The film explores the “acute suffering” and transcendent glory experienced by current and former members of King Crimson, allowing the audience an intimate and sometimes uncomfortable insight into the musicians’ experience as they confront life and death head on in the world’s most demanding rock band.
Michael "Jakko" Jakszyk (born Michael Lee Curran; 8 June 1958) is an English musician, record producer, and actor. As of 2013, he is the current lead singer and second guitarist in King Crimson: an accomplished singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, he also pursues a solo career. His work has been variously credited as "Jakko", "Jakko Jakszyk", and "Jakko M. Jakszyk".