In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) – Rating: 9/10 The King Crimson music of that era was more powerful than Belew’s hairline…but much less powerful than Levin’s mustache. The picture above represents my favorite lineup of Adrian Belew, Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, and Tony Levin, during the early ’80s. Fripp not only adapts with the changing times, but is able to consistently stay innovative within the changing times in a way that someone like David Bowie could’ve only dreamt about. King Crimson is one of my favorite classic rock bands, and their contributions have been important in driving rock music’s direction through the ’70s and into the early ’80s. That being said, he’s incredibly dedicated and motivated, he does have a personable stage presence, and he’s one of the most innovative guitar players to emerge from a post-Hendrixian classic rock era. He treats his band like a major business, selling merchandise and downloads with marked-up prices on his overly-convoluted website, imposing legal restrictions upon anyone he catches sharing his music and images, and pumping out erroneous compilations and extravagant boxset after extravagant boxset of previously-released material on a bi-yearly basis. He is an arrogant, self-important egomanic who values his own opinions above all others. He is purposely intimidating and a rude control freak. Robert Fripp is possibly one of the biggest assholes in the music business. The output covers the whole spectrum from accessible to heavily experimental, strictly composed to entirely improvisational, mellow to heavy. have, over the last 50 years, incorporated elements of classic rock, classical music, jazz, pop, math rock, ambient minimalism, new wave, worldbeat, nu-metal, industrial rock, and many others. Specializing in progressive rock in the purest sense of the phrase, Fripp and Co. King Crimson is still active and has been, barring a couple of dissolutions, since 1968. Welcome to mad world of Robert Fripp, his revolving door of musicians, and his ever-changing creative ambitions.
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