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This year marks the 40th anniversary of King Crimson, a rock band that with each phase of its evolution manages to thrill and inspire its deeply devoted fans.

Led by guitarist and sonic innovator Robert Fripp, the band of distinctively skilled players has continuously advanced the "progressive rock" genre and given us more than a dozen albums of utterly astonishing sounds, not to mention countless live performances and spin-off projects.

King Crimson's followers tend to skew toward musician types, particularly guitar players, because of Mr. Fripp's soaring solos and the group's intricate compositions. But the variety and depth of the band's output since 1969 has attracted an increasingly diverse audience, and its pointedly avant-garde vision is pure and powerful and singular among its peers.

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