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David Cross

Born1964-04-04
BirthplaceAtlanta
CountryUnited States
GenderMale
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David Cross (born April 23, 1948, in Plymouth, Devon) is a composer, keyboard and violin player from England best known for playing with progressive rock band King Crimson during the 1970s (particularly on Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black and Red). He also plays keyboards and mellotron.

Since the mid 1980s he has led his own band, the earlier incarnations of which featured American drummer Dan Maurer, English keyboard player Sheila Maloney and the Liverpool bassist/vocalist John Dillon. Since the 1990s he has led his own band, often writing with bassist Mick Paul. Former and current King Crimson members John Wetton, Robert Fripp, Richard Palmer-James and Peter Sinfield have all guested on his solo projects. Solo albums of David Cross are:

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Memos From Purgatory (1989)

The Big Picture (1992, re-released 1999)

Testing To Destruction (1994)

Exiles (1998)

Closer Than Skin (2005)

Cross is currently a senior lecturer in Music Education at London Metropolitan University.

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Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.