# The 1960s prog rock classic Ian Anderson never got tired of: “Angry and impassioned outpouring”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-1960s-prog-rock-classic-ian-anderson-never-got-tired-of-angry-and-impassioned-outpouring/
- Published: 2026-11-07T14:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T14:20:00+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/prog-rock-classic-ian-anderson-never-got-tired-of/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Ian Anderson singled out King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man”.
- The track made a strong impression at the Marquee Club in 1969.
- Jethro Tull’s *Stand Up* topped the UK chart that year.

## Summary

Ian Anderson praised King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man” as a powerful, enduring example of progressive rock, recalling how it seemed to erupt from the stage at London’s Marquee Club in 1969. The article places his admiration alongside Jethro Tull’s own early development and the later controversy over the band’s 1989 Grammy win for Best Heavy Metal Album.

In 1968, Jethro Tull were an inexperienced blues group that changed names to find work; a successful Marquee Club performance made the name on that night’s poster permanent. Their second album, *Stand Up*, reached number one in the UK in 1969, while King Crimson’s debut, *In the Court of the Crimson King*, peaked at number five. Anderson later remembered “21st Century Schizoid Man” as an “angry and impassioned outpouring”; the song runs for about seven minutes.

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