OFF: King Crimson

[The Rocker]

KING CRIMSON TO REIGN AGAIN: (Press Release) Pioneering rock band KING
CRIMSON will release its new studio EP 'Happy With What You Have to Be
Happy With' on Sanctuary Records on October 8, 2002. It is the band's
Sanctuary debut.

King Crimson is led by founding guitarist Robert Fripp and rounding out
the quartet are longtime guitarist/vocalist Adrian Belew, stick
player/bass guitarist Trey Gunn and drummer/percussionist Pat
Mastelotto.

The 11 tracks on 'Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With' include:
"Bude," "Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With," "Mie Gakure," "She
Shudders," "Eyes Wide Open," "Sho Ga Nai," "I Ran," "Somedays Blue,"
"Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part IV)," "Clouds" and bonus track
"Einstein's Relatives." The studio tracks are separated by a series of
brief musical haikus.

Fripp has led the band through more than three decades of musical
experimentation that completely pushes the structure of rock, jazz and
classical music to its limits. King Crimson has enjoyed some measure of
commercial popularity over the years, but its fan base is primarily a
die-hard cult. Regular touring has broadened the band's appeal, and a
recent tour opening for Tool successfully exposed another generation to
King Crimson's challenging-yet-rewarding music.

Of that tour, Tool's lead singer Maynard Keenan stated, "I have a
feeling kids are going to come and hear King Crimson and go, 'Tool
ripped these guys off blind,' because it'll be right there for you to
see. But we've said that all along, that we're definitely influenced by
this band, there's no
mystery."

Many of the world's finest rock musicians have been members of King
Crimson and gone on to their own successful projects, including:
vocalist/guitarist/bass guitarist Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake & Palmer),
drummer Bill Bruford (Yes, Genesis), saxophonist Ian McDonald
(Foreigner), bass guitarist Boz Burrell (Bad Company), bass
guitarist/vocalist John Wetton (Uriah Heep, U.K., Asia) and bass
guitarist Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel).

Members of the current lineup have other notable groups on their resumes
in addition to King Crimson. Belew led the Bears and recorded many solo
albums. Mastelotto was a member of Mr. Mister and played on countless
sessions for other high-profile musicians. Mastelotto and Gunn have both
collaborated with the California Guitar Trio as well.

'Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With' marks yet another important
step in the fearless, forward-thinking vision of King Crimson.

The band will follow up the EP with a full-length album, 'The Power To
Believe,' in early 2003, along with an extensive world tour.