King Crimson

The British band's early fans included Pete Townshend and Jimi Hendrix, and it only took one listen for legendary music-exec Ahmet Ertegun to sign them to his Atlantic Records on the spot. Read More

Out of the rarefied list of truly classic progressive rock bands, King Crimson stands as the thorniest of the lot. Read More

Innovative guitarist Adrian Belew, the frontman for King Crimson since 1981, also has played with Frank Zappa, the Talking Heads, David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails and the Bears. Read More

I've been looking forward to today since the end of August when it was announced everybody's favorite uncle, Bob Dylan, was going to release a Christmas album. Read More

At our party my friend Willem gave me DVDs of King Crimson's "Eyes wide open" tour in 2000. 2CDs, one of the performance in Dublin and one in Tokyo. Read More

If you were a grammar school music fan at the end of 1969, chances are you wouldn't have been swanning around with Abbey Road or Let It Bleed under your arm. Read More

We've got 25 dealers (at last count) from up and down the East Coast—which simply translates to: crates and crates AND crates of vinyl. Read More

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I don't know if there is such a thing as the Big Bang Theory, but if one exists for Progressive Rock, I'm of the opinion that it begins with King Crimson's 1969 debut LP In The Court of The Crimson King. I could be wrong of course, but I feel this record just created an Autobahn for groups like Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Rush, Pink Floyd, Focus, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Rush, Golden Earring, Porcupine Tree, The Mars Volta, Dream Theatre, Be Bop Deluxe, Bigelf, Kansas, Tangerine Dream, Marillion, Pendragon, Camel, The Flower Kings, Spock's Beard, Hawkwind, Renaissance, The Strawbs, Electric Light Orchestra, The Alan Parsons Project and countless other bands to speed right on into the public consciousness. Read More

"Once you plug in the microphone, it's all electronic music." Read More