David Cross

Who is David Cross?

David Cross is an electric violinist born in Turnchapel near Plymouth, England, best known for playing with progressive rock band King Crimson during the 1970s. He also plays keyboards.

After King Crimson, Cross formed a jazzy improvising band called They Came from Plymouth,. With Keith Tippett, Dan Maurer and Jim Juhn, he formed a short-lived project in 1987 called Low Flying Aircraft. In 1998, he was invited by Geoff Serle to join Radius. Besides Cross and Serle, Radius included Sheila Malony, Maxine Braham and Carlo Lucius Asciutti.

Since the mid-1980s, he has also 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. Former and current King Crimson members John Wetton, Robert Fripp, and Peter Sinfield, as well as guest lyricist Richard Palmer-James, have all guested on his solo projects.

Cross has also worked in theatre both musically and as an actor. And in 1999, he formed Noisy Records, his own record label.