King Crimsonis a progressive rock group formed in 1969, and is considered to be one of the more influential bands in the history of rock music. The band was founded by guitarist Robert Frippand drummer Michael Gilesin 1969. Originally an all-British musical group, later members have included a number of Americans, most notably Adrian Belewand Tony Levin. The name King Crimson was coined by Peter Sinfieldas a synonym for Beelzebub, prince of demons.According to Fripp, Beelzebub would be an anglicised form of the Arabic phrase "B'il Sabab", meaning "the man with an aim".[2] However, the original name is understood to be from ba'al zebul, "Lord of the Seat". (The name was later popularly corrupted to ba'al zevel, "Lord of the Dungheap", and ba'al zevuv, "Lord of the Flies", because the god's statue was constantly covered in blood.)[3] King Crimson's debut album is considered by some to be one of the more influential albums of progressive rock.
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