Studio - 1. In the Court of the Crimson King 6. Cultural references.

Studio - 1. In the Court of the Crimson King

6. Cultural references.

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• Stephen King makes references to "Crimson King" and "The Court of the Crimson King" in his novel Insomnia and the Dark Tower series.
• S.M. Stirling's 2008 SF novel In the Courts of the Crimson Kings, featuring a plot set in an alternate universe Mars resembling Golden Age pulp fiction.[1]
• Due to the philosophical and spiritual nature of Peter Sinfield's lyrics Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias has quoted from this album on several occasions. One example comes from a lecture titled "The Existence of God" which quotes from Epitaph, "knowledge is a deadly friend, if no one sets the rules". Zacharias's commentary usually contrasts sharply with the views expressed in the lyrics.
• Howard Stern's band The Losers has covered the title track of this album live on the air.
• The popular MMORPG EverQuest II based all of the Non-Player Characters in the zone The Court of Al'Afaz on characters in this album.
• The Finnish doom metal band Reverend Bizarre named their first album In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend in a conscious homage to King Crimson.^{[citation needed]}
• Christina Ricci's character does a tap-dance to "Moonchild" in the film Buffalo 66.
• Black metal band Lurker of Chalice (a sideproject of Leviathan) have a track called "In the Court of the Crimson King Diamond" in a double homage to this album and the lead singer of Mercyful Fate; it appears on their second demo.
• "The Court of the Crimson King" is featured in a scene of the 2006 movie Children of Men.
• The prog-rock band Upsilon Acrux titled an album "In the Acrux of the Upsilon King".
• "The Court of the Crimson King" LP album is featured in Katsuhiro Otomo's short story, Hair (1979).
• Madman Atomic Comics #6 by Michael Allred (reprinted in Madman Atomic Comics Volume #1) is titled "Crushed in the Court of the Crimson King" and features "The Crimson King" as a character in the story.
• Saxon covered "The Court of the Crimson King" on their 2001 album Killing Ground.
• UK Channel 4 drama titled "Red Riding" was aired on British television on 5 March 2009 and featured the song "The Court of the Crimson King" in its opening episode of the 3 episodes.
• New Jersey hardcore outfit Rorschach covered "21st Century Schizoid Man".
• Canadian hard rock band April Wine covered "21st Century Schizoid Man" on their 1979 release, Harder ... Faster.
• Italian band Afterhours also covered the song "21th Century Schizoid Man" in a live recording.
• "21st Century Schizoid Man" is a playable track in Guitar Hero 5.
• "21^st Century Schizoid Man" was released in 2009 as a digital download [2] by The Human Experimente, featuring performances by Jeff Fayman, Robert Fripp, and Maynard James Keenan, in a mix resembling a movie soundtrack.
• The album was mentioned (and briefly pictured) in a fourth-season episode of The Venture Brothers, "Perchance To Dean".