King Crimson - Michael Giles Biography
Band Members:
Michael Giles
Gordon Haskell
Trey Gunn
Peter Giles
Pat Mastelotto
Ian McDonald
Jamie Muir
Born:
January 1, 1942
History:
Michael Giles is sort of the odd man out in the pantheon of top progressive rock drummers. As it is, Carl Palmer and Bill Bruford tend to get the lion's share of admiration between them, the former if flash and volume are the listener's concerns, and the latter if subtlety (and the intricacies of jazz) are on their list of essentials, but Giles deserves to be in there somewhere, if only for his technical proficiency -- he might not have been as visible or active as Palmer or Bruford, but behind ...more
 
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Career Span:

Decade
# Albums
Album Score
1970
2
total ranking of 4.0000  4.0000
1980
5
total ranking of 3.4326  3.4326
1990
17
total ranking of 2.7929  2.7929
2000
39
total ranking of 2.9823  2.9823
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
3.3756
King Crimson is ranked overall as 3.3756 out of 4 stars
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