Why the Inception of King Crimson is important to teh history of Progressive Rock and by-in-large the music field as a whole...

This is a blog I'm putting forth from the chaos of ideas that is my mind.

Right now I'm going to speak about music history but more focused on King Crimson and why they are so essential to musical history yet few people from my generation today, I believe, will have ever heard of them and their steely creative genius, Robert Fripp.

King Crimson is so Important in my mind now after reading history based on the influence they brought forth that I can only say this, Progressive Rock and much of music todya may not have existed in it's complex inception if not for two things:

1. The inception of the concept album by such bands as The Beatles

2. The inception of King Crimson and the advent of In The Court Of The Crimson King


I won't talk much about number 1 because volumes upon volumes have been written about The Beatles. But little has been known to the common masses about King Crimson's quiet yet extraordinary and continued contribution to the music world. Without them first-wave prog rock, may have never existed IMO, or influences and advents in such areas later on like industrial, alternative rock, progressive metal, and many other things. If someone wnats to look it up in Wikipedia, they should you might find some serious surprises about this somewhat known, yet not well known band.

-Re-GZ