ORIGEN:
Londres, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
GENERO MUSICAL:
Rock progresivo
Avant-rock
Jazz rock
Rock experimental
PERIODO DE ACTIVIDAD:
Desde; 1968 - 1974
1981 – 1984
1995 – Presente
PRIEMROS INTEGRANTES:
Robert Fripp – Guitarista (presente)
Ian McDonald - Instrumentos de viento, teclados, melotrón, voces
Greg Lake - Bajo, voces
Michael Giles - Batería, percusiones, voces
Peter Sinfield - Letras e iluminación).
OTROS INTEGRANTES:
Greg Lake - bajo, voz y pandereta (1969–1970).
Michael Giles - batería, voz (1969–1970).
Ian McDonald - saxofón, clarinete, clarinete bajo, flauta, melotrón, vibráfono, voz (1969; 1974).
Peter Sinfield - letras, sintetizador (1969–1971).
Mel Collins - saxofón, flauta, voz, melotrón (1970–1972; 1974).
Gordon Haskell - bajo, voz (1970).
Andy McCulloch - batería (1970).
Rick Kemp - bajo (1971).
Boz Burrell - bajo, voz (1971–1972).
Ian Wallace - batería, percusión y voz (1971–1972).
John Wetton - bajo, voz (1972–1974).
Jamie Muir - percusión, de todo (1972–1973).
Bill Bruford - batería, percusión (1972–1998).
David Cross - violín, viola, flauta, melotrón, piano eléctrico, teclados (1972–1974).
Richard Palmer-James - letras, voz (1972–1974).
Trey Gunn - Warr guitar, Chapman stick (1994–2003).
OTROS ARTISTAS PARTICIPANTES:
Keith Tippet: - piano, piano eléctrico; instrumentación. Músico de jazz.
Marc Charig: - corneta. Músico de jazz.
Robin Miller: - oboe, corno inglés. Este músico fue miembro de la London Sinfonietta, con la que tomó parte en la grabación de la obra de cámara de Arnold Schönberg.
Nick Evans: - trombón de varas. Músico de jazz.
Jon Anderson: - voz en King Rupert Awakes, del álbum Lizard.
Paulina Lucas: - voz en el álbum Islands
ARTISTAS RELACIONADOS:
Emerson, Lake & Palmer,
Yes…
The Talking Heads
Mr. Mister
Porcupine Tree
Earthworks
SELLOS DISCOGRAFICO:
Discipline Global Mobile
Island Record.
Atlantic Record
Polydor
Virgin
Caroline
DISCOGRAFIA:
ÁLBUMES de ESTUDIO
*In The Court Of The Crimson King - 1969
*In The Wake Of Poseidon - 1970
*Lizard - 1970
*Islands - 1971
*Larks' Tongues In Aspic - 1973
*Starless And Bible Black - 1974
*Red - 1974
*Discipline - 1981
*Beat - 1982
*Three Of A Perfect Pair - 1984
*Thrak - 1995
*The ConstruKction Of Light - 2000
*Happy With What To Have To Be Happy With - 2002
ÁLBUMES EN VIVO:
1972 Earthbound
Released: June 1972
Recorded: February 11-March 10, 1972
Label: Island, Polydor, E.G., Virgin
1975 USA
Released: April 1975
Recorded: June 1974
Label: Island, Atlantic, Polydor, E.G., Virgin
1992 The Great Deceiver
Released: 30 October 1992
Recorded: 1973-1974
Label: E.G., Virgin
Notes: 4CD box set
1995 B'Boom: Live in Argentina
Released: 22 August 1995
Recorded: 1994
Label: Discipline Global Mobile (DGM)
Notes: 2CD set
1996 Thrakattak
Released: 1996
Recorded: 1995
Label: DGM
1997 Epitaph
Released: 1997
Recorded: 1969
Label: DGM
Notes: 4CD box set
The Night Watch
Released: 1997
Recorded: 23 November 1973
Label: DGM
Notes: 2CD set
1998 Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal
Released: 23 June 1998
Recorded: 11 July 1984
Label: DGM
Notes: 2CD set
Live at the Marquee
Released: October 1998
Recorded: 1969
Label: DGM
Live at Jacksonville
Released: December 1998
Recorded: 26 February 1972
Label: DGM
1999 The Beat Club, Bremen
Released: February 1999
Recorded: 17 October 1972
Label: DGM
Live at Cap D'Agde
Released: April 1999
Recorded: 26–27 August 1982
Label: DGM
Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson Live
Released: 25 May 1999
Recorded: 1969-1998
Label: Vorgin
Notes: 2CD set
King Crimson on Broadway
Released: June 1999
Recorded: 20–25 November 1995
Label: DGM
Live in San Francisco
Released: August 1999
Recorded: 1 November 1995
Label: DGM
Notes: ProjeKct Four album
Live in Mexico City
Released: 1999
Recorded: 2–4 August 1996
Label: DGM
The ProjeKcts
Released: 26 October 1999
Recorded: 1997-1999
Label: DGM
Notes: 4CD box set by ProjeKct One, Two, Three and Four
The Deception of the Thrush: A Beginners' Guide to ProjeKcts
Released: 1999
Recorded: 1997-1999
Label: DGM
2000 The Beginners' Guide to the King Crimson Collectors' Club
Released: 2000
Recorded: 1969-1998
Label: DGM
Live in Central Park, NYC
Released: April 2000
Recorded: 1 July 1974
Label: DGM
Heavy ConstruKction
Released: 2000
Recorded: May - July 2000
Label: DGM
Notes: 3CD set
2001 Vrooom Vrooom
Released: 13 November 2001
Recorded: 30 June 1995 - 4 August 1996
Label: DGM
Notes: 2CD set
2002 Ladies of the Road
Released: 12 November 2002
Recorded: 1971-1972
Label: DGM
Notes: 2CD set
2003 EleKtrik: Live in Japan
Released: 2003
Recorded: 16 April 2003
Label: DGM
Notes: Recorded at Kouseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan
The Power To Believe Tour Box
Released: 28 February 2003
Recorded: 2003
Label: DGM
Notes: Packaged in a DVD snapcase
ÁLBUMES de RECOPILACIONES:
1976 A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson
Released: 1976
Recorded: 1969-1974
Label: Island, Atlantic, Polydor, E.G., Virgin, DGM
Notes: 2LP set
1986 The Compact King Crimson
Released: 1986
Recorded: 1969-1986
Label: E.G.
1991 Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson
Released: 1991
Recorded: 1969-1984
Label: Caroline
Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson
Released: 1991
Recorded: 1969-1984
Label: Caroline
Notes: 4CD set
1993 Sleepless: The Concise King Crimson
Released: 1993
Recorded: 1969-1983
Label: Caroline
2004 The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson - Volume One - 1969–1974
Released: 2004
Recorded: 1969-1975
Label: DGM
Notes: 4CD box set
2005 The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson - Vol. 2 - 1981–2003
Released: 2005
Recorded: 1981-2003
Label: DGM
Notes: 4CD box set
2006 The Condensed 21st Century Guide to King Crimson
Released: 2006
Recorded: 1969-2003
Label: DGM
Notes: 2CD set
VIDEOGRAFIAS:
1982 The Noise: Frejus
Formats: VHS
Notes: recorded 1982
1984 Three of a Perfect Pair: Live in Japan
Formats: VHS, LD
Notes: recorded 1984
1996 Live in Japan
Formats: VHS
Notes: recorded 1995
1999 Déjà Vrooom
Formats: DVD
Notes: recorded 1995
2003 Eyes Wide Open
Formats: DVD
Notes: recorded 2000 & 2003
2004 Neal and Jack and Me
Formats: DVD
Notes: recorded 1982 & 1984
TEMAS MAS POPULARES:
21st Century Schizoid Man - (In The Court Of Crimson King)
Epitaph - (In The Court Of Crimson King)
Pictures Of A City - (In The Wake Of Poseidon)
Cat's Food - (In The Wake Of Poseidon)
Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part 2 - (Larks' Tongues In Aspic)
Easy Money - (Lark's Tongues In Aspic)
The Great Deciever - (Starless And Bible Black)
The Night Watch - (Starless And Bible Black)
Red - (Red)
Starless - (Red)
Frame By Frame - (Discipline)
Matte Kudasai - (Discipline)
The Sheltering Sky - Discipline)
Heartbeat - (Beat)
Three Of A Perfect Pair - (Three Of A Perfect Pair)
Sleepless - (Three Of A Perfect Pair)
Vrooom - (Thrak)
Walking On Air - (Thrak)
Eyes Wide Open - (The Power To Believe)
Dangerous Curves - (The Power To Believe)
Peak chart positions:
Single Album
1969 "The Court of the Crimson King" (80 [70] U.S.) In the Court of the
Crimson King
1970 "Cat Food" In the Wake of Poseidon
1973 "Atlantic Sampler" Non-album promo single
1974 "The Night Watch" Starless and Bible Black
1976 "Epitaph" / "21st Century Schizoid Man" Non-álbum single
1981 "Matte Kudasai"
"Elephant Talk" Discipline
"Thela Hun Ginjeet"
1982 "Heartbeat" (58 USA OR) Beat
1984 "Three of a Perfect Pair"
"Sleepless" (79 UK) Three of a Perfect Pair
1995 "Dinosaur"
"People" THRAK
"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream"
LETRAS DE ALGUNAS CANCIONES:
Canción: Lament
Album: Starless And Bible Black
I guess i tried to show you how
I'd take the crowd with my guitar
And business men would clap their hands
And clip another fat cigar
And publishers would spread the news
And print my music far and wide
And all the kids who played the blues
Would learn my licks with a bottle neck slide
But now it seems the bubble's burst
Although you know there was a time
When love songs gathered in my head
With poetry in every line
And strong men strove to hold the doors
While with my friends i passed the age
When people stomped on dirty floors
Before i trod the rock'n'roll stage
I'll thank the man who's on the 'phone
And if he has the time to spend
The problem i'll explain once more
And indicate a sum to lend
That ten percent is now a joke
Maybe thirty, even thirty-five
I'll say my daddy's had a stroke
He'd have one now, if he only was alive
I like the way you look at me
You're laughing too down there inside
I took my chance and you took yours
You crewed my ship, we missed the tide
I like the way the music goes
There's a few good guys who can play it right
I like the way it moves my toes
Just say when you want to go and dance all night...
Canción: Moonchild
Album: In The Court Of The Crimson King
Call her moonchild
Dancing in the shallows of a river
Lovely moonchild
Dreaming in the shadow
Of the willow.
Talking to the trees of the
Cobweb strange
Sleeping on the steps of a fountain
Waving silver wands to the
Night-birds song
Waiting for the sun on the mountain.
She's a moonchild
Gathering the flowers in a garden.
Lovely moonchild
Drifting on the echoes of the hours.
Sailing on the wind
In a milk white gown
Dropping circle stones on a sun dial
Playing hide and seek
With the ghosts of dawn
Waiting for a smile from a sun child.
Canción: The Court Of The Crimson King
Album: In The Court Of The Crimson King
The dance of the puppets
The rusted chains of prison moons
Are shattered by the sun.
I walk a road, horizons change
The tournament's begun.
The purple piper plays his tune,
The choir softly sing;
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue,
For the court of the crimson king.
The keeper of the city keys
Put shutters on the dreams.
I wait outside the pilgrim's door
With insufficient schemes.
The black queen chants
The funeral march,
The cracked brass bells will ring;
To summon back the fire witch
To the court of the crimson king.
The gardener plants an evergreen
Whilst trampling on a flower.
I chase the wind of a prism ship
To taste the sweet and sour.
The pattern juggler lifts his hand;
The orchestra begin.
As slowly turns the grinding wheel
In the court of the crimson king.
On soft gray mornings widows cry
The wise men share a joke;
I run to grasp divining signs
To satisfy the hoax.
The yellow jester does not play
But gentle pulls the strings
And smiles as the puppets dance
In the court of the crimson king.
Canción: The Night Watch
Album: Starless And Bible Black
Shine, shine, the light of good works shine
The watch before the city gates depicted in their prime
That golden light all grimy now
Three hundred years have passed
The worthy captain and his squad of troopers standing fast
The artist knew their faces well
The husbands of his lady friends
His creditors and councillors
In armour bright, the merchant men
Official moments of the guild
In poses keen from bygone days
The city fathers frozen there
Upon the canvas dark with age
The smell of paint, a flask of wine
And turn those faces all to me
The blunderbuss and halberd-shaft
And dutch respectability
They make their entrance one by one
Defenders of that way of life
The redbrick home, the bourgeoisie
Guitar lessons for the wife
So many years we suffered here
Our country racked with spanish wars
Now comes a chance to find ourselves
And quiet reigns behind our doors
We think about posterity again
And so the pride of little men
The burghers good and true
Still living through the painter's hand
Request you all to understand
Canción: Lady Of The Dancing Water
Album: Lizard
Grass in your hair stretched like a lion in the sun
Restlessly turned moistened your mouth with your
Tongue.
Pouring my wine in your eyes caged mine glowing
Touching your face my fingers strayed knowing.
I called you lady of the dancing water.
Blown autumn leaves shed to the fire where you laid
Me
Burn slow to ash just as my days now seem to be.
I feel you still always your eyes glowing
Remembered hours salt, earth and flowers flowing
Farewell my lady of the dancing water.
Canción: Epitaph
Album: In The Court Of The Crimson King
The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams.
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams.
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams,
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
As silence drowns the screams.
Between the iron gates of fate,
The seeds of time were sown,
And watered by the deeds of those
Who know and who are known;
Knowledge is a deadly friend
When no one sets the rules.
The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools.
Confusion will be my epitaph.
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back
And laugh.
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying,
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying.
Canción: Easy Money
Album: Larks' Tongues In Aspic
Your admirers on the street
Gotta hoot and stamp their feet
In the heat from your physique
As you twinkle by in moccasin sneakers
And i thought my heart would break
When you doubled up at the stake
With your fingers all a-shake
You could never tell a winner from a snake
But you always make money
Easy money
With your figure and your face
Strutting out at every race
Throw a glass around the place
Show the colour of your crimson suspenders
We would take the money home
Sit around the family throne
My old dog could chew his bone
For two weeks we could appease the almighty
Easy money
Got no truck with the la-di-da
Keep my bread in an old fruit jar
Drive you out in a motor-car
Getting fat on your lucky star just making
Easy money.
Canción: Frame By Frame
Album: Discipline
Frame by frame (Suddenly)
Death by drowning (from within)
In your, in your analysis
Step by step (Suddenly)
Doubt by numbers (from within)
In your, in your analysis.
Canción: Starless
Album: Red
Sundown dazzling day
Gold through my eyes
But my eyes turned within
Only see
Starless and bible black
Ice blue silver sky
Fades into grey
To a grey hope that oh years to be
Starless and bible black
Old friend charity
Cruel twisted smile
And the smile signals emptiness
For me
Starless and bible black
Canción: Matte Kudasai
Album: Discipline
Still, by the window pane...
Pain, like the rain that's falling...
She waits in the air Matte Kudasai
She sleeps in a chair in her sad America
When, when was the night so long?
Long, like the notes I'm sending...
She waits in the air Matte Kudasai
She sleeps in a chair in her sad America
She waits in the air Matte Kudasai...
She sleeps in a chair in her sad America
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