In early '67, after playing with other local pop outfits, he joined two brothers. While other early influences included such diverse sources as Bartok, Debussy and Django Reinhardt, he was particularly drawn to the 1967 Beatles song 'A Day In The Life' which, he claimed, affected him in similar ways as classical composers and it was around this time his designs for King Crimson began to take form. By the age of 18, he was playing with a hotel band in his hometown of Bournemouth performing at bar-mitzvahs and weddings while developing his distinctive guitar style which incorporated many classical techniques. Jazz' perfomer Acker Bilk providing him with early inspiration.

Fripp began playing guitar at the age of eleven with 'Trad. Although he maintains that he is not the band's leader per se, he attributes the band's enduring viability to the collective brilliance of its individual members even though it seems to disband and reform at the wave of his magic wand. More of a frame of mind than a style, the music of King Crimson has constantly sought out sustenance through amalgamations of existing forms of music, veering away from any contemporary mould, nullifying any notions that it is necessary to adhere to proven formulas in order to create commercially feasible music.įrom its formative years in Bournemouth, England in the late '60s, King Crimson's unwavering guiding light has constantly emanated from the abstruse intellect of guitarist Robert FRIPP. in the early '70s as well as providing a stimulus for more recent neo-progressive bands like Tool and The Mars Volta through their post-progressive work in the early '80s and '90s.

Widely acknowledged as being the harbingers of the art-rock genre with their monumental 1969 album 'In The Court Of The Crimson King', they paved the way for innovative art-rock/progressive rock bands such as Yes, ELP etc etc. ' When you want to hear where music is going in the future, you put on a King Crimson album.'įor all its break-ups, periods of non-existence and fluctuating methodology, King Crimson remains one of the interminably compelling bands playing within the domain of rock music to this day. Formed in London in 1968 - Several hiatus & reformations (1981,1994,2007 & 2013) - Still active as of 2017

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