King Crimson along with hard rock titans Foreigner, has died at the age of 75.According to a representative, McDonald “passed away peacefully on February 9, 2022 in his home in New York City, surrounded by his family”.
No cause of death has been officially provided.McDonald was recruited into King Crimson by Robert Fripp, along with Michael and Peter Giles, in 1968.
Though he only appeared on the band’s debut album – 1969’s ‘In The Court Of The Crimson King’ – he was instrumental in defining the band’s lasting prog-rock sound.McDonald co-wrote and co-produced every song on the band’s debut.
He also played a wide array of instruments on it, including brass, woodwinds and keyboards – particularly the Mellotron. He left the band the same year the album was released, alongside drummer Michael Giles, briefly forming the spinoff act McDonald and Giles.“Someone asked me, ‘Are you surprised people still talking about this record 50 years later?’ I said, ‘Well, yes.
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