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Happy Birthday Ian

Posted by Sid Smith
25 Jun 2019

Ian McDonald who was instrumental in forging the sound and direction of King Crimson in 1969 is celebrating his 73rd birthday today. Ian's current band, Honey West, are planning to reissue their 2017 album, Bad Old World on vinyl soon. Here's the band performing the title track last year...

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The 1980s see a very different King Crimson incarnation originally touring under the name Discipline . The presence of Adrian Belew meant that Robert Fripp was working for the first time with another guitarist. This incarnation of Fripp, Belew, Bruford and Levin becomes the first one to record successive studio albums with the same lineup.