These guys keep you guessing, don’t they? After the Lizard lineup of King Crimson fell apart, the band reformed now with singer/bassist Boz Burrell (later way more famously of Bad Company) an…
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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 11 (Discipline, 1981)
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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 15 (THRAK, 1995)
Now I’m in an awkward position. I wonder if fans felt this way around 1995 when THRAK came out, because it absolutely makes the previous year’s EP VROOOM…
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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 4 (Lizard, 1970)
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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 6 (Earthbound, 1972)
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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 8 (Starless and Bible Black, 1974)
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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 16 (VROOOM VROOOM, 1995/6, 2001)
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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 7 (Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, 1973)
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A full run through the King Crimson discography: Part 13 (Three of a Perfect Pair, 1984)
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