The OFFICIAL King Crimson Thread (bass, album, quote, history)

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

He did all Black Sabbaths keyboards too

Yeah, i remember when Yes and Black Sabbath did a tour together, boy would i love to have seen that. =)

[cardboard adolescent]

Let there be life!

King Crimson is an amazing band. In The Court of the Crimson King was an amazing album and In The Wake of Poseidon is pretty good too, especially tracks like Cat Food. I love that damn song. I have a bunch of their old stuff, and just recently I got The Power To Believe, which is pretty good too. Apparently they were on tour with Tool a while ago, it'd be cool to seem them regroup once Tool releases their new album.

[Kashmir86]

I can appreciate KC. I just recently have gotten more into them. I downloaded what I could of Starless and Bible black and Red, and i have most of the court of the crimson king. They are quite technical, but I don't mind that when it comes to prog. anyways. I am recently amazed by the title track on starless, simply a masterpiece, the ending, like the last minute or so is crazy. They sort of build their songs up to a climax in the same fashion tool does alot of times. I kind of compare them to a mixture of tool, pink floyd, and the moody blues. Very unique, and bruford is the **** on drums, and their bassist is quite good too forget his name though...

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by Kashmir86

I can appreciate KC. I just recently have gotten more into them. I downloaded what I could of Starless and Bible black and Red, and i have most of the court of the crimson king. They are quite technical, but I don't mind that when it comes to prog. anyways. I am recently amazed by the title track on starless, simply a masterpiece, the ending, like the last minute or so is crazy. They sort of build their songs up to a climax in the same fashion tool does alot of times. I kind of compare them to a mixture of tool, pink floyd, and the moody blues. Very unique, and bruford is the **** on drums, and their bassist is quite good too forget his name though...

KC has had a variety of bassists...Tony Levin IMO is their best, but the ones you are thinking of would be John Wetton who played on Starless and Bible Black as well as Larks Tongue In Aspic and Red, and Greg Lake who Played on In The Court Of The Crimson King...Also, Peter Giles played on In The Wake Of Poseidon, Gordon Haskell played on Lizard, Boz Burrell played on Islands and Tony Levin has played on Discipline, Beat, Three Of A Perfect Pair and THRAK.

King Crimson have had many lineup changes, other than having gone through 6 bassists, they have also gone through 6 drummers, 5 vocalists, 2 saxophonists/flautists, 1 violinist and 4 session musicians...Also in 1982 they hired Adrian Belew as a second guitarist and he has been in the band ever since (also providing vocals) and Trey Gunn has played chapman stick and warr guitar on Crimsons last 3 studio albums, chapman and warr are unusual instruments that are in some ways a link between guitar and bass.

In short, Crimson only has one member who has appeared on every album, which is Robert Fripp.

[Kashmir86]

Originally Posted by boo boo

KC has had a variety of bassists...Tony Levin IMO is their best, but the ones you are thinking of would be John Wetton who played on Starless and Bible Black as well as Larks Tongue In Aspic and Red, and Greg Lake who Played on In The Court Of The Crimson King...Also, Peter Giles played on In The Wake Of Poseidon, Gordon Haskell played on Lizard, Boz Burrell played on Islands and Tony Levin has played on Discipline, Beat, Three Of A Perfect Pair and THRAK.

King Crimson have had many lineup changes, other than having gone through 6 bassists, they have also gone through 6 drummers, 5 vocalists, 2 saxophonists/flautists, 1 violinist and 4 session musicians...Also in 1982 they hired Adrian Belew as a second guitarist and he has been in the band ever since (also providing vocals) and Trey Gunn has played chapman stick and warr guitar on Crimsons last 3 studio albums, chapman and warr are unusual instruments that are in some ways a link between guitar and bass.

In short, Crimson only has one member who has appeared on every album, which is Robert Fripp.

That's crazy, I've never heard of a group that had that many changes in members. You've done your studying I can see...

[Staropramen]

King Crimson always has and always will be right up there near the top of my favorite rock bands list. My favorite LPs are [in order] Lizard, Islands and Starless. The King Crimson Collector Club releases are pretty amazing also.

[Merkaba]

Can an agreement be made on the best King Crimson Album?

I might have to make an investment if it's a unanimous decsion.

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by Merkaba

Can an agreement be made on the best King Crimson Album?

I might have to make an investment if it's a unanimous decsion.

That my friend, is the greatest question in the history of mankind.

IMO their best would probably be ITCOTCK, but Red, Lizard, Starless and Bible Black and THRAK are just as good...As far as good musicianship is concerned, then i would say THRAK...Fripp, Belew, Bruford, Gunn and Levin, you cant beat a lineup like that.

Islands is also great, and very underrated.

[Kashmir86]

Originally Posted by boo boo

That my friend, is the greatest question in the history of mankind.

IMO their best would probably be ITCOTCK, but Red, Lizard, Starless and Bible Black and THRAK are just as good...As far as good musicianship is concerned, then i would say THRAK...Fripp, Belew, Bruford, Gunn and Levin, you cant beat a lineup like that.

Islands is also great, and very underrated.

My favorite album is ITCOTCK, with starless being 2nd.

[Laces Out Dan!]

Lately ive been totally into King Crimson....They are one of the more progressive bands that i have ever heard...my favourite songs are Epitaph and Dinosaur...