So lately I've been spending a lot of time with the new King Crimson 40th Anniversary remasters, most notably the CD + DVD edition of their 3rd record, Lizard. Something about this record, and its surrounding partners (In The Wake Of Poseidon and Islands) has always fascinated me, even more so than the acknowledged classics In The Court Of The Crimson King and Larks Tongues In Aspic. There's something so mysterious and hidden about this trio of records, something that gives the impression of a sort of hidden knowledge that can be gleaned from intense study. Needless to say, this is right up my nerd alley. Which leads to this post and story of the 21st Century Schizoid Band. In a nutshell, a few years back some former members of the almighty Crimso got back together to bash out some old favorites and generally have a grand ol' time. Since Mr. Fripperlips above was leading a current version of Crimso (and producing some mighty fine new material), the lads recruited a one Jakko Jakszyk to take the place of not only Robbo, but Greg Lake, Gordon Haskell, Boz Burrell and John Wetton as well. Whew! They put out several releases before the untimely passing of drummer Ian Wallace, the best of which (Pictures Of A City: Live In New York) I have 0h-so-graciously included below. This little piece of plastic sadly went out of print not too long after its release, thus depriving the world of a fun document of some master players running through through some classics, most of which are taken from the above mentioned trio of records! So nicely tied together there!
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