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Peter A. Giles (born 17 June, 1944, in Havant
Havant

Havant is a town in south east Hampshire on the South coast of England, between Portsmouth and Chichester. It gives its name to the Havant comprising the town and the surrounding area....
, Portsmouth
Portsmouth

Portsmouth city status in the United Kingdom located in the Counties of England of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the UK's only island city and is located on Portsea Island....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
) is a bass
Bass (instrument)

Bass refers to a variety of musical instruments that can be collectively regarded as bass instruments since they produce tones that are in the bass range ....
 player and vocalist.

Life
With his brother Michael Giles
Michael Giles

Michael Rex Giles is an English drummer, best known as a co-founder of King Crimson in 1969. Prior to the formation of Crimson, he also co-founded the short-lived Giles, Giles & Fripp with his brother, Peter Giles, and Robert Fripp the previous year....
 and Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp

Robert Fripp is a guitarist, composer and a record producer, perhaps best known for being the guitarist for, and only constant member of, the progressive rock band King Crimson....
, he formed Giles, Giles and Fripp
Giles, Giles and Fripp

Giles, Giles and Fripp were a quirky England late sixties band featuring brothers Michael Giles on Drum kit and Singing, Peter Giles on bass guitar and Singing, and rounded out by Robert Fripp on guitar....
. Peter was replaced by Greg Lake
Greg Lake

Greg Lake is an England bass guitarist, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and record producer, best known as a founding member of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer....
 when Fripp and Mike Giles formed King Crimson
King Crimson

King Crimson are an English progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969.They have typically been categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, although they incorporate diverse influences ranging from jazz, European classical music and experimental music to psychedelic music, New Wave mu...
. Peter later guest appeared on King Crimson's second album In the Wake of Poseidon
In the Wake of Poseidon

In the Wake of Poseidon is the second album by the progressive rock group King Crimson. By the time this album was released, the band had already undergone their first change in lineup, however they still maintained much of the style of their first album, In the Court of the Crimson King....
, and in 2002-2007, he joined with other Crimson alumni in 21st Century Schizoid Band
21st Century Schizoid Band

21st Century Schizoid Band are a King Crimson alumnus group formed in 2002.The name derives from the famous song "21st Century Schizoid Man" from the first King Crimson album, In the Court of the Crimson King....
. The band toured to critical acclaim.

Peter also appeared with brother Michael Giles and Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald (musician)

Ian McDonald is an English multi-instrumentalist musician, best known as a founding member of progressive rock musical group King Crimson, formed in 1969, and of the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976....
 on the eponymous McDonald and Giles
McDonald and Giles

McDonald and Giles is an album of music released by Great Britain musicians Ian McDonald and Michael Giles in 1971. The album was first issued on Island Records in the U.K....
 Island Records
Island Records

Island Records was a record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. It was based in England for many years, but is now owned by Universal Music Group and is operated in the United States through The Island Def Jam Music Group and in the UK through Island Records Group ....
 (ILPS 9126) in the U.K.






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Peter A. Giles (born 17 June, 1944, in Havant
Havant

Havant is a town in south east Hampshire on the South coast of England, between Portsmouth and Chichester. It gives its name to the Havant comprising the town and the surrounding area....
, Portsmouth
Portsmouth

Portsmouth city status in the United Kingdom located in the Counties of England of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the UK's only island city and is located on Portsea Island....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
) is a bass
Bass (instrument)

Bass refers to a variety of musical instruments that can be collectively regarded as bass instruments since they produce tones that are in the bass range ....
 player and vocalist.

Life


With his brother Michael Giles
Michael Giles

Michael Rex Giles is an English drummer, best known as a co-founder of King Crimson in 1969. Prior to the formation of Crimson, he also co-founded the short-lived Giles, Giles & Fripp with his brother, Peter Giles, and Robert Fripp the previous year....
 and Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp

Robert Fripp is a guitarist, composer and a record producer, perhaps best known for being the guitarist for, and only constant member of, the progressive rock band King Crimson....
, he formed Giles, Giles and Fripp
Giles, Giles and Fripp

Giles, Giles and Fripp were a quirky England late sixties band featuring brothers Michael Giles on Drum kit and Singing, Peter Giles on bass guitar and Singing, and rounded out by Robert Fripp on guitar....
. Peter was replaced by Greg Lake
Greg Lake

Greg Lake is an England bass guitarist, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and record producer, best known as a founding member of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer....
 when Fripp and Mike Giles formed King Crimson
King Crimson

King Crimson are an English progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969.They have typically been categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, although they incorporate diverse influences ranging from jazz, European classical music and experimental music to psychedelic music, New Wave mu...
. Peter later guest appeared on King Crimson's second album In the Wake of Poseidon
In the Wake of Poseidon

In the Wake of Poseidon is the second album by the progressive rock group King Crimson. By the time this album was released, the band had already undergone their first change in lineup, however they still maintained much of the style of their first album, In the Court of the Crimson King....
, and in 2002-2007, he joined with other Crimson alumni in 21st Century Schizoid Band
21st Century Schizoid Band

21st Century Schizoid Band are a King Crimson alumnus group formed in 2002.The name derives from the famous song "21st Century Schizoid Man" from the first King Crimson album, In the Court of the Crimson King....
. The band toured to critical acclaim.

Peter also appeared with brother Michael Giles and Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald (musician)

Ian McDonald is an English multi-instrumentalist musician, best known as a founding member of progressive rock musical group King Crimson, formed in 1969, and of the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976....
 on the eponymous McDonald and Giles
McDonald and Giles

McDonald and Giles is an album of music released by Great Britain musicians Ian McDonald and Michael Giles in 1971. The album was first issued on Island Records in the U.K....
 Island Records
Island Records

Island Records was a record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. It was based in England for many years, but is now owned by Universal Music Group and is operated in the United States through The Island Def Jam Music Group and in the UK through Island Records Group ....
 (ILPS 9126) in the U.K. and in the U.S. as Cotillion Records
Cotillion Records

Cotillion Records was a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. President of Cotillion Records was Henry E. Allen. It was active from the late 1960s through 1985 in music....
 (SD 9042),

As of 2009 Peter is producing an album of original material with his wife Yasmine, under the banner of Aluna. This slated for worldwide release later this year.

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