Often interpreted as a statement of the band’s ethos during this period.
“Discipline” is the title track from King Crimson’s 1981 album Discipline, written by guitarist Robert Fripp, bassist Tony Levin, guitarist Adrian Belew, and drummer Bill Bruford, who together ushered in a new, highly intricate era of the band’s sound characterized by interlocking guitar lines, polyrhythms, and complex time signatures;
“Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end”
Discipline is the eighth studio album by the English progressive rock band King Crimson, released on September 22, 1981, by E.G. Records in the United Kingdom and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The band was founded by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, and lyricist Peter Sinfield in 1969.
