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A considerable amount of King Crimson's history consists of the various personnel changes that have occurred within the group. Throughout its history, Robert Fripp has been the only consistent member, though he has stated that he does not consider himself the band's leader, necessarily. To him King Crimson "is a way of doing things,"[2] and the musical consistency that has persisted throughout the band's history, despite continuous rotation of its members, reflects this point of view.
Robert Fripp and Michael Giles began discussing the formation of King Crimson in November of 1968, soon before the breakup of the short-lived and unsuccessful band Giles, Giles, and Fripp. The first musician to be added to the lineup was singer-guitarist Greg Lake, who was to play bass and sing. Lyricist Peter Sinfield and composer Ian McDonald were soon recruited, and thus the first incarnation of King Crimson was born.
Early in January 1969, the group rehearsed for the first time. Over the course of the year, the first King Crimson album, In the Court of the Crimson King, emerged from the chaos. King Crimson went on tour through England, and later the United States, performing alongside many contemporary popular musicians and musical groups, including Iron Butterfly, Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, and Fleetwood Mac. Tensions and musical differences within the band eventually reached a limit, however; Ian McDonald and Michael Giles left the band in December 1969 to pursue solo work. McDonald went on to be a founding member of Foreigner in 1976.
King Crimson's lineup fluctuated tremendously during the next few years. The remaining trio of Fripp, Sinfield, and Lake persevered for a short while, releasing the single Cat Food/Groon in March of 1970. During this time, material was being developed for King Crimson's second album, In the Wake of PoseidonIn the Wake of Poseidon (1970) is the second album by the progressive rock group King Crimson. By the time this album was released, the band had already undergone their first change in lineup, however they still maintained much of the style of their first. Woodwind player Mel Collins came on board, and bassist Peter Giles appeared on several tracks. Greg Lake departed in April to form Emerson, Lake & PalmerEmerson, Lake & Palmer ELP were a British progressive rock group. In the 1970s, they were extremely popular, selling over 30 million albums and headlining huge concerts. The three members are: Keith Emerson ( keyboards) born 2nd of November 1944 Greg Lake, leaving King Crimson without a vocalist until Gordon Haskell took over singing, in addition to playing bass, for the band's third album, Lizard. Andy McCullochAlthough he played with acts as different as Greenslade and Manfred Mann, Andy McCulloch is best remembered as the drummer of the transitional 1970 edition of King Crimson, for one album (Lizard), in between the break-up of the original group and the esta played drums for the album, with Jon AndersonJon Anderson (born October 25, 1944) is a British musician, the lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes. He was born as John Roy Anderson on 25th October 1944 in the town of Accrington, Lancashire, England, his parents being Albert and Kathleen Ander of Yes appearing on one song. Haskell and McCulloch left just prior to the release of LizardBackground and music Lizard is the second King Crimson album to be recorded by a transitional line-up of the group that never had the opportunity to perform live, following In the Wake of Poseidon''. Guitarist/ composer Robert Fripp and bassist/ vocalist, leaving King Crimson in the unenviable position of being a rock band without a singer, bassist, or drummer.
Fripp began auditioning. Drummer Ian Wallace and vocalist Boz BurrellBoz Burrell is a bass guitarist known for his involvement in bands such as King Crimson and Bad Company. were selected, but after more than two dozen potential bassists had come and gone, Fripp decided to simply teach Boz to play bass. In the midst of the lengthy tour that followed, the new band released IslandsIslands is an album by the band King Crimson, released in 1971. Track listing #"Formentera Lady" ( Robert Fripp, Peter Sinfield) 10:18 #"Sailor's Tale" (Fripp) 7:29 #"The Letters" (Fripp, Sinfield) 4:29 #"Ladies of the Road" (Fripp, Sinfield) 5:34 #"Prelu in 1971. At the end of that year, King Crimson parted ways with long-time member and lyricist Peter Sinfield. The remaining members undertook a tour the following year, with the intention of disbanding afterwards. Recordings from this tour were later edited by Fripp to become the Earthbound album.
Shortly following the Earthbound tour, Fripp once again began looking for new members. The first to join was improvising percussionist Jamie Muir , whom Fripp had been considering as a possible member for some time. Next came vocalist and bassist John Wetton, one of Fripp's college acquaintances. Wetton had been under consideration for the previous lineup of the band, but that proposition had fallen through. Now that King Crimson was starting over from scratch again, the opportunity was ripe. Yes drummer Bill Bruford was next to sign up, a move which was deemed a poor career move by some. Bruford was choosing to leave Yes, a band with immense commercial potential, for King Crimson, a band with a history of instability and unpredictability. Bruford himself was more interested in artistic pursuits, and the framework of King Crimson appealed to that sensibility in him. Finally, violin and viola player David Cross was selected to flesh out the sound of the new band. Rehearsals began in late 1972, and Larks' Tongues in Aspic was released early the following year, and the group spent the remainder of 1973 touring Britain, Europe, and America.
This era of King Crimson demonstrated a kinship with the nascent heavy metal music then developing mainly in the United States and the United Kingdom. Fripp's guitar was louder and more aggressive, and Bruford's propulsive drumming meshed with Wetton's often powerful bass guitar.
Muir departed the group early in 1973, and in the midst of the lengthy tour that followed, the remaining members began assembling material for their next album, Starless and Bible Black. By early 1974, the album was finished. Most of the album was actually recorded from gigs the band played in 1973, with only two full tracks ("The Great Deceiver," "Lament") and part of another track ("The Night Watch") being studio productions, a fact which emphasizes King Crimson's essentially live nature. Fripp never felt that recordings of any sort were adequate to capture the atmosphere and energy of a live performance. Another recording of live gigs, USA, was released soon afterwards. It was around this time that David Cross decided he had had enough, and left, leaving the remaining trio to record and release Red in mid-1974. Although David had left the group, he had agreed to "session in" on the Red LP. The final 70's Crimso LP also saw the return of Ian McDonald, as a session musician who had plans with the remaining trio to rejoin as a full time member. Fripp, for a short while (before deciding to end King Crimson) wanted Ian Mcdonald to replace himself so he could leave to deal with his "inner turmoil".
In some ways, Red was the end of an era for King Crimson. Fripp took a lengthy sabbatical following its release, and when the band did re-form in 1981, its lineup was to remain fairly consistent compared with previous years.
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