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King Crimson Announce Record Store Day Exclusive

Ryan Reed — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:16:46 +0000

If you love vinyl, semi-frivolous bonus tracks, and classic rock, this is gearing up to be one monster of a Record Store Day. So far, artists like David Bowie, Cream, Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, and the Rolling Stones have all announced exclusive RSD releases, and now prog-rock's elder statesmen, King Crimson, are throwing their hat in the ring with the fittingly-titled 'Going Schizoid with King Crimson.'

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40 Years Ago: King Crimson Release 'Larks' Tongues in Aspic'

Ryan Reed — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:02:51 +0000

King Crimson's fifth studio album, 'Larks' Tongues in Aspic,' is a pinnacle of progressive rock, even though its music is nearly unclassifiable. Now 40 years after its original release, it remains a genre unto itself -- a mish-mash of heavy and soothing, beautiful and unsettling, experimental and melodic.

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Greg Lake Releases Solo Live Album, 'Songs of a Lifetime'

Sterling Whitaker — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:20:16 +0000

Legendary progressive rocker Greg Lake has released a new live album culled from his 2012 tour dates in the U.S., U.K. and Italy. Titled 'Songs of a Lifetime,' the new collection features a cross section of Lake's hits performed in an intimate solo show in which the singer-songwriter also shared stories from his long career.

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King Crimson, Jane's Addiction Vets Join Revamped NIN

Nick DeRiso — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:54:08 +0000

Trent Reznor has added members of Jane's Addiction and King Crimson to a retooled new edition of Nine Inch Nails, a process Reznor says started with a friendly phone call to Crimson legend Adrian Belew.

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King Crimson's Debut Album Covered by the Flaming Lips

Dave Lifton — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:49:43 +0000

For years, bands have recorded cover songs as a way of paying tribute to their influences (although not always with good results). But the Flaming Lips have taken it one step further. They have recorded a song-for-song remake of King Crimson's debut, 'In the Court of the Crimson King.'

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