List of King Crimson members#Timeline
{{Short description|none}}
{{multiple image
| caption_align = left
| header_align = center
| align = right
| direction = vertical
| width = 218
| image1 = King Crimson Playing in 1973.jpg
| image2 = King Crimson - Dour Festival 2003 (01) (cropped).jpg
| image3 = Uncertain Times Japan Tour 2018 Photo 2 (cropped).jpg
| footer = Two lineups of King Crimson performing in 1973, 2003 and 2018
}}
King Crimson were an English progressive rock band from London. Formed in November 1968 (officially January 1969), the group originally included bassist and vocalist Greg Lake, guitarist and later keyboardist Robert Fripp, keyboardist and woodwind musician Ian McDonald, lyricist Peter Sinfield, and drummer Michael Giles. After a number of personnel changes, the group disbanded in 1974 but have since reformed on a number of occasions. As of the latest lineup change in 2020, King Crimson consisted of Fripp (the sole constant member of the band), saxophonist and flautist Mel Collins (who first joined in 1970), bassist Tony Levin (who first joined in 1981), drummers Pat Mastelotto (who first joined in 1994) and Gavin Harrison (since 2007), guitarist and vocalist Jakko Jakszyk (since 2013), and drummer and keyboardist Jeremy Stacey (since 2016).
History
=1969–1974=
{{CSS image crop |Image=Emerson Lake and Palmer five.jpg |bSize=325 |cWidth=200 |cHeight=200 |oTop=0 |oLeft=45 |Location=left |Description=Greg Lake was the frontman on the first two King Crimson albums.}}
After some initial rehearsals starting in late November 1968, King Crimson were officially formed on 13 January 1969 with a lineup of Greg Lake on bass and vocals, Robert Fripp on guitar, Ian McDonald on woodwind and keyboards, Michael Giles on drums, and Peter Sinfield as the band's lyricist and operator of the band's light shows on stage (Sinfield later expanded his role to also playing synthesizer).{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/king-crimson-mn0000076057/biography |title=King Crimson: Biography & History |last=Eder |first=Bruce |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=16 April 2019 }} After the recording of the band's debut album In the Court of the Crimson King, McDonald and Giles left King Crimson in January 1970 after playing their last show on 16 December 1969.{{cite web |url=https://www.dgmlive.com/in-depth/king-crimson-1969-from-the-guitarist |title=King Crimson 1969: A Personal Throughview from the Guitarist |last=Fripp |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Fripp |publisher=Discipline Global Mobile |date=7 November 2016 |access-date=16 April 2019 }}
Fripp, Lake and Sinfield began recording the band's second album In the Wake of Poseidon, with the sessions also featuring Giles and his brother Peter Giles on drums and bass respectively, as well as saxophonist Mel Collins. Lake then departed to form Emerson, Lake & Palmer,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/sep/28/king-crimson-prog-rock-royalty |title=Why King Crimson are still prog-rock royalty |last=Fuller |first=Graham |work=The Guardian |date=28 September 2009 |access-date=16 April 2019 }}{{harvnb|Smith|2019|pages=77–78}} while Fripp and Sinfield rebuilt the group with Collins, Gordon Haskell and Andy McCulloch in place of McDonald, Lake and Giles, respectively. After recording Lizard, both Haskell and McCulloch departed.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lizard-mw0000190503 |title=Lizard - King Crimson: Songs, Reviews, Credits |last=Lynch |first=Dave |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=16 April 2019 }}
Ian Wallace replaced McCulloch in December 1970, and Raymond "Boz" Burrell took over from Haskell the following February. The group released Islands and returned to regular touring over the next year, Burrell, Collins and Wallace all left to join Alexis Korner's new group Snape in April 1972.{{cite web |url=https://www.dgmlive.com/news/Earthbound%20released%2046%20years%20ago |title=46 Years Ago Today |last=Smith |first=Sid |publisher=Discipline Global Mobile |date=9 June 2018 |access-date=16 April 2019 }} Sinfield had left the group in January 1972.
After the release of the live album Earthbound, Fripp rebuilt King Crimson again in July 1972 with the additions of former Family bassist and vocalist John Wetton, violinist and keyboardist David Cross, former Yes drummer Bill Bruford, and percussionist Jamie Muir.{{cite web |url=https://dgmlive.com/diaries/Robert%20Fripp/world-central-held-a-mass-210916 |title=Robert Fripp's Diary: World Central Held A Mass |last=Fripp |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Fripp |publisher=Discipline Global Mobile |date=31 August 1999 |access-date=16 April 2019 }} After the first of two live shows scheduled upon completion of the group's new album Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Muir abruptly left King Crimson to pursue Buddhism.{{cite web |url=https://www.dgmlive.com/in-depth/larks-tongues-in-aspic-the-long-view |title=Larks Tongues in Aspic - The Long View |last=Singleton |first=David |publisher=Discipline Global Mobile |date=3 November 2016 |access-date=16 April 2019 }} The remaining four-piece issued Starless and Bible Black in March 1974.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/starless-and-bible-black-mw0000190627 |title=Starless and Bible Black - King Crimson: Songs, Reviews, Credits |last=Eder |first=Bruce |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=16 April 2019 }}
By the time the group began recording the follow-up Red in July 1974, King Crimson were a trio following Cross's departure at the end of the previous tour.{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/king-crimson-red/ |title=Revisiting King Crimson's Implosion on 'Red' |last=DeRiso |first=Nick |publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=6 October 2015 |access-date=16 April 2019 }} Later, on 25 September, Fripp announced that King Crimson had officially disbanded, claiming that the group were "completely over for ever and ever".{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/11196079/Robert-Fripp-interview-Im-a-very-difficult-person-to-work-with.html |title=Robert Fripp, interview: 'I'm a very difficult person to work with' |last=Hughes |first=Rob |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=31 October 2014 |access-date=16 April 2019 }}
=1981–2008=
After several years of side projects, Fripp formed a group called Discipline in April 1981 with former King Crimson drummer Bruford, as well as vocalist and guitarist Adrian Belew, and bassist and Chapman stick player Tony Levin. By the time the band's debut album Discipline was released in October, they had adopted the King Crimson name.{{cite web |url=https://www.dgmlive.com/in-depth/discipline-the-long-view |title=Discipline - The Long View |last=Singleton |first=David |publisher=Discipline Global Mobile |date=3 November 2016 |access-date=16 April 2019 }} This lineup remained stable for three years, releasing follow-up albums Beat and Three of a Perfect Pair, before disbanding again upon the conclusion of a promotional touring cycle in July 1984.{{cite news |url=https://www.dgmlive.com/news/80s%20vinyl%20reissued%20plus%20Larks-era%20soundboard |title=A Perfect Trio |last=Smith |first=Sid |publisher=Discipline Global Mobile |date=14 March 2019 |access-date=16 April 2019 |ref=none}}
After a ten-year break, King Crimson reformed again in 1994, with Fripp, Belew, Levin and Bruford joined by second bassist/Chapman stick player Trey Gunn and second drummer Pat Mastelotto. This lineup, dubbed the "Double Trio", began rehearsing in April 1994 and released its only studio effort THRAK the following year.{{cite web |url=https://dgmlive.com/diaries/Robert%20Fripp/dgm-hq-a-sunny-day-4-210916 |title=Robert Fripp's Diary: DGM HQ: A Sunny Day |last=Fripp |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Fripp |publisher=Discipline Global Mobile |date=23 March 2012 |access-date=16 April 2019 }} After touring extensively, the group returned to the studio in May 1997 for the recording of their twelfth studio album, but faced difficulties making progress with the sessions.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/nashville-rehearsals-1997-mw0001196729 |title=Nashville Rehearsals - King Crimson: Songs, Reviews, Credits |last=Planer |first=Lindsay |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=16 April 2019 }} Instead of disbanding again, Fripp decided to initiate a process of "fraKctalisation", splitting the six band members into four "ProjeKcts" of various lineups.{{cite web |url=https://www.dgmlive.com/albums/nashville-rehearsals |title=Nashville Rehearsals |date=10 October 2016 |publisher=Discipline Global Mobile |access-date=16 April 2019 }} Each ProjeKct performed several live shows and wrote together, serving as "research and development" units for the full King Crimson incarnation.
{{CSS image crop |Image=Tampere Jazz Happening 2005 - KTU.jpg |bSize=300 |cWidth=200 |cHeight=200 |oTop=92 |oLeft=75 |Location=right |Description=Touch guitarist Trey Gunn was a mainstay of the King Crimson lineup during the 1990s and early 2000s.}}
The ProjeKcts spawned several studio and live recordings, which were issued in 1999 as part of The ProjeKcts box set.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-projekcts-mw0000671140 |title=The ProjeKcts - King Crimson: Songs, Reviews, Credits |last=Hayes |first=Kelvin |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=16 April 2019 }} By this time the lineup of King Crimson was a "Double Duo" consisting of Belew, Fripp, Gunn and Mastelotto, following the departures of Bruford and Levin. The band released two new studio albums, The ConstruKction of Light and The Power to Believe, before Gunn announced in November 2003 that he was leaving to explore new musical opportunities.{{cite web |url=http://www.treygunn.com/word/letter.html |title=An Amazing Journey |last=Gunn |first=Trey |author-link=Trey Gunn |publisher=Trey Gunn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040402110501/http://www.treygunn.com/word/letter.html |date=21 November 2003 |archive-date=2 April 2004 |access-date=16 April 2019 }} Levin returned to take his place. Rehearsals subsequently began for planned new material, with a string of rehearsal sessions taking place in September 2004,{{cite web |url=https://www.dgmlive.com/tour-dates/1208 |title=Sept 1, 2004: Ex Uno Plures |date=11 June 2008 |publisher=Discipline Global Mobile |access-date=16 April 2019 }} before the group was placed "on hold" once again.
In June 2007, Fripp announced that a new lineup of King Crimson had been finalised for the band's 40th anniversary tour the following year.{{cite news |url=https://www.dgmlive.com/news/king-crimson-confirmed-for-40th-anniversary-celebrations |title=King Crimson Confirmed For 40th Anniversary Celebrations |last=Smith |first=Sid |publisher=Discipline Global Mobile |date=28 June 2007 |access-date=16 April 2019 }} In addition to the members of the 2004 incarnation, Gavin Harrison of Porcupine Tree was added as a second drummer.{{cite news |url=https://www.dgmlive.com/news/the-return-of-king-crimson |title=The Return of King Crimson |last=Smith |first=Sid |publisher=Discipline Global Mobile |date=19 November 2007 |access-date=16 April 2019 }} The tour took place in August 2008,{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/king-crimson-park-west-chicago-illinois-august-7-2008-by-john-kelman.php |title=King Crimson: King Crimson: Park West, Chicago, Illinois August 7, 2008 |last=Kelman |first=John |publisher=All About Jazz |date=4 September 2008 |access-date=16 April 2019 }} after which members returned to focus on other projects.
In December 2010, Fripp wrote that the King Crimson "switch" had been set to "off" since October 2008, citing several reasons for this decision.{{cite web |first=Robert |last=Fripp |url=https://www.dgmlive.com/diaries/Robert%20Fripp/marriot-downtown-west-street-nyc-3-210916 |title=Robert Fripp's Diary: Marriot Downtown, 85, West Street, NYC. |website=dgmlive.com |date=5 Dec 2010 |access-date=7 Mar 2021 |archive-date=7 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307183948/https://www.dgmlive.com/diaries/Robert%20Fripp/marriot-downtown-west-street-nyc-3-210916 |url-status=live }} This was followed by Fripp's announcement of his retirement from the music industry in August 2012.{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Coplan |url=https://consequence.net/2013/09/king-crimson-announce-reunion-for-2014/ |title=King Crimson announce reunion for 2014 |publisher=Consequence of Sound |date=26 September 2013 |access-date=7 Mar 2021 |archive-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925115951/https://consequence.net/2013/09/king-crimson-announce-reunion-for-2014/ |url-status=live }}
=2013 onwards=
In September 2013, despite claiming the previous year that he was retiring, Fripp announced another reformation of King Crimson.{{cite news |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/king-crimson-2013/ |title=Robert Fripp Resurrects King Crimson |last=Giles |first=Jeff |publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=25 September 2013 |access-date=16 April 2019 }} In addition to Levin, Mastoletto and Harrison, the eighth lineup was confirmed to include returning saxophonist and flautist Mel Collins, new guitarist and vocalist Jakko Jakszyk, and third drummer Bill Rieflin.{{cite news |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/king-crimson-unveil-new-line-up-and-2014-tour-plans-17728 |title=King Crimson unveil new-line up and 2014 tour plans |work=Uncut |date=25 September 2013 |access-date=16 April 2019 }} In March 2016, Jeremy Stacey replaced Rieflin for the year's touring,{{cite news |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/king-crimson-call-up-drummer-jeremy-stacey |title=King Crimson call up drummer Jeremy Stacey |last=Munro |first=Scott |work=Prog |date=7 March 2016 |access-date=16 April 2019 }} becoming a full member during the winter leg of the tour.{{cite web |url=https://dgmlive.com/diaries/Robert%20Fripp/dgm-hq-a-sunny-day-4-210916 |title=Robert Fripp's Diary: Bredonborough |last=Fripp |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Fripp |publisher=Discipline Global Mobile |date=3 January 2017 |access-date=25 April 2020 }} Rieflin switched over to being the band's first full-time keyboardist upon his return in January 2017.{{cite news |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/king-crimson-us-2017-tour/ |title=King Crimson Will Tour The U.S. In 2017 |last=Lifton |first=Dave |publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=7 January 2017 |access-date=16 April 2019 }}
Rieflin was temporarily replaced again for an autumn 2017 tour by Chris Gibson.{{cite news |url=https://dgmlive.com/news/Chris%20Gibson%20joins%20Crim |title=Chris Gibson joins Crim |last=Smith |first=Sid |publisher=Discipline Global Mobile |date=13 October 2017 |access-date=16 April 2019 }} For the band's 50th anniversary tour in 2019, it was announced that Rieflin would once more be temporarily replaced, this time by Theo Travis.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/king-crimson-robert-fripp-press-conference-819254/ |title=King Crimson's 50th Anniversary Press Day: 15 Things We Learned |last=Shteamer |first=Hank |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=8 April 2019 |access-date=16 April 2019 }} However, after a day of rehearsal, the band opted instead to do the 2019 tour as a seven-piece.{{cite web|url=https://www.dgmlive.com/diaries/Robert%20Fripp/rf-diary-may4-2019 |title=Robert Fripp's Diary: Bredonborough |last=Fripp |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Fripp |publisher=Discipline Global Mobile |date=4 May 2019 |access-date=5 May 2019 }} Rieflin's parts were divided among other band members, with Jakszyk and Collins adding keyboards to their on-stage rigs, and Levin once again using the synthesizer he used during the 1980s tours.{{cite web|url=https://tonylevin.com/road-diaries/king-crimson-2019-europe-tour/leipzig-warmup|title=Tony Levin's Road Diary: Leipzig Warmup |last=Levin |first=Tony |author-link=Tony Levin |date=9 June 2019 }} Rieflin died of cancer on March 23, 2020, reducing the line-up to a septet.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bill-rieflin-king-crimson-r-e-m-ministry-dummer-dead-obituary-972751/ |title=Bill Rieflin, Drummer for King Crimson, R.E.M., Ministry, Dead at 59 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=March 24, 2020 |access-date=April 25, 2020}}
On December 8, 2021, the band played the last show of their "Music Is Our Friend" tour, after which Fripp tweeted out that the band had "Moved from sound to silence",{{Cite web |date=2021-12-13 |title=Have King Crimson suddenly ended – or are they on the cusp of a new cycle? |url=https://guitar.com/news/music-news/have-king-crimson-suddenly-ended-or-are-they-on-the-cusp-of-a-new-cycle/ |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Guitar.com {{!}} All Things Guitar |language=en-GB}} Levin published in his blog “Tonight is the final concert of the tour, and quite possibly the final King Crimson concert.". No announcements have been heard from the band since December, though Harrison has said that he in unsure whether the band is over.{{Cite web |last=Kielty |first=Martin|title=Gavin Harrison Says He's Unsure if King Crimson Is Finished |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/king-crimson-future-gavin-harrison/ |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=29 April 2022 |language=en}} The band was not musically active in 2022, with Fripp re-stating that the band is unlikely to tour again.{{Cite web |last=Kennelty |first=Greg |date=2022-07-16 |title=KING CRIMSON Is Likely Done Touring |url=https://metalinjection.net/news/bummer-alert/king-crimson-is-likely-done-touring |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Metal Injection |language=en-US}}
Members
:Note: Release contributions do not include albums issued as part of the King Crimson Collector's Club, or other limited releases.
class="wikitable" border="1" width="100%" |
width="75" |Image
! width="140" |Name ! width="170" |Years active ! width="210" |Instruments !Release contributions |
---|
{{CSS image crop |Image=GreenDayIOW230624 (117 of 367) (53818597449).jpg |bSize=800 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=35 |oLeft=320}}
|{{hlist|1968–1974|1981–1984|1994–2008|2013–2021}} |{{hlist|guitar|keyboards|Mellotron|electronics, samples and effects}} |
{{CSS image crop|Image=Peter_Sinfield_in_Genoa,_2010.jpg|bSize=260|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=7|oLeft=95}}
|1968–1972 {{small|(died 2024)}} |{{hlist|lyrics|light shows|synthesizers {{small|(1970-72)}}}} |{{hlist|all releases from In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) to Islands (1971)|Epitaph (1997)|Ladies of the Road (2002)}} |
|Michael Giles
|1968–1970 |{{hlist|drums|percussion|backing vocals}} | rowspan="2" |{{hlist|In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)|In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)|Epitaph (1997)}} |
{{CSS image crop |Image=Emerson, Lake & Palmer 03.jpg |bSize=250 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=50 |oLeft=92}}
|1968–1970 {{small|(died 2016)}} |{{hlist|bass|lead vocals}} |
{{CSS image crop |Image=Ian McDonald (2009).jpg |bSize=150 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=30 |oLeft=25}}
|1968–1970 {{small|(session contributor in 1974) (died 2022)}} |{{hlist|saxophones|flute|clarinet|bass clarinet|keyboards|Mellotron|vibraphone|backing and occasional lead vocals}} |{{hlist|In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)|Red (1974) {{small|– as session contributor}}|Epitaph (1997)}} |
{{CSS image crop |Image=Mel Collins (saxophonist).jpg |bSize=250 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=26 |oLeft=100}}
|{{hlist|1970–1972|2013–2021 |{{hlist|saxophones|flute|bass flute|Mellotron {{small|(1971–72)}}|keyboards {{small|(2019–2021)}}|backing vocals {{small|(1971)}}}} |{{hlist|all releases from In the Wake of Poseidon (1970) to Earthbound (1972)|Red (1974) {{small|– as session contributor}}|Ladies of the Road (2002)|all releases from Live at the Orpheum (2015) onwards}} |
|Peter Giles
|1970 |bass |In the Wake of Poseidon (1970) |
{{CSS image crop |Image=Gordon+Haskell.jpg |bSize=225 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=18 |oLeft=60}}
|1970 {{small|(session contributor earlier in 1970)}} {{small|(died 2020)}} |{{hlist|bass|lead vocals}} |{{hlist|In the Wake of Poseidon (1970) {{small|– as session contributor}}{{harvnb|Smith|2019|page=84}}|Lizard (1970)}} |
|Andy McCulloch
|1970 |drums |{{Hlist|Lizard (1970)}} |
{{CSS image crop |Image=Ian Wallace, Sherman Oak, California 2005.jpg |bSize=350 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=110 |oLeft=110}}
|1970–1972 {{small|(died 2007)}} |{{hlist|drums|percussion|backing vocals}} | rowspan="2" |{{hlist|Islands (1971)|Earthbound (1972)|Ladies of the Road (2002)}} |
{{CSS image crop |Image=Boz Burrell 1 - Bad Company - 1976.jpg |bSize=375 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=65 |oLeft=160}}
|1971–1972 {{small|(died 2006)}} |{{hlist|bass|lead vocals}} |
{{CSS image crop |Image=Bill Bruford Utrecht 2008.jpg |bSize=750 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=75 |oLeft=308}}
|{{hlist|1972–1974|1981–1984|1994–1999}} |{{hlist|drums|percussion}} |{{hlist|all releases from Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973) to Live in Japan (1996), and from The Night Watch (1997) to The ProjeKcts (1999)|Vrooom Vrooom (2001)}} |
{{CSS image crop |Image=John Wetton playing bass live (cropped).jpg |bSize=110 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=18 |oLeft=15}}
|1972–1974 {{small|(died 2017)}} |{{hlist|bass|piano|lead vocals|violin}}{{Cite web |date=2018-11-27 |title=King Crimson, Greens Playhouse, 1972 |url=https://www.dgmlive.com/albums/greens-playhouse-72 |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=DGM Live |language=en}} |rowspan="2"|{{hlist|all releases from Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973) to USA (1975)|The Great Deceiver (1992)|The Night Watch (1997)}} |
{{CSS image crop |Image=David Cross (4379788555).jpg|bSize=340 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=25 |oLeft=135}}
|1972–1974 |{{hlist|violin|viola|flute|keyboards}} |
|Jamie Muir
|1972–1973 {{small|(died 2025)}} |{{Hlist|percussion|drums}} |Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973) |
{{CSS image crop |Image=Adrian belew copenhagen.jpg |bSize=115 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=8 |oLeft=2}}
|{{hlist|1981–1984|1994–2008}} |{{hlist|guitar|lead vocals|occasional drums and percussion|lyrics}} |{{hlist|all releases from Discipline (1981) to Three of a Perfect Pair: Live in Japan (1984)|all releases from Vrooom (1994) to Live in Japan (1996)|all releases from Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal (1998) to Vrooom Vrooom (2001)|all releases from Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With (2002) to Eyes Wide Open (2003)}} |
{{CSS image crop |Image=Tony levin.jpg |bSize=350 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=90 |oLeft=130}}
|{{hlist|1981–1984|1994–1999|2003–2008|2013–2021}} |{{hlist|bass|touch bass|Chapman stick|synthesizers {{small|(1981-94, 2019–2021)}}|backing vocals}} |{{hlist|all releases from Discipline (1981) to Three of a Perfect Pair: Live in Japan (1984)|all releases from Vrooom (1994) to Live in Japan (1996)|Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal (1998)|Live in Mexico City (1999)|The ProjeKcts (1999)|Vrooom Vrooom (2001)|all releases from Live at the Orpheum (2015) onwards}} |
{{CSS image crop |Image=Pat Mastelotto (2941840100).jpg |bSize=300 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=187 |oLeft=73}}
|{{hlist|1994–2008|2013–2021}} |{{hlist|electronic and acoustic drums|acoustic and electronic percussion}} |{{hlist|all releases from Vrooom (1994) to Live in Japan (1996)|all releases from Live in Mexico City (1999) to Vrooom Vrooom (2001)|all releases from Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With (2002) onwards}} |
{{CSS image crop |Image=Tampere Jazz Happening 2005 - KTU.jpg |bSize=335 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=128 |oLeft=158}}
|1994–2003 |{{hlist|Warr guitar|Chapman stick|backing vocals|touch bass|bass {{small|(1999–2003)}}}} |{{hlist|all releases from Vrooom (1994) to Live in Japan (1996)|all releases from Live in Mexico City (1999) to Vrooom Vrooom (2001)|all releases from Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With (2002) to Eyes Wide Open (2003)}} |
{{CSS image crop |Image=Gavin Harrison.jpg |bSize=600 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=168 |oLeft=278}}
|{{hlist|2007–2008|2013–2021}} |{{hlist|acoustic and electronic drums|electronic and acoustic percussion}} |all releases from Live at the Orpheum (2015) onwards |
{{CSS image crop |Image=JMJI2014.jpg |bSize=190 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=35 |oLeft=20}}
|2013–2021 |{{hlist|guitar|keyboards {{small|(2019–2021)}}|flute|lead vocals|lyrics}} |all releases from Live at the Orpheum (2015) onwards |
{{CSS image crop |Image=Robyn_Hitchcock_&_Venus_3_@_Merriweather_Post_Pavilion_June_8,_2009.jpg |bSize=500 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=130 |oLeft=210}}
|2013–2020 {{small|(inactive 2016, 2017 and 2019–2020; his death)}} |{{hlist|keyboards, synthesizers|Mellotron|drums, percussion, backing vocals {{small|(2013–2016)}}}} |{{hlist|Live at the Orpheum (2015)|Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind (2016)|Live in Chicago (2017)|Meltdown: Live in Mexico City (2018)}} |
{{CSS image crop |Image=Jeremy Stacey (percussionist).jpg |bSize=250 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=52 |oLeft=112}}
|2016–2021 |{{hlist|drums|keyboards|backing vocals}} |all releases from Heroes (2017) onwards |
=Touring musicians=
= Session contributors =
class="wikitable" border="1" width="100%" |
width="75" |Image
! width="140" |Name ! width="170" |Years active ! width="210" |Instruments !Release contributions |
---|
{{CSS image crop |Image=Keith Tippett.jpg |bSize=175 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=73 |oLeft=40}}
|1970–1971 {{small|(died 2020)}} |piano |{{hlist|In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)|Lizard (1970)|Islands (1971)}} |
{{CSS image crop |Image=Mark Charig (2011) .jpg |bSize=165 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=15 |oLeft=25}}
| rowspan="2" |{{Hlist|1970–1971|1974}} |cornet | rowspan="2" |{{Hlist|Lizard (1970)|Islands (1971)|Red (1974)}} |
|Robin Miller
|{{Hlist|oboe|english horn}} |
|Nick Evans
| rowspan="2" |1970 |{{Hlist|trombone}} | rowspan="2" |Lizard (1970) |
{{CSS image crop|Image=Jon Anderson, head on. Yes at the NEC 1984.jpg|bSize=535|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=45|oLeft=165}}
| rowspan="2" |{{Hlist|vocals}} |
|Paulina Lucas
|1971 {{small|(died 2010)}} | rowspan="3" |Islands (1971) |
|Wilf Gibson
|1971 {{Small|(died 2014)}} |{{Hlist|violin|string section conductor}}{{cite web |title=King Crimson – Formentera Lady (Instrumental Edit) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeg4xzsV79s |website=YouTube |date=2 November 2020 |quote=Although his work on the album is uncredited, Wilf [...] was the leader for the small string orchestra that appeared on Prelude Of The Gulls.}} |
|Harry Miller
|1971 {{Small|(died 1983)}} |{{Hlist|double bass}} |
|Richard Palmer-James
|1973–1974 |{{Hlist|lyrics}} |{{hlist|Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)| Starless and Bible Black (1974)| Red (1974)}} |
{{CSS image crop|Image=EJobson09.jpg|bSize=300|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=30|oLeft=120}}
|1975 |{{Hlist|violin|electric piano}} |USA (1975) {{Small|(studio overdubs only)}} |
Timeline
{{#tag:timeline|
ImageSize = width:960 height:auto barincrement:20
PlotArea = left:120 bottom:140 top:05 right:20
Alignbars = justify
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy # isolate next tag
Period = from:01/01/1969 till:08/12/2021
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy
Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:3
ScaleMajor = increment:5 start:1969
ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:1969
Colors =
id:vocals value:red legend:Vocals
id:guitar value:green legend:Guitar
id:wood value:tan2 legend:Woodwind_instruments
id:strings value:drabgreen legend:Stringed_instruments
id:keys value:purple legend:Keyboards,_synthesizers
id:bass value:blue legend:Bass
id:touch value:skyblue legend:Touch-style_instrument
id:drums value:orange legend:Drums
id:perc value:claret legend:Percussion
id:bvocals value:pink legend:Backing_vocals
id:Lyrics value:lavender legend:Lyrics
id:studio value:black legend:Studio_albums
id:live value:gray(0.73) legend:Live_albums
id:bars value:gray(0.93)
BackgroundColors = bars:bars
LineData =
layer:back
color:studio
at:10/10/1969
at:15/05/1970
at:11/12/1970
at:03/12/1971
at:23/03/1973
at:29/03/1974
at:05/10/1974
at:22/09/1981
at:18/06/1982
at:26/03/1984
at:25/04/1995
at:23/05/2000
at:24/02/2003
color:live
at:09/06/1972
at:03/05/1975
at:30/10/1992
at:22/08/1995
at:01/01/1996
at:01/01/1997
at:15/06/1997
at:23/06/1998
at:01/01/1999
at:23/10/1999
at:01/01/2000
at:13/11/2001
at:12/11/2002
at:01/05/2003
at:01/01/2015
at:01/01/2016
at:15/06/2016
at:15/05/2017
at:01/01/2018
at:20/10/2018
at:27/09/2019
at:19/09/2021
at:08/12/2021
BarData =
bar:Robert text:"Robert Fripp"
bar:Adrian text:"Adrian Belew"
bar:Jakko text:"Jakko Jakszyk"
bar:IanM text:"Ian McDonald" †
bar:Mel text:"Mel Collins"
bar:David text:"David Cross"
bar:Greg text:"Greg Lake" †
bar:PeterG text:"Peter Giles"
bar:Gordon text:"Gordon Haskell" †
bar:Boz text:"Boz Burrell" †
bar:John text:"John Wetton" †
bar:Tony text:"Tony Levin"
bar:Trey text:"Trey Gunn"
bar:Michael text:"Michael Giles"
bar:Andy text:"Andy McCulloch"
bar:IanW text:"Ian Wallace" †
bar:BillB text:"Bill Bruford"
bar:Pat text:"Pat Mastelotto"
bar:Gavin text:"Gavin Harrison"
bar:BillR text:"Bill Rieflin" †
bar:Jeremy text:"Jeremy Stacey"
bar:Jamie text:"Jamie Muir" †
bar:PeterS text:"Peter Sinfield" †
PlotData =
width:13 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(11,-4)
color:vocals
bar:Greg from:start till:01/01/1970 width:3
bar:Greg from:02/01/1970 till:30/04/1970
bar:Gordon from:01/05/1970 till:30/12/1970 width:3
bar:Boz from:31/12/1970 till:30/06/1972 width:3
bar:John from:01/07/1972 till:01/11/1974 width:3
bar:Adrian from:01/04/1981 till:31/07/1984 width:3
bar:Adrian from:01/04/1994 till:31/08/2008 width:3
bar:Jakko from:25/09/2013 till:08/12/2021 width:3
color:guitar
bar:Robert from:start till:01/11/1974
bar:Robert from:01/04/1981 till:01/08/1984
bar:Adrian from:01/04/1981 till:31/07/1984
bar:Robert from:01/04/1994 till:31/08/2008
bar:Adrian from:01/04/1994 till:31/08/2008
bar:Robert from:25/09/2013 till:08/12/2021
bar:Jakko from:25/09/2013 till:08/12/2021
color:bass
bar:Greg from:start till:01/01/1970
bar:PeterG from:02/01/1970 till:30/04/1970
bar:Gordon from:01/05/1970 till:30/12/1970
bar:Boz from:31/12/1970 till:30/06/1972
bar:John from:01/07/1972 till:01/11/1974
bar:Tony from:01/04/1981 till:01/08/1984
bar:Tony from:01/04/1994 till:05/11/1998
bar:Trey from:06/11/1998 till:21/11/2003 width:7
bar:Tony from:22/11/2003 till:31/08/2008
bar:Tony from:25/09/2013 till:08/12/2021
color:touch
bar:Trey from:01/04/1994 till:21/11/2003
bar:Tony from:01/04/1981 till:01/08/1984 width:7
bar:Tony from:01/04/1994 till:05/11/1998 width:7
bar:Tony from:22/11/2003 till:31/08/2008 width:7
bar:Tony from:25/09/2013 till:08/12/2021 width:7
color:drums
bar:Michael from:start till:30/04/1970
bar:Andy from:01/05/1970 till:30/12/1970
bar:IanW from:31/12/1970 till:30/06/1972
bar:Jamie from:01/07/1972 till:01/04/1973 width:3
bar:BillB from:01/07/1972 till:01/11/1974
bar:BillB from:01/04/1981 till:01/08/1984
bar:Adrian from:01/05/1983 till:01/08/1984 width:9
bar:BillB from:01/04/1994 till:05/11/1998
bar:Pat from:01/04/1994 till:31/08/2008
bar:Gavin from:25/06/2007 till:31/08/2008
bar:Pat from:25/09/2013 till:08/12/2021
bar:Gavin from:25/09/2013 till:08/12/2021
bar:BillR from:25/09/2013 till:05/03/2016
bar:Jeremy from:06/03/2016 till:08/12/2021
color:perc
bar:Michael from:start till:01/01/1970 width:7
bar:IanW from:31/12/1970 till:30/06/1972 width:7
bar:BillB from:01/07/1972 till:01/11/1974 width:3
bar:Jamie from:01/07/1972 till:01/04/1973
bar:BillB from:01/04/1981 till:01/08/1984 width:3
bar:BillB from:01/04/1994 till:05/11/1998 width:3
bar:Pat from:01/04/1994 till:31/08/2008 width:3
bar:Gavin from:25/06/2007 till:31/08/2008 width:3
bar:Pat from:25/09/2013 till:08/12/2021 width:3
bar:Gavin from:25/09/2013 till:08/12/2021 width:3
color:keys
bar:IanM from:start till:01/01/1970 width:7
bar:Mel from:02/01/1971 till:30/06/1972 width:7
bar:PeterS from:01/11/1970 till:01/01/1972 width:3
bar:Robert from:17/12/1969 till:25/09/1974 width:3
bar:David from:01/07/1972 till:05/07/1974 width:3
bar:John from:01/07/1972 till:10/02/1973 width:7
bar:Robert from:01/04/1981 till:01/08/1984 width:3
bar:Robert from:01/04/1994 till:31/08/2008 width:3
bar:Robert from:25/09/2013 till:08/12/2021 width:3
bar:Tony from:01/05/1983 till:01/08/1984 width:5
bar:Tony from:01/05/2019 till:08/12/2021 width:5
bar:BillR from:25/09/2013 till:05/03/2016 width:7
bar:Jeremy from:06/03/2016 till:08/12/2021 width:7
bar:BillR from:03/01/2017 till:06/03/2019
bar:Mel from:01/05/2019 till:08/12/2021 width:3
bar:Jakko from:01/05/2019 till:08/12/2021 width:7
color:wood
bar:IanM from:start till:01/01/1970
bar:Mel from:02/01/1970 till:30/04/1970
bar:Mel from:30/04/1970 till:30/06/1972
bar:David from:01/07/1972 till:10/02/1973 width:7
bar:Mel from:25/09/2013 till:08/12/2021
bar:Jakko from:25/09/2013 till:08/12/2021 width:9
color:strings
bar:David from:01/07/1972 till:05/07/1974
bar:John from:01/07/1972 till:01/12/1972 width:5
color:bvocals width:3
bar:IanM from:start till:01/01/1970
bar:Michael from:start till:01/01/1970
bar:Mel from:01/05/1970 till:30/06/1972
bar:IanW from:31/12/1970 till:30/06/1972
bar:Tony from:01/04/1981 till:01/08/1984
bar:Tony from:01/04/1994 till:05/11/1998
bar:Trey from:01/04/1994 till:21/11/2003
bar:Tony from:22/11/2003 till:31/08/2008
bar:Tony from:25/09/2013 till:08/12/2021
bar:BillR from:25/09/2013 till:05/03/2016 width:3
bar:Jeremy from:06/03/2016 till:08/12/2021
color:lyrics
bar:PeterS from:start till:01/01/1972 width:13
bar:Adrian from:01/04/1981 till:01/08/1984 width:7
bar:Adrian from:01/04/1994 till:31/08/2008 width:7
bar:Jakko from:25/09/2013 till:08/12/2021 width:5
}}
Line-ups
=King Crimson=
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
scope="col" style="width:18em;"|Period
!scope="col" style="width:36em;"|Members !scope="col" style="width:28em;"|Releases |
---|
scope="col"|November 1968 – January 1970
|
|
|
scope="col"|January – April 1970
|
| |
scope="col"|August – November 1970
|
| |
scope="col" |February – December 1971
|
|
|
December 1971 – April 1972
|
|
|
scope="col" |July 1972 – February 1973
|
| |
February 1973 – July 1974
|
|
|
July – September 1974
|
| |
scope="col" colspan="3"|Band inactive September 1974 – April 1981 |
scope="col"|April 1981 – July 1984
|
|
|
scope="col" colspan="3"|Band inactive July 1984 – April 1994 |
scope="col"|April 1994 – December 1999 {{small|(The Double Trio)}} |
|
|
scope="col"|December 1999 – December 2003 {{small|(The Double Duo)}} |
|
|
December 2003 – June 2007
|
| |
scope="col"|June 2007 – August 2008
|
| |
scope="col" colspan="3"|Band inactive August 2008 – September 2013 |
scope="col"|September 2013 – March 2016
|
|
|
March 2016 – January 2017
|
|
|
January 2017 – April 2019
|
|
|
April 2019 – December 2021
|
| |
=Spin-off bands=
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
scope="col" style="width:20em;"|Period
!scope="col" style="width:30em;"|Members !scope="col" style="width:28em;"|Releases |
---|
scope="col"|ProjeKct One {{small|(December 1997)}} |
|
|
scope="col"|ProjeKct Two {{small|(November 1997 – July 1998)}} |
|
|
scope="col"|ProjeKct Three {{small|(March 1999 and March 2003)}} |
|
|
scope="col"|ProjeKct Four {{small|(October – November 1998)}} |
|
|
scope="col"|ProjeKct X {{small|(December 1999 – May 2000)}} |
|
|
scope="col"|21st Century Schizoid Band {{small|(2002–2004)}} |
|
|
scope="col"|ProjeKct Six {{small|(October 2006)}} |
|none {{small|– Collector's Club releases only}} |
scope="col"|Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins: A King Crimson ProjeKct {{small|(2010–2011)}} |
|
|
scope="col"|The Crimson ProjeKct {{small|(2011–2014)}} |
|
|
scope="col"|Beat {{small|(September - November 2024)}} |
|
|
References
{{reflist}}
Works Cited
{{refbegin}}
- {{cite book|title=In The Court of King Crimson|last=Smith| first=Sid|year=2002 |publisher=Helter Skelter Publishing}}
- {{cite book|title=In The Court of King Crimson: An Observation over Fifty Years|last=Smith| first=Sid|year=2019 |publisher=Panegyric Publishing}}
{{refend}}
External links
- [https://www.dgmlive.com/ Discipline Global Mobile official website]
{{King Crimson}}