List of King Crimson members

Two lineups of King Crimson performing in 1973 (top) and 2016 (bottom).

King Crimson were an English progressive rock band from London. Formed in November 1968 (officially January 1969), the group originally included bassist and vocalist Greg Lake, guitarist and later keyboardist Robert Fripp, keyboardist and woodwind musician Ian McDonald, lyricist Peter Sinfield, and drummer Michael Giles. After a number of personnel changes, the group disbanded in 1974 but have since reformed on a number of occasions. As of the latest lineup change in 2020, King Crimson consisted of Fripp (the sole constant member of the band), saxophonist and flautist Mel Collins (who first joined in 1970), bassist Tony Levin (who first joined in 1981), drummers Pat Mastelotto (who first joined in 1994) and Gavin Harrison (since 2007), guitarist and vocalist Jakko Jakszyk (since 2013), and drummer and keyboardist Jeremy Stacey (since 2016).

## History

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### 1969–1974

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Greg Lake was the frontman on the first two King Crimson albums.

After some initial rehearsals starting in late November 1968, King Crimson were officially formed on 13 January 1969 with a lineup of Greg Lake on bass and vocals, Robert Fripp on guitar, Ian McDonald on woodwind and keyboards, Michael Giles on drums, and Peter Sinfield as the band's lyricist and operator of the band's light shows on stage (Sinfield later expanded his role to also playing synthesizer).[1] After the recording of the band's debut album In the Court of the Crimson King, McDonald and Giles left King Crimson in January 1970 after playing their last show on 16 December 1969.[2]

Fripp, Lake and Sinfield began recording the band's second album In the Wake of Poseidon, with the sessions also featuring Giles and his brother Peter Giles on drums and bass respectively, as well as saxophonist Mel Collins. Lake then departed to form Emerson, Lake & Palmer,[3][4] while Fripp and Sinfield rebuilt the group with Collins, Gordon Haskell and Andy McCulloch in place of McDonald, Lake and Giles, respectively.[1] After recording Lizard, both Haskell and McCulloch departed.[5]

Ian Wallace replaced McCulloch in December 1970,[1] and Raymond "Boz" Burrell took over from Haskell the following February. The group released Islands and returned to regular touring over the next year, Burrell, Collins and Wallace all left to join Alexis Korner's new group Snape in April 1972.[6] Sinfield had left the group in January 1972.

After the release of the live album Earthbound, Fripp rebuilt King Crimson again in July 1972 with the additions of former Family bassist and vocalist John Wetton, violinist and keyboardist David Cross, former Yes drummer Bill Bruford, and percussionist Jamie Muir.[1][7] After the first of two live shows scheduled upon completion of the group's new album Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Muir abruptly left King Crimson to pursue Buddhism.[8] The remaining four-piece issued Starless and Bible Black in March 1974.[9]

By the time the group began recording the follow-up Red in July 1974, King Crimson were a trio following Cross's departure at the end of the previous tour.[10] Later, on 25 September, Fripp announced that King Crimson had officially disbanded,[1] claiming that the group were "completely over for ever and ever".[11]

### 1981–2008

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After several years of side projects, Fripp formed a group called Discipline in April 1981 with former King Crimson drummer Bruford, as well as vocalist and guitarist Adrian Belew, and bassist and Chapman stick player Tony Levin. By the time the band's debut album Discipline was released in October, they had adopted the King Crimson name.[12] This lineup remained stable for three years, releasing follow-up albums Beat and Three of a Perfect Pair, before disbanding again upon the conclusion of a promotional touring cycle in July 1984.[13]

After a ten-year break, King Crimson reformed again in 1994, with Fripp, Belew, Levin and Bruford joined by second bassist/Chapman stick player Trey Gunn and second drummer Pat Mastelotto.[1] This lineup, dubbed the "Double Trio", began rehearsing in April 1994 and released its only studio effort THRAK the following year.[14] After touring extensively, the group returned to the studio in May 1997 for the recording of their twelfth studio album, but faced difficulties making progress with the sessions.[15] Instead of disbanding again, Fripp decided to initiate a process of "fraKctalisation", splitting the six band members into four "ProjeKcts" of various lineups.[16] Each ProjeKct performed several live shows and wrote together, serving as "research and development" units for the full King Crimson incarnation.[15]

Touch guitarist Trey Gunn was a mainstay of the King Crimson lineup during the 1990s and early 2000s.

The ProjeKcts spawned several studio and live recordings, which were issued in 1999 as part of The ProjeKcts box set.[17] By this time the lineup of King Crimson was a "Double Duo" consisting of Belew, Fripp, Gunn and Mastelotto, following the departures of Bruford and Levin.[1] The band released two new studio albums, The ConstruKction of Light and The Power to Believe, before Gunn announced in November 2003 that he was leaving to explore new musical opportunities.[18] Levin returned to take his place.[1] Rehearsals subsequently began for planned new material, with a string of rehearsal sessions taking place in September 2004,[19] before the group was placed "on hold" once again.[1]

In June 2007, Fripp announced that a new lineup of King Crimson had been finalised for the band's 40th anniversary tour the following year.[20] In addition to the members of the 2004 incarnation, Gavin Harrison of Porcupine Tree was added as a second drummer.[21] The tour took place in August 2008,[22] after which members returned to focus on other projects.[1]

In December 2010, Fripp wrote that the King Crimson "switch" had been set to "off" since October 2008, citing several reasons for this decision.[23] This was followed by Fripp's announcement of his retirement from the music industry in August 2012.[24]

### 2013 onwards

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In September 2013, despite claiming the previous year that he was retiring, Fripp announced another reformation of King Crimson.[25] In addition to Levin, Mastoletto and Harrison, the eighth lineup was confirmed to include returning saxophonist and flautist Mel Collins, new guitarist and vocalist Jakko Jakszyk, and third drummer Bill Rieflin.[26] In March 2016, Jeremy Stacey replaced Rieflin for the year's touring,[27] becoming a full member during the winter leg of the tour.[28] Rieflin switched over to being the band's first full-time keyboardist upon his return in January 2017.[29]

Rieflin was temporarily replaced again for an autumn 2017 tour by Chris Gibson.[30] For the band's 50th anniversary tour in 2019, it was announced that Rieflin would once more be temporarily replaced, this time by Theo Travis.[31] However, after a day of rehearsal, the band opted instead to do the 2019 tour as a seven-piece.[32] Rieflin's parts were divided among other band members, with Jakszyk and Collins adding keyboards to their on-stage rigs, and Levin once again using the synthesizer he used during the 1980s tours.[33] Rieflin died of cancer on March 23, 2020, reducing the line-up to a septet.[34]

On December 8, 2021, the band played the last show of their "Music Is Our Friend" tour, after which Fripp tweeted out that the band had "Moved from sound to silence",[35] Levin published in his blog “Tonight is the final concert of the tour, and quite possibly the final King Crimson concert.".[35] No announcements have been heard from the band since December, though Harrison has said that he in unsure whether the band is over.[36] The band was not musically active in 2022, with Fripp re-stating that the band is unlikely to tour again.[37]

## Members

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Note: Release contributions do not include albums issued as part of the King Crimson Collector's Club, or other limited releases.
Image  | Name  | Years active  | Instruments  | Release contributions

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| Robert Fripp |

* 1968–1974
* 1981–1984
* 1994–2008
* 2013–2021

* guitar
* keyboards
* mellotron
* electronics, samples and effects

| all King Crimson releases

| Peter Sinfield | 1968–1972 (died 2024) |

* lyrics
* light shows
* synthesizer (1970-72)

* all releases from In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) to Islands (1971)
* Epitaph (1997)
* Ladies of the Road (2002)

| Michael Giles | 1968–1970  |

* drums
* percussion
* backing vocals

* In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
* In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)
* Epitaph (1997)

| Greg Lake | 1968–1970 (died 2016) |

* bass
* lead vocals

| Ian McDonald | 1968–1970 (session contributor in 1974) (died 2022) |

* saxophones
* flute
* clarinet
* bass clarinet
* keyboards
* mellotron
* vibraphone
* backing and occasional lead vocals

* In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
* Red (1974) – as session contributor
* Epitaph (1997)

| Mel Collins |

* 1970–1972
* 2013–2021
(session contributor in 1974)

* saxophones
* flute
* bass flute
* mellotron (1971–72)
* keyboards (2019–2021)
* backing vocals (1971)

* all releases from In the Wake of Poseidon (1970) to Earthbound (1972)
* Red (1974) – as session contributor
* Ladies of the Road (2002)
* all releases from Live at the Orpheum (2015) onwards

| Peter Giles | 1970  | bass  | In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)

| Gordon Haskell | 1970 (session contributor earlier in 1970) (died 2020) |

* bass
* lead vocals

* In the Wake of Poseidon (1970) – as session contributor[38]
* Lizard (1970)

| Andy McCulloch | 1970  | drums  |

* Lizard (1970)

| Ian Wallace | 1970–1972 (died 2007) |

* drums
* percussion
* backing vocals

* Islands (1971)
* Earthbound (1972)
* Ladies of the Road (2002)

| Raymond "Boz" Burrell | 1971–1972 (died 2006) |

* bass
* lead vocals

| Bill Bruford |

* 1972–1974
* 1981–1984
* 1994–1999

* drums
* percussion

* all releases from Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973) to Live in Japan (1996), and from The Night Watch (1997) to The ProjeKcts (1999)
* Vrooom Vrooom (2001)

| John Wetton | 1972–1974 (died 2017) |

* bass
* piano
* lead vocals
* violin

[39] |

* all releases from Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973) to USA (1975)
* The Great Deceiver (1992)
* The Night Watch (1997)

| David Cross | 1972–1974  |

* violin
* viola
* flute
* keyboards

| Jamie Muir | 1972–1973  |

* percussion
* drums

| Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)

| Adrian Belew |

* 1981–1984
* 1994–2008

* guitar
* lead vocals
* occasional drums and percussion
* lyrics

* all releases from Discipline (1981) to Three of a Perfect Pair: Live in Japan (1984)
* all releases from Vrooom (1994) to Live in Japan (1996)
* all releases from Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal (1998) to Vrooom Vrooom (2001)
* all releases from Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With (2002) to Eyes Wide Open (2003)

| Tony Levin |

* 1981–1984
* 1994–1999
* 2003–2008
* 2013–2021

* bass
* touch bass
* Chapman stick
* synthesisers (1981-94, 2019–2021)
* backing vocals

* all releases from Discipline (1981) to Three of a Perfect Pair: Live in Japan (1984)
* all releases from Vrooom (1994) to  Live in Japan (1996)
* Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal (1998)
* Live in Mexico City (1999)
* The ProjeKcts (1999)
* Vrooom Vrooom (2001)
* all releases from Live at the Orpheum (2015) onwards

| Pat Mastelotto |

* 1994–2008
* 2013–2021

* electronic and acoustic drums
* acoustic and electronic percussion

* all releases from Vrooom (1994) to Live in Japan (1996)
* all releases from Live in Mexico City (1999) to Vrooom Vrooom (2001)
* all releases from Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With (2002) onwards

| Trey Gunn | 1994–2003  |

* Warr guitar
* Chapman stick
* backing vocals
* touch bass
* bass (1999–2003)

* all releases from Vrooom (1994) to Live in Japan (1996)
* all releases from Live in Mexico City (1999) to Vrooom Vrooom (2001)
* all releases from Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With (2002) to Eyes Wide Open (2003)

| Gavin Harrison |

* 2007–2008
* 2013–2021

* acoustic and electronic drums
* electronic and acoustic percussion

| all releases from Live at the Orpheum (2015) onwards

| Jakko Jakszyk | 2013–2021  |

* guitar
* keyboards (2019–2021)
* flute
* lead vocals
* lyrics

| all releases from Live at the Orpheum (2015) onwards

| Bill Rieflin |

* 2013–2016
* 2017–2019

(died 2020) |

* keyboards, synthesisers
* mellotron
* drums, percussion, backing vocals (2013–2016)

* Live at the Orpheum (2015)
* Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind (2016)
* Live in Chicago (2017)
* Meltdown: Live in Mexico City (2018)

| Jeremy Stacey | 2016–2021  |

* drums
* keyboards
* backing vocals

[40]

| all releases from Heroes (2017) onwards

### Touring musicians

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Image  | Name  | Years active  | Instruments  | Details

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|
|
|

| Chris Gibson  | 2017  |

* keyboards
* synthesisers
* mellotron

| Gibson temporarily replaced Bill Rieflin during an autumn 2017 concert tour.[30] He appears on the second half of the 2017 disc of Audio Diary 2014-2018.

### Session contributors

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Image  | Name  | Years active  | Instruments  | Release contributions

|
|
|
|

| Keith Tippett | 1970–1971 (died 2020) | piano  |

* In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)
* Lizard (1970)
* Islands (1971)

| Mark Charig |

* 1970–1971
* 1974

| cornet  |

* Lizard (1970)
* Islands (1971)
* Red (1974)

| Robin Miller  |

* oboe
* english horn

| Nick Evans | 1970  |

* trombone

| Lizard (1970)

| Jon Anderson |

* vocals

| Paulina Lucas  | 1971  | Islands (1971)
| Wilf Gibson | 1971 (died 2014) |

* violin
* string section conductor

[41]
| Harry Miller | 1971 (died 1983) |

* double bass

| Richard Palmer-James | 1973–1974  |

* lyrics

* Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)
* Starless and Bible Black (1974)
* Red (1974)

| Eddie Jobson | 1975  |

* violin
* electric piano

| USA (1975) (studio overdubs only)

## Timeline

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## Line-ups

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### King Crimson

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Period  | Members  | Releases

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November 1968 – January 1970  |

* Robert Fripp – guitar
* Ian McDonald – saxophone, flute, clarinet, keyboards, backing vocals
* Greg Lake – bass, lead vocals
* Michael Giles – drums, percussion, backing vocals
* Peter Sinfield – lyrics, lighting[42]

* In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
* Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson – box set (1991)
* Epitaph (1997)
* The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume One 1969–1974 – box set (2004)
* In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) – 40th Anniversary edition – box set (2010)
* The Complete 1969 Recordings – box set (2020)

January – April 1970  |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards, electronics
* Greg Lake – lead vocals
* Michael Giles – drums
* Peter Sinfield – lyrics
* Mel Collins – saxophone, flute
* Peter Giles – bass

* In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)
* Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson – box set (1991)
* The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume One 1969–1974 – box set (2004)

August – November 1970  |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards, electronics
* Peter Sinfield – lyrics, synthesizers[43]
* Mel Collins – saxophone, flute
* Gordon Haskell – bass, lead vocals
* Andy McCulloch – drums

* Lizard (1970)
* Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson – box set (1991)
* The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume One 1969–1974 – box set (2004)

February – December 1971  |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards, electronics
* Peter Sinfield – lyrics, lighting, synthesizers
* Mel Collins – saxophone, flute, occasional backing vocals and keyboards
* Boz Burrell – bass, lead vocals
* Ian Wallace – drums, percussion, backing and occasional lead vocals

* Islands (1971)
* Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson – box set (1991)
* Ladies of the Road (2002) (19 tracks)
* The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume One 1969–1974 – box set (2004)
* Sailors' Tales (1970–1972) – 40th Anniversary edition – box set (2017)

December 1971 – April 1972  |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards, electronics
* Mel Collins – saxophone, flute, occasional backing vocals and keyboards
* Boz Burrell – bass, lead vocals
* Ian Wallace – drums, percussion, backing and occasional lead vocals

* Earthbound (1972)
* Ladies of the Road (2002) (2 tracks)
* The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume One 1969–1974 – box set (2004)
* Sailors' Tales (1970–1972) – 40th Anniversary edition – box set (2017)

July 1972 – February 1973  |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards, electronics
* David Cross – violin, viola, keyboards, flute
* John Wetton – bass, violin,[39] lead vocals
* Bill Bruford – drums, percussion
* Jamie Muir – percussion

* Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)
* Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson – box set (1991)
* The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume One 1969–1974 – box set (2004)
* Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1972–1973) – 40th Anniversary edition – box set (2012)

February 1973 – July 1974  |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards, electronics
* David Cross – violin, viola, keyboards
* John Wetton – bass, lead vocals
* Bill Bruford – drums, percussion

* Starless and Bible Black (1974)
* Red (1974) (1 track)
* USA (1975)
* Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson – box set (1991)
* The Great Deceiver – box set (1992)
* The Night Watch (1997)
* The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume One 1969–1974 – box set (2004)
* The Road to Red (1974) – 40th Anniversary edition – box set (2013)
* Starless (1973–1974) – 40th Anniversary edition – box set (2014)

July – September 1974  |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards, electronics
* John Wetton – bass, lead vocals
* Bill Bruford – drums, percussion

* Red (1974)
* Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson – box set (1991)
* The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume One 1969–1974 – box set (2004)
* The Road to Red (1974) – 40th Anniversary edition – box set (2013)

Band inactive September 1974 – April 1981
April 1981 – July 1984  |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards, electronics
* Bill Bruford – drums, percussion
* Adrian Belew – guitar, lead vocals, lyrics, occasional drums
* Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick, backing vocals, synthesizers

* Discipline (1981)
* Beat (1982)
* Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
* The Noise: Frejus 1982 VHS (1984)
* Three of a Perfect Pair: Live in Japan VHS (1984)
* Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson – box set (1991)
* Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal (1998)
* Neal and Jack and Me DVD (2004)
* The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume Two 1981–2003 – box set (2005)
* On (and off) The Road (1981–1984) – 40th Anniversary edition – box set (2016)

Band inactive July 1984 – April 1994
April 1994 – December 1999
(The Double Trio) |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards, electronics
* Bill Bruford – drums, percussion
* Adrian Belew – guitar, lead vocals, lyrics
* Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick, backing vocals
* Trey Gunn – Warr guitar, Chapman stick, backing vocals
* Pat Mastelotto – drums, percussion

* Vrooom EP (1994)
* Thrak (1995)
* B'Boom: Live in Argentina (1995)
* Thrakattak (1996)
* Live in Japan VHS (1996)
* Live in Mexico City (1999)
* Déjà Vrooom DVD (1999)
* Vrooom Vrooom (2001)
* The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume Two 1981–2003 – box set (2005)
* Live in Argentina, 1994 DVD (2012)
* THRAK (1994–1997) – 40th Anniversary edition – box set (2014)

December 1999 – December 2003
(The Double Duo) |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards, electronics
* Adrian Belew – guitar, lead vocals, lyrics
* Trey Gunn – Warr guitar, touch bass, backing vocals
* Pat Mastelotto – electronic drums, programming

* The Construkction of Light (2000)
* Heavy ConstruKction (2000)
* Level Five EP (2001)
* Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With EP (2002)
* The Power to Believe (2003)
* EleKtrik: Live in Japan (2003)
* Eyes Wide Open DVD (2003)
* The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume Two 1981–2003 – box set (2005)
* The ReconstruKction of Light (2019)
* Heaven & Earth (1997–2008) – 50th Anniversary edition – box set (2019)

December 2003 – June 2007  |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards, electronics
* Adrian Belew – guitar, lead vocals, lyrics
* Pat Mastelotto – electronic drums, programming
* Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick, backing vocals

* The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume Two 1981–2003 – box set (2005)

June 2007 – August 2008  |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards
* Adrian Belew – guitar, lead vocals, lyrics
* Pat Mastelotto – drums, percussion
* Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick, backing vocals
* Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion

* Heaven & Earth (1997–2008) – 50th Anniversary edition – box set (2019)

Band inactive August 2008 – September 2013
September 2013 – March 2016  |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards
* Pat Mastelotto – drums, percussion
* Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick, backing vocals
* Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion
* Mel Collins – saxophone, flute
* Jakko Jakszyk – guitar, lead vocals, flute, lyrics
* Bill Rieflin – drums, keyboards, occasional backing vocals

* Live at the Orpheum (2015)
* Cyclops EP (2015)
* Live in Toronto (2016)
* Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind (2016)
* Audio Diary 2014–2018 – box set (2019)

March 2016 – January 2017  |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards
* Pat Mastelotto – drums, percussion
* Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick, backing vocals, synthesizers
* Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion
* Mel Collins – saxophone, flute, keyboards
* Jakko Jakszyk – guitar, lead vocals, flute, keyboards, lyrics
* Jeremy Stacey – drums, keyboards, occasional backing vocals

* Heroes EP (2017)
* Live in Vienna (2018)
* Audio Diary 2014–2018 – box set (2019)

January 2017 – April 2019  |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards
* Pat Mastelotto – drums, percussion
* Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick, backing vocals, synthesizers
* Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion
* Mel Collins – saxophone, flute, keyboards
* Jakko Jakszyk – guitar, lead vocals, flute, keyboards, lyrics
* Jeremy Stacey – drums, keyboards, occasional backing vocals
* Bill Rieflin – keyboards

* Live in Chicago (2017)
* Meltdown: Live in Mexico City (2018)
* Audio Diary 2014–2018 – box set (2019)

April 2019 – December 2021  |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards
* Pat Mastelotto – drums, percussion
* Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick, backing vocals, synthesizers
* Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion
* Mel Collins – saxophone, flute, keyboards
* Jakko Jakszyk – guitar, lead vocals, flute, keyboards, lyrics
* Jeremy Stacey – drums, keyboards, occasional backing vocals

* Music Is Our Friend: Live in Washington and Albany (2021)

### Spin-off bands

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Period  | Members  | Releases

|
|

ProjeKct One
(December 1997) |

* Robert Fripp – guitar
* Trey Gunn – touch guitar
* Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick, synthesizers
* Bill Bruford – drums, percussion

* Live at the Jazz Café (1998)
* Jazz Café Suite (2003)
* Heaven & Earth Disc 4: ProjeKct One - London, 1997 (2019)

ProjeKct Two
(November 1997 – July 1998) |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, electronics
* Trey Gunn – touch guitar, guitar synthesisers
* Adrian Belew – electronic drums

* Space Groove (1998)
* Live Groove (1999)
* Live in Northampton, MA, July 1, 1998 (2001)
* Live in Chicago, IL, June 04–05, 1998 (2007)
* Heaven & Earth Disc 5: ProjeKct Two - Baltimore, 1998 (2019)

ProjeKct Three
(March 1999 and March 2003) |

* Robert Fripp – guitar
* Trey Gunn – touch guitar
* Pat Mastelotto – electronic drums, programming

* Masque (1999)
* Live in Austin, TX, 1999 (2003)
* Live in Alexandria, Virginia, VA, March 3, 2003 (2007)
* Heaven & Earth Disc 7: ProjeKct Three - Austin, 1999 (2019)

ProjeKct Four
(October – November 1998) |

* Robert Fripp – guitar
* Trey Gunn – touch guitar
* Pat Mastelotto – electronic drums, programming
* Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick

* West Coast Live (1999)
* Live in San Francisco/The Roar of P4 (1999)
* Heaven & Earth Disc 6: ProjeKct Four - San Francisco, 1998 (2019)

ProjeKct X
(December 1999 – May 2000) |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, electronics
* Trey Gunn – touch guitar, baritone guitar
* Pat Mastelotto – electronic drums, programming
* Adrian Belew – guitar, electronic drums

* Heaven and Earth (2000)

21st Century Schizoid Band
(2002–2004) |

* Jakko Jakszyk – guitar, lead vocals, flute, keyboards
* Peter Giles – bass, backing vocals
* Ian McDonald – alto saxophone, flute, keyboards, vocals
* Mel Collins – saxophones, flute, keyboards, backing vocals
* Michael Giles – drums, percussion, vocals (2002–03)
* Ian Wallace – drums, percussion, vocals (2003–04)

* Official Bootleg Volume One (2002)
* Live in Japan (2003)
* Live in Italy (2003)
* Pictures of a City: Live in New York (2006)

ProjeKct Six
(October 2006) |

* Robert Fripp – guitar
* Adrian Belew – electronic drums

| none – Collector's Club releases only
Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins:
A King Crimson ProjeKct
(2010–2011) |

* Robert Fripp – guitar, electronics
* Jakko Jakszyk – guitar, vocals, keyboards
* Mel Collins – saxophones, flute
* Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick
* Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion

* A Scarcity of Miracles (2011)

The Crimson ProjeKct
(2011–2014) |

* Tony Levin – Chapman stick, bass, backing vocals
* Adrian Belew – guitar, vocals
* Markus Reuter – touch guitar
* Julie Slick – bass
* Pat Mastelotto – drums, percussion
* Tobias Ralph – drums, percussion

* Official Bootleg Live 2012 (2013)
* Live in Tokyo (2014)

Beat
(September - November 2024) |

* Adrian Belew – guitar, vocals
* Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick, synthesizers
* Steve Vai \- guitar
* Danny Carey \- drums, percussion

* Live band performing Beat, Discipline, and Three of a Perfect Pair [44]

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## Works Cited

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* Smith, Sid (2002). In The Court of King Crimson. Helter Skelter Publishing.
* Smith, Sid (2019). In The Court of King Crimson: An Observation over Fifty Years. Panegyric Publishing.

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* A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson
* The Compact King Crimson
* Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson
* Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson
* Sleepless: The Concise King Crimson
* Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson Live
* The Deception of the Thrush: A Beginners' Guide to ProjeKcts
* A Beginners' Guide to the King Crimson Collectors' Club
* The Power to Believe Tour Box
* The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume One: 1969–1974
* The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume Two: 1981–2003
* The Condensed 21st Century Guide to King Crimson: 1969–2003
* The Elements of King Crimson

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* In the Court of the Crimson King
* Larks' Tongues in Aspic
* The Road to Red
* Starless
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* Sailors' Tales
* Heaven & Earth
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* "Three of a Perfect Pair"
* "Sleepless"
* "People"
* "Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream"

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* "I Talk to the Wind"
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* "Islands"
* "Larks' Tongues in Aspic"
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* "Starless"

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