In the Court of the Crimson King
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In the Court of the Crimson King is the 1969 debut album by the British progressive rock
group King Crimson
. The album reached No. 5 on the British charts, and is certified gold in the United States.
The album is generally viewed as one of the strongest of the progressive rock genre, where King Crimson largely stripped away the blues-based foundations of rock music and mixed together jazz
and Classical
symphonic elements. In his 1997 book Rocking the Classics, critic and musicologist Edward Macan notes that In the Court of the Crimson King "may be the most influential progressive rock album ever released". The Who
's Pete Townshend
was quoted as calling the album "an uncanny masterpiece". In the Q
& Mojo
Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came No. 4 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums". The album was named as one of Classic Rock magazine
s "50 Albums That Built Prog Rock".
The album was remaster
ed and re-released on vinyl and CD several times during the 1980s and 1990s. All of these versions were based on tape copies that were several generations removed from the originals. The original first-generation stereo master tapes were thought to be lost, but were finally located in a storage vault in 2003. This led to a much improved remastered CD version (see below) in time for the album's 40th anniversary.
Once again, in November 2010 the album was re-released both on vinyl and CD with newly cut masters approved by Robert Fripp. Remastering was executed by Steven Wilson
of Porcupine Tree
.
. Fripp had this to say about Godber:
, most famous for his work with The Moody Blues
. After those sessions failed to work out the group were allowed to produce themselves. However, unofficially it is thought by most fans that Greg Lake
actually did most of the production work on the album by himself. The album was recorded on an 8-channel
master tape recorder at Wessex Sound Studios
in London, engineered by Robin Thompson. It took many hours of overdubbing to build up the orchestral sound of multiple layers of Mellotron
and woodwinds played by Ian McDonald.
Soon after the recording sessions were completed in 1969 it was discovered that a stereo tape recorder used to mix the album had recording heads that were mis-aligned. A loss of high-frequencies and undesired distortion affected some parts of the album, most apparently on "21st Century Schizoid Man
". The first-generation stereo master tapes were filed away and forgotten for many years. While preparing the first American release on Atlantic Records a stereo sub-master tape copy was created that attempted to correct some of the sound problems.
Virgin Records released a 30th Anniversary Edition in 1999. 24 bit remaster by Simon Heyworth, Robert Fripp and David Singleton at Chop 'Em Out, 3 August 1999. Scrapbook design: Hugh O'Donnell
The first generation stereo master tapes for the album were finally rediscovered in a storage vault. A 2004 HDCD version (described as the "Original Master Edition", DGM0501) was released on Robert Fripp's Discipline Global Mobile
label. This release has greatly improved sound over previous CD editions. Modern digital technology was used to repair high frequency problems caused during the original mixing sessions. 24 bit mastering was also utilised to enhance the sound. This edition also has a twelve-page booklet that includes pictures and press clippings from the period.
With Fripp's collaboration Steven Wilson
remixed the original 8-channel master tapes into 5.1 Surround Sound, and a 40th Anniversary edition was released on 12 October 2009. There are three different versions: a two-CD set, a CD+DVD set and a six-disc (5CD/1DVD) box.
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
group King Crimson
King Crimson
King Crimson are a rock band founded in London, England in 1969. Often categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, the band have incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during their history...
. The album reached No. 5 on the British charts, and is certified gold in the United States.
The album is generally viewed as one of the strongest of the progressive rock genre, where King Crimson largely stripped away the blues-based foundations of rock music and mixed together jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and Classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
symphonic elements. In his 1997 book Rocking the Classics, critic and musicologist Edward Macan notes that In the Court of the Crimson King "may be the most influential progressive rock album ever released". The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
's Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...
was quoted as calling the album "an uncanny masterpiece". In the Q
Q (magazine)
Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology...
& Mojo
Mojo (magazine)
MOJO is a popular music magazine published initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. Following the success of the magazine Q, publishers Emap were looking for a title which would cater for the burgeoning interest in classic rock music...
Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came No. 4 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums". The album was named as one of Classic Rock magazine
Classic Rock (magazine)
Classic Rock is a British magazine dedicated to the radio format of classic rock, published by Future Publishing, who are also responsible for its "sister" publication Metal Hammer. Although firmly focusing on key bands from the 1960s through early 1990s, it also includes articles and reviews of...
s "50 Albums That Built Prog Rock".
The album was remaster
Remaster
Remaster is a word marketed mostly in the digital audio age, although the remastering process has existed since recording began...
ed and re-released on vinyl and CD several times during the 1980s and 1990s. All of these versions were based on tape copies that were several generations removed from the originals. The original first-generation stereo master tapes were thought to be lost, but were finally located in a storage vault in 2003. This led to a much improved remastered CD version (see below) in time for the album's 40th anniversary.
Once again, in November 2010 the album was re-released both on vinyl and CD with newly cut masters approved by Robert Fripp. Remastering was executed by Steven Wilson
Steven Wilson
Steven John Wilson is an English musician, best known as the founder, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree...
of Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...
.
Album cover
Barry Godber (1946–1970), a computer programmer, painted the album cover. Godber died in February 1970 of a heart attack, shortly after the album's release. It would be his only painting, and is now owned by Robert FrippRobert Fripp
Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...
. Fripp had this to say about Godber:
"Peter brought this painting in and the band loved it. I recently recovered the original from EG's offices because they kept it exposed to bright light, at the risk of ruining it, so I ended up removing it. The face on the outside is the Schizoid Man, and on the inside it's the Crimson King. If you cover the smiling face, the eyes reveal an incredible sadness. What can one add? It reflects the music."
Content
The album consists of only five long songs. Most of these have additional titles given to sub-sections of the songs. The additional titles do not actually reflect divisions in the music. The main reason for them was to ensure that the group received the full amount of song writing royalties from their music publisher and record company. With the extra titles included the album can be seen as having a full 12 songs, as is typical for most rock albums. Since this album was recorded new rules have become standard in the music publishing business which take into account the length of the songs as well as the number of titles on an album.Production details
Initial sessions for the album were held in early 1969 with producer Tony ClarkeTony Clarke (producer)
Tony Clarke was an English rock music record producer and guitarist. Born in Coventry, he is best known for producing The Moody Blues from 1966 to 1979.-Biography:...
, most famous for his work with The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues are an English rock band. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical music, most notably in their 1967 album Days of Future Passed....
. After those sessions failed to work out the group were allowed to produce themselves. However, unofficially it is thought by most fans that Greg Lake
Greg Lake
Gregory Stuart "Greg" Lake is an English musician, songwriter and producer, best known as a vocalist and bassist of King Crimson, and the bassist, guitarist, vocalist, and lyricist of Emerson, Lake & Palmer.-1960s: King Crimson:...
actually did most of the production work on the album by himself. The album was recorded on an 8-channel
Multitrack recording
Multitrack recording is a method of sound recording that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources to create a cohesive whole...
master tape recorder at Wessex Sound Studios
Wessex Sound Studios
Wessex Sound Studios was a recording studio located in Highbury New Park, London, England. Many renowned popular music artists recorded there, including The Sex Pistols, King Crimson, The Clash, Theatre of Hate, XTC, The Sinceros, Queen, Talk Talk and The Rolling Stones...
in London, engineered by Robin Thompson. It took many hours of overdubbing to build up the orchestral sound of multiple layers of Mellotron
Mellotron
The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music...
and woodwinds played by Ian McDonald.
Soon after the recording sessions were completed in 1969 it was discovered that a stereo tape recorder used to mix the album had recording heads that were mis-aligned. A loss of high-frequencies and undesired distortion affected some parts of the album, most apparently on "21st Century Schizoid Man
21st Century Schizoid Man
"21st Century Schizoid Man" is a song by progressive rock band King Crimson from their debut album In the Court of the Crimson King.-Personnel:* Greg Lake – Vocals, bass guitar* Ian McDonald – saxophone* Robert Fripp – guitars* Michael Giles – drums...
". The first-generation stereo master tapes were filed away and forgotten for many years. While preparing the first American release on Atlantic Records a stereo sub-master tape copy was created that attempted to correct some of the sound problems.
Ratings
CD editions
LP and CD re-issues during the 1980s and 1990s by Polydor and EG Records were taken from tape copies several generations removed from the corrected stereo sub-master tape. This resulted in a lack of clarity and excessive tape hiss. Several different remastered CD versions were released in this period while attempting to make the best use of the tape recordings that were available.Virgin Records released a 30th Anniversary Edition in 1999. 24 bit remaster by Simon Heyworth, Robert Fripp and David Singleton at Chop 'Em Out, 3 August 1999. Scrapbook design: Hugh O'Donnell
The first generation stereo master tapes for the album were finally rediscovered in a storage vault. A 2004 HDCD version (described as the "Original Master Edition", DGM0501) was released on Robert Fripp's Discipline Global Mobile
Discipline Global Mobile
If you were looking for the Italian Prog-Power Metal band, see DGM .Discipline Global Mobile, alias DGM, is a small independent record label company started in 1992 by Robert Fripp of King Crimson. In addition to running a mail-order music shop, it has offered Crimson/Fripp and related live...
label. This release has greatly improved sound over previous CD editions. Modern digital technology was used to repair high frequency problems caused during the original mixing sessions. 24 bit mastering was also utilised to enhance the sound. This edition also has a twelve-page booklet that includes pictures and press clippings from the period.
With Fripp's collaboration Steven Wilson
Steven Wilson
Steven John Wilson is an English musician, best known as the founder, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree...
remixed the original 8-channel master tapes into 5.1 Surround Sound, and a 40th Anniversary edition was released on 12 October 2009. There are three different versions: a two-CD set, a CD+DVD set and a six-disc (5CD/1DVD) box.
Side one
- "21st Century Schizoid Man21st Century Schizoid Man"21st Century Schizoid Man" is a song by progressive rock band King Crimson from their debut album In the Court of the Crimson King.-Personnel:* Greg Lake – Vocals, bass guitar* Ian McDonald – saxophone* Robert Fripp – guitars* Michael Giles – drums...
" (FrippRobert FrippRobert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...
, McDonaldIan McDonald (musician)Ian McDonald is an English multi-instrumental musician, best known as a founding member of progressive rock group King Crimson, formed in 1969, and of the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976. He is well-known as a rock session musician, predominantly as a saxophonist...
, LakeGreg LakeGregory Stuart "Greg" Lake is an English musician, songwriter and producer, best known as a vocalist and bassist of King Crimson, and the bassist, guitarist, vocalist, and lyricist of Emerson, Lake & Palmer.-1960s: King Crimson:...
, GilesMichael GilesMichael Giles is an English drummer, best known as a co-founder of King Crimson in 1969...
, SinfieldPeter SinfieldPeter John Sinfield is an English poet, lyricist and artist, most famously known as the lyricist and co-founding member of early incarnations of King Crimson, whose debut album In the Court of the Crimson King has been regarded as one of the most influential progressive rock albums ever...
) – 7:21- including "Mirrors"
- "I Talk to the WindI Talk to the Wind"I Talk to the Wind" is the second track from the British progressive rock band King Crimson's debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King....
" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 6:05 - "EpitaphEpitaph (song)"Epitaph" is the third track from the British progressive rock band King Crimson's debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King....
" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) – 8:47- including "March for No Reason" and "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
Side two
- "MoonchildMoonchild (King Crimson song)"Moonchild" is the fourth track from the British progressive rock band King Crimson's debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King.The first section, "The Dream", is a mellotron-driven ballad, but after two and a half minutes it changes to a completely free-form instrumental improvisation by the...
" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) – 12:13- including "The Dream" and "The Illusion"
- "The Court of the Crimson KingThe Court of the Crimson King"The Court of the Crimson King" is the fifth and final track from the British progressive rock band King Crimson's debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King. It was also released as a single. It reached #80 on the US charts, and is the band's only charting single in the United...
" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 9:25- including "The Return of the Fire Witch" and "The Dance of the Puppets"
40th Anniversary re-issue
The 40th Anniversary re-issue comes in 3 different formats:- The 2CD version (catalogue number DGM5009) comprising CD1 and CD2.
- The CD/DVD version (catalogue number KCSP1) comprising CD1 and DVD.
- The 5CD/DVD version (catalogue number KCCBX1) comprising all CDs and DVD.
CD1
- "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:24
- "I Talk to the Wind" – 6:00
- "Epitaph" – 8:52
- "Moonchild" – 9:02
- "The Court of the Crimson King" – 9:31
- "Moonchild" – 12:15 (full version)
- "I Talk to the Wind" – 4:55 (duo version)
- "I Talk to the Wind" – 6:36 (alternative mix)
- "Epitaph" – 9:05 (backing track)
- "Wind Session" – 4:31 (extracts from the session that produced the intro to "21st Century Schizoid Man")
- tracks 1–6: 2009 Robert Fripp & Steven Wilson remix from the original multitrack master tapes.
- tracks 7–10: Alternative takes from the original studio session. Mixed & produced by Steven Wilson.
CD2
- "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:24
- "I Talk to the Wind" – 6:04
- "Epitaph" – 8:49
- "Moonchild" – 12:13
- "The Court of the Crimson King" – 9:26
- "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 6:47 (early instrumental recording)
- "I Talk to the Wind" – 4:40 (BBC session, from bootleg source)
- "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:11 (BBC session, from a BBC transcription disc)
- "The Court of the Crimson King (Part 1)" – 3:22
- "The Court of the Crimson King (Part 2)" – 4:31
- tracks 1–5: 2004 re-master, transferred of the original 1969 vinyl mix
- tracks 7–8: BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
session - tracks 9–10: A-side and B-side from the original vinyl single
CD3
- "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:08 (trio version – instrumental)
- "I Talk to the Wind" – 4:21 (studio run-through)
- "Epitaph" – 9:27 (alternative version)
- "Moonchild" – 2:21 (take 1)
- "The Court of the Crimson King" – 7:15 (take 3)
- "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:21
- "I Talk to the Wind" – 6:03
- "Epitaph" – 8:56
- "Moonchild" – 12:12
- "The Court of the Crimson King" – 9:22
- tracks 1–5: Alternative takes from the original studio session. Mixed & produced by Steven Wilson.
- tracks 6–10: De-clicked vinyl transfer of the first Island Records stereo UK pressing run.
CD4
- "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 6:36
- "The Court of the Crimson King" – 6:31
- "Get Thy Bearings" – 9:41
- "Epitaph" – 4:29
- "Mantra" – 3:05
- "Travel Weary Capricorn" – 5:38
- "Mars" – 3:30
- "The Court of the Crimson King" – 7:52
- "A Man A City" – 12:19
- "Epitaph" – 8:32
- "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:57
- tracks 1–7: restored bootleg, recorded live at Hyde Park, London, 5 July 1969
- tracks 8–11: restored bootleg, recorded Live at Fillmore East, New York, November 1969
CD5
- "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:22
- "I Talk to the Wind" – 6:04
- "Epitaph" – 8:52
- "Moonchild" – 12:13
- "The Court of the Crimson King" – 9:27
- "The Court of the Crimson King" – 2:20
- tracks 1–5: mono album mix used for radio promotion only in the USA
- track 6: edited, mono single mix used for radio promotion only in the USA
DVD
- 2009 remix, 5.1 surround, in DTS and MLPMeridian Lossless PackingMeridian Lossless Packing, also known as Packed PCM , is a proprietary lossless compression technique for compressing PCM audio data developed by Meridian Audio, Ltd. MLP is the standard lossless compression method for DVD-Audio content and typically provides about 1.5:1 compression on most music...
- 2009 remix, stereo, in 24/48 LPCM and 24/96 MLP
- Alternative takes from the original studio recordings (CD3 tracks 1–5), stereo, in 24/48 LPCM and 24/96 MLP
- 2004 remaster (CD2 tracks 1–5), stereo, in 24/48 LPCM and 24/96 MLP
- "21st Century Schizoid Man" – film from Hyde Park concert 5 July 1969
Personnel
- Robert FrippRobert FrippRobert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...
– guitar - Ian McDonaldIan McDonald (musician)Ian McDonald is an English multi-instrumental musician, best known as a founding member of progressive rock group King Crimson, formed in 1969, and of the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976. He is well-known as a rock session musician, predominantly as a saxophonist...
– flute, clarinet, saxophone, vibes, keyboards, mellotronMellotronThe Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music... - Greg LakeGreg LakeGregory Stuart "Greg" Lake is an English musician, songwriter and producer, best known as a vocalist and bassist of King Crimson, and the bassist, guitarist, vocalist, and lyricist of Emerson, Lake & Palmer.-1960s: King Crimson:...
– bass, vocals - Michael GilesMichael GilesMichael Giles is an English drummer, best known as a co-founder of King Crimson in 1969...
– drums, percussion - Peter SinfieldPeter SinfieldPeter John Sinfield is an English poet, lyricist and artist, most famously known as the lyricist and co-founding member of early incarnations of King Crimson, whose debut album In the Court of the Crimson King has been regarded as one of the most influential progressive rock albums ever...
– lyrics, illumination
- Barry Godber – cover illustrations
Production
- The original album featured the following credit: Produced By King Crimson for E.G. Productions – ' David & John'. David Enthoven & John Gaydon were the founders of EG Records, both of whom left the company during the 1970s. CD reissues of the album dating from the 1980s removed any mention of 'David & John'; the original full credit was restored in 2003 at the insistence of Robert Fripp.
- Recorded & Engineered By Robin Thompson & Tony Page (also assistant engineer)
Cultural references
- Stephen KingStephen KingStephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
makes references to "Crimson KingCrimson KingThe Crimson King, also commonly known as Los', is a fictional character created by Stephen King. He is the antagonist in the novel Insomnia the main villain due to a plot twist in Black House and one of the main villains in the latter half of Stephen King's Dark Tower series.-Fictional...
" and "The Court of the Crimson King" in his novel InsomniaInsomnia (novel)Insomnia is a novel written by Stephen King and first published in 1994. Like It and Dreamcatcher, its setting is the fictional town of Derry, Maine. The original hardcover edition was issued with dust jackets in two complementary designs...
and the Dark Tower seriesThe Dark Tower (series)The Dark Tower is a series of books written by American author Stephen King, which incorporates themes from multiple genres, including fantasy, science fantasy, horror and western. It describes a "Gunslinger" and his quest toward a tower, the nature of which is both physical and metaphorical. King...
. - S.M. Stirling's 2008 SF novel In the Courts of the Crimson KingsIn the Courts of the Crimson KingsIn the Courts of the Crimson Kings is a 2008 alternate history, science fiction novel by American writer S. M. Stirling.-Plot introduction:...
, featuring a plot set in an alternative universe Mars resembling Golden Age pulp fiction. - Howard SternHoward SternHoward Allan Stern is an American radio personality, television host, author, and actor best known for his radio show, which was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2005. He gained wide recognition in the 1990s where he was labeled a "shock jock" for his outspoken and sometimes controversial style...
's band The LosersThe Losers (Howard Stern)The Losers were a band made up of staff members of The Howard Stern Show. The group was formed in 1997 when the show staff started playing with instruments that Green Day had brought to the studio prior to their own performance. The band was named after their original drummer Scott the Engineer,...
has covered the title track of this album live on the air. - The popular MMORPGMMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
EverQuest IIEverQuest IIEverQuest II is a 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment , based on EverQuest, and shipped on 8 November 2004...
based all of the Non-Player Characters in the zone The Court of Al'AfazEverQuest II: Desert of FlamesEverQuest II: Desert of Flames is the first expansion for Sony Online Entertainment's EverQuest II. The expansion went live September 13, 2005...
on characters in this album. - "The Court of the Crimson King" is featured in a scene of the 2006 movie Children of MenChildren of MenChildren of Men is a 2006 science fiction film loosely adapted from P. D. James's 1992 novel The Children of Men, directed by Alfonso Cuarón. In 2027, two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Illegal immigrants seek sanctuary in England, where the last...
. - "The Court of the Crimson King" LP albumLP albumThe LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
is featured in Katsuhiro OtomoKatsuhiro Otomois a Japanese comic book creator, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation. Otomo has also directed several live-action films, such as the 2006 feature film adaptation of the manga Mushishi.-Biography:Katsuhiro Otomo was...
's short story, Hair (1979). - Ozzy OsbourneOzzy OsbourneJohn Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...
covered "21st Century Schizoid Man" on his 2005 compilation album Under CoverUnder Cover-Personnel:*Ozzy Osbourne – vocals*Jerry Cantrell – guitars*Chris Wyse – bass*Mike Bordin – drumsGuest musicians*Ian Hunter – vocals on "All the Young Dudes"*Leslie West – guitar solo on "Mississippi Queen"...
. - "21st Century Schizoid Man" is a playable track in Guitar Hero 5Guitar Hero 5Guitar Hero 5 is a music video game and the fifth main entry in the Guitar Hero series. The game was developed by Neversoft and published by RedOctane and Activision, and released internationally in September 2009 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, 3 and Wii consoles...
. - "21st Century Schizoid Man" was released in 2009 as a digital download by The Human Experimente, featuring performances by Jeff Fayman, Robert Fripp, and Maynard James Keenan, in a mix resembling a movie soundtrack.
- The Song "21st Century (Digital Boy)21st Century (Digital Boy)"21st Century " is a song by the punk rock group Bad Religion. It was originally recorded in 1990 on their fifth full-length studio album Against the Grain and rerecorded on the 1994 album Stranger Than Fiction...
" by punk rockPunk rockPunk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band Bad ReligionBad ReligionBad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1979. Their current line-up consists of Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz , Jay Bentley , Greg Hetson , Brian Baker and Brooks Wackerman . Gurewitz is also the founder of the label Epitaph Records, which has released almost all of the...
includes a lyrical passage borrowed from "21st Century Schizoid Man". - Author Alastair ReynoldsAlastair ReynoldsAlastair Preston Reynolds is a British science fiction author. He specialises in dark hard science fiction and space opera. He spent his early years in Cornwall, moved back to Wales before going to Newcastle, where he read physics and astronomy. Afterwards, he earned a PhD from St Andrews, Scotland...
has named characters and at least one alien race in his SF novels after lyrics from this album. - GenesisGenesis (band)Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...
former member Steve HackettSteve HackettStephen Richard Hackett is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career...
played "The Court Of The Crimson KingThe Court of the Crimson King"The Court of the Crimson King" is the fifth and final track from the British progressive rock band King Crimson's debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King. It was also released as a single. It reached #80 on the US charts, and is the band's only charting single in the United...
" and "I Talk To The WindI Talk to the Wind"I Talk to the Wind" is the second track from the British progressive rock band King Crimson's debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King....
" on his live solo album The Tokyo TapesThe Tokyo TapesThe Tokyo Tapes is a live Steve Hackett album featuring a progressive rock supergroup lineup of John Wetton from King Crimson, UK and Asia; Chester Thompson from Weather Report, Frank Zappa and Genesis live; Ian McDonald, also from King Crimson, and Foreigner; and rounded out by keyboards man...
(which also featured Ian McDonald). - "In The Court of Crimson King" track briefly featured in Red Riding Trilogy first movie around 20' mark
- In Lexington, KentuckyLexington, KentuckyLexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...
there is a street called Crimson King Court.