Origin: Bournemouth, England
Although barely a blip on the pop music radar screen during their 15-month brief existence, Giles, Giles & Fripp would soon evolve into one of the most original and innovative U.K. progressive rock bands of all time - King Crimson . The music of Giles, Giles & Fripp is quite mellow and pleasant, but at the same time quirky and highly original, laced with odd instrumentation and unpredictable time changes. The band formed in August, 1967 when veteran musicians and siblings Peter Giles (bass) and Michael Giles (drums) joined forces with Robert Fripp (guitar). They briefly added a fourth member i…