Fripp, McDonald, Lake,
and Giles |
Robert Fripp: guitar, keyboards, Mellotron
b. 16 May 1946, Wimbourne, England |
Greg Lake: bass, guitar, vocals
b. 10 November 1948, Bournemouth, England |
Ian McDonald: keyboards, sax, flute, voc
b. 25 June 1946, London |
Michael Giles: drums
b. 1942, Bournemouth, England |
|
Pete Sinfield: lyrics, light show
b. England |
| |
| 1967 |
| Michael Giles,
Pete Giles (bass), and Robert Fripp form the original version of this band
in Bournemouth as "Giles, Giles, and Fripp." |
| |
| 1968 |
| June.
"One in a Million" / "Newly Weds" (Deram) |
|
| Giles, Giles and Fripp recruit
Ian McDonald and begin working with Pete Sinfield. Judy Dyble (from Fairport
Convention) guests. |
| September. The Cheerful
Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp. (Deram) |
| September. "Thursday
Morning" / "Elephant Song" (Deram) |
| Late Fall. Fripp, McDonald,
and Michael Giles begin talking with Greg Lake about forming a new band. |
| |
| 1969 |
| 13 January.
King Crimson begin rehearsing in the basement of the Fulham Palace Cafe,
London. |
| 24 March.
Begin work on In the Court of the Crimson King. |
| 9 April.
King Crimson debut at the London Speakeasy |
| 11 April.
King Crimson open for T Rex at the Lyceum, London |
| 6 May.
King Crimson begin recording at Maida Vale Studios. They later will also
record at Morgan Studios and Wessex Studios. |
| May.
Performances in London at the Lyceum, Speak Easy, Country Club, Marquee,
and the Revolution. They also peform at the Van Dyke Club in Plymouth.
Fripp decides he wants to perform sitting on a stool. Lake objects, but
relents. |
| June.
Performances in London at the Marquee, and the Revolution. They also peform
at the Ewell Technical College, the Old Granary in Bristle, and at Oxford
University. |
| 5 July.
King Crimson open for the newly reformed Rolling Stones at Hyde Park. They
also perform this month at Goldsmith College (today Regent's College)
and at the Marquee Club. |
| 9 August.
Plumpton Festival |
| 20 August.
King Crimson finish recording In the Court of the Crimson King at Maida
Vale Studios. |
| 10 October: In the Court of the Crimson King (Island ILPS 9111) |
