King Crimson/Trivia


 * Creator Backlash: Averted somewhat. The group will still play older tracks (Red, Larks' Tongues in Aspic Pt. 2, and some of the 1980's repertoire are still used in the recent lineups), but Robert (and probably the group) are sick and tired of the fans who only want to hear the old stuff, and completely ignore the group's new repertoire. Promoters who bank on the group's prog rock history to sell seats don't help either.
 * Doing It for the Art
 * Hey, It's That Guy! / Hey, It's That Voice!: King Crimson borrowed members from or to a number of other prog bands with its various lineup changes, but John Wetton is probably the most prolific outside the band (he was also the lead singer for Asia and UK, just to name a couple.)
 * Fripp lent his guitar services to other groups on occasions, including:
 * Van der Graaf Generator - "The Emperor In His War Room"
 * Brian Eno - "Baby's On Fire", "Driving Me Backwards", "Blank Frank", "St. Elmo's Fire", "I'll Come Running", "Golden Hours", "King's Lead Hat"
 * David Bowie - "Heroes" and a good chunk of Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
 * Blondie - "Fade Away And Radiate"
 * Talking Heads - "I Zimbra"
 * Jon Anderson from Yes makes a guest appearance on the "Prince Rupert Awakes" section of the title piece from Lizard.
 * Retroactive Recognition: Greg Lake and Ian MacDonald were part of the original lineup.
 * Throw It In: Gordon Haskell's laughter at the end of "Indoor Games". Also, the spoken part of "Thela Hun Ginjeet" (see Spoken Word in Music in the Main tab).
 * What Could Have Been: Elton John auditioned for the band during the sessions for In The Wake of Poseidon.
 * During the Islands era, Fripp toyed with the idea of recording Crimson songs in different styles than originally conceived; e.g "The Court of the Crimson King" as a Chicago Blues number.