League of Gentlemen (band)

League of Gentlemen was a late-1970s band featuring guitarist Robert Fripp of King Crimson. Other members included bass guitarist Sara Lee (who later joined Gang of Four, The B-52's, and Indigo Girls), keyboardist Barry Andrews (formerly of XTC; later of Shriekback) and percussionist Johnny Toobad. The group's name had previously been used by Fripp's first semi-professional band in the 1960s.fact|date=April 2007

"The Trouser Press Record Guide" describes the League of Gentlemen's music as typically taking "a simple medium-to-fast backbeat over which Fripp and Andrews locked horns, with melodic development emerging slowly, surely, subtly."Harvard reference|Surname1=Fleischmann|Given1=Mark|Surname2=Robbins|Given2=Ira|Year=1991|Title=The Trouser Press Record Guide|Chapter=Robert Fripp|Editor=Ira A. Robbins|Place=New York|Publisher=Collier Books|Page=263|ID=ISBN 0-02-036361-3|URL=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=robert_fripp] "Trouser Press" also suggests that the League's foray into dance oriented rock was a precursor to Fripp's reformed King Crimson in the early 1980s.Harvard reference|Surname1=Grant|Given1=Steven|Surname2=Fleischmann|Given2=Mark|Surname3=Robbins|Given3=Ira A.|Year=1991|Title=The Trouser Press Record Guide|Chapter=King Crimson|Editor=Ira A. Robbins|Place=New York|Publisher=Collier Books|Page=367|ID=ISBN 0-02-036361-3|URL=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=king_crimson]

Discography

* "The League of Gentlemen" (EG/Polydor, 1981)
* "God Save the King" (Robert Fripp compilation) (Editions EG, 1985)
* "Thrang Thrang Gozinbulx" (Live album constructed from bootleg recordings) (Discipline Records, 2003)

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