The OFFICIAL King Crimson Thread (rock, single, albums, fan)

grindy · 12-16-2014, 11:20 AM

Since KC are reborn once again this thread should be revived as well.
Has anyone been at the recent shows?
I'm curious as to what people think of the new line-up.
I haven't really heard anything yet, just some snippets. I'm not too happy about Jakko being in the band, he is a good musician, but I always found his singing really bland.
Although Belew on the other hand, despite the fact that I love him as a singer and guitarist, wouldn't really fit into the 70s sound the band seems to want to recreate or at least expand upon.

Chula Vista · 12-16-2014, 11:28 AM

Not familiar with this Jakko dude. I see that he was in a Crimson sorta tribute band though - does he sound like Wetton?

Does anyone know why King Crimson MP3 stuff is not available to purchase via Amazon? Is it a Fripp decision?

grindy · 12-16-2014, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Not familiar with this Jakko dude. I see that he was in a Crimson sorta tribute band though - does he sound like Wetton?

Does anyone know why King Crimson MP3 stuff is not available to purchase via Amazon? Is it a Fripp decision?

Yeah, he was in the 21st Century Schizoid Band and played on "A Scarcity of Miracles".
I wouldn't say he sounds like Wetton. Wetton, while not being a great singer (although still being a good one) in the technical sense, has a unique and heartfelt singing style and voice, while Jakko just sounds bland and generic.

I think Fripp wants DGMlive to be the sole distributor of Crimson mp3s.

Chula Vista · 12-17-2014, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy

I think Fripp wants DGMlive to be the sole distributor of Crimson mp3s.

Can't figure out how to purchase the full studio albums on that site.

grindy · 01-18-2015, 06:18 AM

I lol'd pretty damn hard. Never heard this.

Hypocrisy · 03-08-2015, 08:15 PM

Yeah, love King Crimson. Have to rate them in my all time top 5 progressive rock groups. Amazing musicianship. Need get a few more of their releases though . Right now I have Islands, Lark , Red , Lizard, Wake and Starless.

Psy-Fi · 12-17-2014, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Since KC are reborn once again this thread should be revived as well.
Has anyone been at the recent shows?
I'm curious as to what people think of the new line-up.
I haven't really heard anything yet, just some snippets. I'm not too happy about Jakko being in the band, he is a good musician, but I always found his singing really bland.
Although Belew on the other hand, despite the fact that I love him as a singer and guitarist, wouldn't really fit into the 70s sound the band seems to want to recreate or at least expand upon.

I saw the new line-up recently. The show was good but not quite what I was hoping for. Mostly on the heavier side of King Crimson, which I don't mind, but I actually found myself getting somewhat bored around halfway into it because of the way their approach to the songs sounded so similar in each number.

grindy · 12-17-2014, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

I saw the new line-up recently. The show was good but not quite what I was hoping for. Mostly on the heavier side of King Crimson, which I don't mind, but I actually found myself getting somewhat bored around halfway into it because of the way their approach to the songs sounded so similar in each number.

Are the three drummers effective or could just two (or just one Bill Bruford

) be playing and nobody would notice the difference?
Also: How is Fripp's playing? He is almost 70 now after all.

Psy-Fi · 12-18-2014, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Are the three drummers effective or could just two (or just one Bill Bruford

) be playing and nobody would notice the difference?
Also: How is Fripp's playing? He is almost 70 now after all.

Before the show I thought that having three drummers might be a bit of overkill, but they worked quite well together. I think two or just Bill Bruford would have worked just as well, though. Robert Fripp sounded fine to me. He seems to be playing as good as he always has.

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Not familiar with this Jakko dude. I see that he was in a Crimson sorta tribute band though - does he sound like Wetton? Does anyone know why King Crimson MP3 stuff is not available to purchase via Amazon? Is it a Fripp decision? __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Hypocrisy Surfin Sonic Destruction Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: mother gaia Posts: 220	Yeah, love King Crimson. Have to rate them in my all time top 5 progressive rock groups. Amazing musicianship. Need get a few more of their releases though . Right now I have Islands, Lark , Red , Lizard, Wake and Starless.