
Islands [Take]		0
Ladies Of The Road		9
Ladies of the Road [#]		0
Ladies of the Road [Take 5] [Take]		0
Lady Of The Dancing Water		2
Lady of the Dancing Water [5.1 Surround]		0
Lady of the Dancing Water [Alternate Mix][Alternate Take][#][*]		0
Lady of the Dancing Water [Stereo]		0
Lament		1
Lament [DVD][Version]		0
Lament [Live]		0
Lark's Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2		0
Lark's Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 3		0
Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II		0
Larks' Tongue in Aspic (Both Parts)		4
Larks' Tongue in Aspic, Pt. 1		0
Larks' Tongue in Aspic, Pt. 2		0
Larks' Tongue in Aspic, Pt. 2 [Abbreviated]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 1		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 1 [Abridged]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 1 [Abridged][Edit]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 1 [Edit]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2 [#]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2 [Excerpt]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2 [Live]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 3		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 3 [Edit][Live]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 3 [Excerpt][Live]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 4		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 4 [Continued]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 4 [Continued]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 4 [Live]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. I		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. I [Live]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. II		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. II [*]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. II [Live]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. II [Live]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. IV		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic: Pt. 2		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic: Pt. 2 [Live]		0
Larks' Tongues in Aspic: Pt. 2 [Live]		0
Letters		0
Level Five		0
Light ConstruKction		0
Lizard		0
Lizard [5.1 Surround]		0
Lizard [Stereo]		0
Lizard 1. Prince Rupert Awakes		1
Lizard 3. The Battle Of The Glass Tears		1
Lizard: Prince Rupert Awakes/Bolero: The Peacock's Tale/The Battle of G		0
Man With An Open Heart		1
Marine 475 (Vroom Coda)		2
matte kudasai		5
Model Man		1
Modelk Man		0
Moonchild		0
Moonchild [2004 Remaster]		0
Moonchild [2009 Remix]		0
Moonchild [2009 Stereo Mix] [Version]		0
Moonchild [5.1 Digital Surround] [DVD]		0
Moonchild [Full Version] [*]		0
Moonchild [Full Version] [*][Multimedia Track]		0
Moonchild [Full Version] [*][Version]		0
Moonchild [Full Version] [Version]		0
Moonchild [Original Master Edition 2004] [Version]		0
Moonchild [Take 1] [Multimedia Track]		0
Moonchild [Take 1] [Take]		0
Moonchild [Take 1] [Take]		0
Moonchild 2009 Mix [Full Version]		0
Moonchild Including The Dream And The Illusion		29
Moonchild/The Dream/The Illusion		0
Neal And Jack And Me		7
Neurotica		6
Neurotica [#]		0
Night Watch		0
No Warning		0
Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds)		0
Nuyages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds)		0
One More Red Nightmare		10
One Time		5
One Time [Live][#]		0
One Time [Rehearsal 28th April]		0
Peace - a Beginning		0
Peace - A Theme		0
Peace - An End		0
peace--a beginning		0
peace--an end		1
Peace-A Beginning		0
Peace-A Beginning [5.1 Digital Surround]		0
Peace-an End		0
Peace-An End [5.1 Digital Surround]		0
People		1
Pictures of a City		0
Pictures of a City [5.1 Digital Surround]		0
Pictures of a City [Islands Lineup Rehearsal]		0
Pictures of a City [Live]		0
Pictures of a City/42nd at Treadmill		0
pictures of a sity		4
Potato Pie		0
Potato Pie [*]		0
Prelude: Song of the Gulls		0
Providence		1
Providence [Full Version][*]		0
Providence [Live]		0
ProzaKc Blues		0
Radio II		0
Radio, Pt. 1		0
Radio, Pt. 2		0
Red		2
Red [#]		0
Red [Live]		0
Requiem		0
Sailor's Tale		1
Sailor's Tale [Abridged]		0
Sartori in Tangier		0
Sartori in Tangier [Live]		0
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream		0
Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream		2
She Shudders		0
Sheltering Sky		0
Sleepless		1
Sleepless [Abridged]		0
Sleepless [Bob Clearmountain Mix]		0
Sleepless [Bob Clearmountain Mix][*]		0
Sleepless [Dance Mix - F. Kevorkian]		0
Sleepless [Dance Mix-F. Kevorkian][*]		0
Sleepless [Live]		0
Sleepless [Tony Levin Mix]		0
Sleepless [Tony Levin Mix][*]		0
Song of the Gulls		0
Starless		19
Starless [*]		0
Starless [Abridged]		0
Starless [Live]		0
Starless [Mono Version][Multimedia Track]		0
Starless & Bible Black Us Radio Advert 1974: The Unfettered Truth		0
Starless and Bible Back		0
Starless and Bible Black		0
Starless and Bible Black [Live]		0
Talking Drum		0
the construKction of light		3
The Construkction of Light [Continued]		0
The Court of the Crimson King		54
The Court of the Crimson King (Fragment)		0
The Court of the Crimson King (Fragment)		0
The Court Of The Crimson King (Part 1) [Mono Single Version] [Single A Side		0
The Court Of The Crimson King (Part 2) [Mono Single Version] [Single B Side		0
The Court of the Crimson King [2004 Remaster]		0
The Court of the Crimson King [2009 Remix]		0
The Court Of The Crimson King [2009 Stereo Mix] [Version]		0
The Court Of The Crimson King [5.1 Digital Surround] [DVD]		0
The Court of the Crimson King [Abridged]		0
The Court of the Crimson King [Edit]		0
The Court of the Crimson King [Edited Mono Single Mix] [Edit]		0
The Court of the Crimson King [Live at Fillmore East, New York, November 19		0
The Court of the Crimson King [Live at Hyde Park, London, July 5th, 1969] [		0
The Court of the Crimson King [Live]		0
The Court of the Crimson King [Live][#][*]		0
The Court of the Crimson King [Mono Album Mix]		0
The Court Of The Crimson King [Original Master Edition 2004] [Version]		0
The Court of the Crimson King [Single A Side]		0
The Court of the Crimson King [Single B Side]		0
The Court Of The Crimson King [Take 3] [Multimedia Track]		0
The Court of the Crimson King [Take 3] [Take]		0
The Court of the Crimson King [Take 3] [Take]		0
The Court of the Crimson King Including the Return of the Fire Witch ...		0
The Court of the Crimson King. Pt. 1 [Mono Single Version] [*][Version]		0
The Court of the Crimson King. Pt. 2 [Mono Single Version] [*][Version]		0
The Court of the Crimson King/The Return of the Fire Witch/The Dance of the		0
The Devil's Triangle		0
The Devil's Triangle: Merday Morn/Hand of Sceiron/Garden of Worm		0
The Great Deceiver		4
The Howler		2
The Letters		3
The Letters [Live]		0
The Letters [Take]		0
The Mincer		3
The Night Watch		6
The Power to Believe I		0
The Power to Believe I: (A Cappella)		0
The Power to Believe I: [Acappella]		0
The Power To Believe I: A Capella		2
The Power to Believe I: A Cappella		0
The Power to Believe II		0
The Power to Believe II (Power Circle)		0
The Power to Believe III		0
The Power to Believe IV		0
The Power to Believe IV: Coda		0
The Power to Believe, Pt. 2		0
The Power to Believe, Pt. 3		0
The Power to Believe, Pt. 4: Coda [Live]		0
The Sailor's Tale		0
The Sailor's Tale [Abridged]		0
The Sailor's Tale [Live]		0
The Sheltering Sky		0
The Sheltering Sky [Alternate Mix] [Alternate Take][*]		0
The Sheltering Sky [Alternate Mix] [MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96) Mix]		0
The Sheltering Sky [Alternate Mix] [PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/48) Mix]		0
The Sheltering Sky [DTS 5.1 Digital Surround Mix]		0
The Sheltering Sky [Live]		0
The Sheltering Sky [MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround Mix]		0
The Sheltering Sky [MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96) Mix]		0
The Sheltering Sky [PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/48) Mix]		0
The Sheltering Sky [Rough Mix/PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/48) Mix]		0
The Talking Drum		0
The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum		2
Thela Hun Ginjeet		12
Thrak		0
Thrak		0
Thrak		0
Thrak [#]		0
Three Of A Perfect Pair		6
Trio		0
Two Hands		1
Vrooom		0
Vrooom Vrooom		0
Vrooom Vrooom [#]		0
Vrooom Vrooom [Live]		0
Vrooom Vrooom: Coda		0
Waiting Man		1
Waiting Man [Live]		0
Walking on Air		8
We'll Let You Know		0
We'll Let You Know [DTS 5.1 Digital Surround Mix]		0
We'll Let You Know [Live]		0
We'll Let You Know [MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96) Mix]		0
We'll Let You Know [MPL Lossless 5.1 Surround Mix]		0
We'll Let You Know [Original Album Mix (30th Anniversary Edition)]		0
We'll Let You Know [PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/48) Mix]		0
We'll Let You Know [PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/48) Mix]		0

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