IN MEMORY OF PETER SINFIELD

His dream was to make an artistic contribution that would enlighten, provoke or stir, but Peter Sinfield became the lyrical mastermind behind some of King Crimson’s best-loved works. The poet had a significant influence on the world of progressive music also bringing his skills to Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Roxy Music and PFM before branching out into the world of pop. Although he had retired due to ill health, his recent death at the age of 80 came as a shock to those who knew him. We pay tribute to him.

Sid Smith

What image comes into your mind when you think about King Crimson? The chances are it’ll be the screaming face gazing out from the cover of the group’s 1969 debut album. That it’s there at all comes down to Peter Sinfield who, when the group were casting about for cover ideas, said he knew someone who might be able to do something. “I used to hang around with all these painters and artists from Chelsea Art School,” Sinfield told me, in one of the many long telephone calls we exchanged when I was writing the band’s biography. “I’d known Barry Godber for a couple of years; he’d been to a few rehearsals and spent a bit of time with us. I told him to see what he could come up…

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