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In the Court of the Crimson King is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Procol Harum, The Moody Blues and Joni Mitchell. Those roots explain a lot about how In the Court of the Crimson King arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Robert Fripp, Camel, Genesis and Jethro Tull, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pink Floyd, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around In the Court of the Crimson King, reaching back through Procol Harum and forward to Pink Floyd. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
In the Court of the Crimson King is the debut studio album by English progressive rock band King Crimson, released on 10 October 1969, by Island Records. Often regarded as the first true progressive rock album, it combined rock music influences with elements of jazz, classical, and symphonic music while describing the devastating effects of war and conflict, societal alienation and disillusionment, the perceived futility of human efforts against powerful, corrupt forces, unchecked authority and corrupt leadership.
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In the Court of the Crimson King grew out of Procol Harum, The Moody Blues and Joni Mitchell, shares an orbit with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Robert Fripp, Camel and Genesis, went on to shape Pink Floyd. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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