King Crimson

Giles, Giles and Fripp (1967 - November 1968)
  • Robert Fripp - guitar/Mellotron - b. May 16, 1946, Wimbourne, England.
  • Peter Giles - bass
  • Michael Giles - drums - b. 1942, Bournemouth, England.
Album:
  1. "The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp" (1968)
King Crimson I (1969)
  • Robert Fripp - guitar/Mellotron
  • Michael Giles - drums
  • Greg Lake - bass/vocals - b. November 10, 1948, Bournemouth, England - formerly with Unit Four, The Time Checks, and The Gods.
  • Ian McDonald - sax/flute/vocals - b. June 25, 1946, London, England.
  • Pete Sinfield - lyrics - b. England.
Album:
  1. "In the Court of the Crimson King" (1969)
Michael Giles and Ian McDonald form McDonald and Giles.  Ian McDonald later forms Foreigner. Greg Lake forms Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
King Crimson II (1969 - 1970)
  • Robert Fripp - guitar/Mellotron
  • Pete Sinfield - lyrics
  • Gordon Haskell - vocals
  • Peter Giles - bass
  • Michael Giles - drums
Album:
  1. "In the Wake of Poseidon" (1970)
King Crimson III (1970 - 1971)
  • Robert Fripp - guitar/Mellotron
  • Pete Sinfield - lyrics
  • Gordon Haskell - vocals/bass
  • Andrew McCulloch - drums - b. England.
  • Mel Collins - sax/flute/Mellotron - b. England.
Album:
  1. "Lizard" (1971)
Andrew McCulloch later joins Greenslade.
King Crimson IV (1971)
  • Robert Fripp - guitar/Mellotron
  • Pete Sinfield - lyrics
  • Mel Collins - sax/flute/Mellotron
  • Boz Burrell - bass/vocals - b. Raymond Burrell, ca. 1946, Lincoln, England.
  • Ian Wallace - drums - b. September 29, 1946, Bury, England.
Albums:
  1. "Islands" (1972)
  2. "Earthbound" (live) (1972)
Boz Burrell later joins Bad Company. Mel Collins later joins The Alan Parsons Project.
King Crimson V (1972 - 1973)
  • Robert Fripp - guitar/Mellotron
  • John Wetton - bass/vocals - b. July 12, 1949, Derby, England - formerly with The Palmer-James Group, Tetrad/Ginger Man, Splinter, Mogul Thrash, and Family.
  • David Cross - violin/keyboards - b. 1948, Plymouth, England.
  • Bill Bruford - drums - b. May 17, 1948, London, England - formerly with Yes.
  • Jamie Muir - percussion - b. England.
  • Robert Palmer-Jones - lyrics - b. England.
Album:
  1. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic" (1973)
Jamie Muir joins a Buddhist monastery.
King Crimson VI (1973 - 1974)
  • Robert Fripp - guitar/Mellotron
  • John Wetton - bass/vocals
  • David Cross - violin/keyboards
  • Bill Bruford - drums
  • Robert Palmer-Jones - lyrics
Albums:
  1. "Starless and Bible Black" (1974)
  2. "Red" (1974)
  3. "The Great Deceiver (Live 1973-1974)" (4-CD box set) (1992)
  4. "The Night Watch" (2-CDs) (live) (1998)
Group disbands.  John Wetton joins Roxy Music (guest musician), and later joins Uriah Heep, UK, Wishbone Ash, and Asia.
King Crimson VII (1981 - 1984) (reformed)
  • Robert Fripp - guitar/Mellotron
  • Bill Bruford - drums
  • Adrian Belew - guitar/vocals - b. Robert Steven Belew, December 23, 1949, Covington, Kentucky - formerly with Sweetheart, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, and The Talking Heads.
  • Tony Levin - bass - b. Anthony Levin, June 6, 1946, Boston, Massachusetts - formerly with Peter Gabriel.
Albums:
  1. "Discipline" (1981)
  2. "Beat" (1982)
  3. "Three of a Perfect Pair" (1984)
  4. "Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal 1984" (2-CDs) (1998)
Group disbands.  Adrian Belew forms The Bears.
King Crimson VIII (1994 - ? ) (reformed)
  • Robert Fripp - guitar/Mellotron
  • Bill Bruford - drums
  • Tony Levin - bass
  • Trey Gunn - guitar/bass
  • Pat Mastelotto - drums
Albums:
  1. "VROOOM" (1994)
  2. "Thrak" (1995)
  3. "Thrakattack" (1996)
  4. "B'Boom: Official Bootleg - Live in Argentina 1994" (2-CDs) (1995)
King Crimson IX ( ? - present)
  • Robert Fripp - guitar/Mellotron
  • Adrian Belew - guitar/vocals
  • Bill Bruford - drums
  • Tony Levin - bass
  • Trey Gunn - guitar/bass
  • Pat Mastelotto - drums
[Ref: Guillermo F. Vazquez Malagamba]
Compilations:
  1. "The Abbreviated King Crimson: Heartbeat" (1991)
  2. "Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson" (4-CD box set) (1991)
  3. "Sleepless: The Concise King Crimson" (1993)
  4. "Epitaph" (2-CD box set) (1997) - live material from the original lineup on their U.S. tour.
McDonald and Giles (1969 - 1971)
  • Ian McDonald - sax/flute/vocals
  • Michael Giles - drums
Album:
  1. "McDonald & Giles" (1971)
The Bears ( ? - ? ) Albums:
  1. "The Bears" (1987)
  2. "Rise and Shine" (1988)
Adrian Belew solo:
  1. "Lone Rhino" (1982)
  2. "Twang Bar King" (1983)
  3. "Desire Caught by the Tail" (1986)
  4. "Mr. Music Head" (1989)
  5. "Young Lions" (1990)
  6. "Desire of the Rhino King" (1991)
  7. "Inner Revolution" (1992)
  8. "Here" (1994)
  9. "The Guitar as Orchestra, Vol. 1" (1995)
  10. "Op Zop Too Wah" (1996)
  11. "Acoustic" (1996)
  12. "Salad Days" (1999)
  13. "Belewprints: The Acoustic Adrian Belew, Vol. 2" (1999)
Robert Fripp solo:
  1. "No Pussyfooting" (1973) (with Brian Eno)
  2. "Evening Star" (1976) (with Brian Eno)
  3. "Exposure" (1979)
  4. "God Save the Queen / Under Heavy Manners" (1980)
  5. "League of Gentlemen" (1981)
  6. "Let the Power Fall" (1981)
  7. "I Advance Masked" (1982) (with Andy Summers)
  8. "Bewitched" (1984) (with Andy Summers)
  9. "God Save the King" (1985)
  10. "Network" (1985)
  11. "Robert Fripp and The League of Craft Guitarists Live!" (1986)
  12. "Show of Hands" (1991)
  13. "Kings" (1993)
  14. "The First Day" (1993) (with David Sylvian)
  15. "The Bridge Between" (1994) (The Robert Fripp String Quintet)
  16. "1999: Soundscapes - Live in Argentina" (1994)
  17. "The Essential Fripp and Eno" (1994) (with Brian Eno)
  18. "A Blessing of Tears: 1995 Soundscapes - Volume 2 - Live in California" (1995)
  19. "Intergalactic Boogie Express - Live in Europe 1991" (1995)
  20. "That Which Passes: 1995 Soundscapes, Vol. 3" (live) (1996)
  21. "Radiophonics: 1995 Soundscapes, Vol. 1" (live) (1996)
  22. "The Gates of Paradise" (1998)
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