In the Court of King Crimson
by Sid Smith
In 1969 King Crimson came from nowhere to take the music scene by storm.
In space of a few short months, they delivered a ground-breaking performance supporting the Rolling Stones in London's Hyde Park, created the template for what would become Prog-Rock and produced a debut record which occupied positions in the top five album charts on both sides of the Atlantic.
In what would become a recurring theme in King Crimson's epic career, the original band came apart on the verge of global success.
Since then guitarist Robert Fripp has remained at the core of the group, collaborating with an impressive roll-call of musicians to produce more than 50 albums of consistently challenging and downright awkward, genre-blurring music.
Despite the backdrop of turbulent changes in personnel, King Crimson's bracing blend of avant-metal continues to influence and engage fans on a world wide basis.
The inside story of the group in all its varied incarnations has never been told. Until now. Never before has there been such a comprehensive book which charts the continuing development of this legendary musical institution, still going strong 30 years after its inception.
Author Sid Smith has been given unprecedented access to previously unseen archive material, some of which is reprinted here for the first time. He has also spent nearly two years conducting exclusive interviews with members of the band - past and present - engineers, managers, friends and families.
This combined with his own assessment of the band's career ensures that "In The Court of King Crimson" is the book fans have been waiting for.
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