Plymouth, England
Progressive rock, instrumental
David Cross (born 23 April 1949 in Turnchapel near Plymouth, England) is an English electric violinist, best known for playing with progressive rock band King Crimson during the 1970s (particularly on Larks' Tongues in Aspic and Starless and Bible Black). He also plays keyboards.
After King Crimson, Cross formed a jazzy improvising band called They Came from Plymouth. With Keith Tippett (piano), Dan Maurer (drums) and Jim Juhn (guitar, bass, percussion), 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 (keyboards, electronics, samples), Radius included Sheila Malony (on keyboards), Maxine Braham and Carlo Lucius Asciutti (vocals).
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. In 1999, he formed Noisy Records, his own record label.
Memos from Purgatory (1989)
The Big Picture (1992)
Testing to Destruction (1994)
Exiles (1997)
Closer Than Skin (2005)
Electric Chamber Music: Unbounded (2006) with Naomi Maki
Alive in the Underworld (2008) David Cross Band
Electric Chamber Music Vol.2: English Sun (2009) with Andrew Keeling
Starless Starlight (2015) with Robert Fripp
Cold Sky Blue (2016) Cross & Quinn, with Sean Quinn
Sign of the Crow (2016) David Cross Band
Another Day (2018) with David Jackson
