Carl Palmer
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer often didn’t work. Neither did projects that featured just two of them
By Malcolm Dome published
Massive musical ability crossed with pomposity and excess made it difficult for the supergroup to meet expectations – but even with one of the giant personalities missing, the other pair could struggled to deliver

“We took it badly – ‘No one wants us any more!’ We’d never been through the school of hard knocks. We didn’t know what it meant to work hard”: When ELP collapsed, Carl Palmer’s career-long lucky streak ended. But he didn’t give up
By Dom Lawson published
Born into a musical family and a pro by his teenage years with a real-life education in backstage realities, the passionate drummer has seen dreams come true with Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster, Asia, Mike Oldfield and others

Carl Palmer’s lifelong desire for a life beyond classic prog
By Dave Ling published
After Emerson Lake & Palmer’s High Voltage concert, the drummer shared his thoughts on his former bandmates and pondered an unfulfilled ambition

Emerson Lake & Palmer and the making of Brain Salad Surgery
By Mike Barnes published
The prog supergroup were at their creative peak when they created the 1973 epic that took the world by storm, despite the apparent hordes of critics

The Emerson, Lake & Palmer albums you should definitely listen to
By Jerry Ewing published
One of the great British prog bands, a power trio and a supergroup, ELP left a legacy that includes some classic prog-rock albums

“No questioning the quality, but is it essential?” Carl Palmer’s Fanfare For The Common Man
By Gary McKenzie published
4-disc Celebration of the drummer’s career includes ‘scrap book’ documentary and 200-page memoir

Carl Palmer to release career-spanning Fanfare For The Common Man box set in April
By Jerry Ewing published
New triple CD, single Blu-ray set Fanfare For The Common Man also features Palmer's autobiography

Live New York recording of 3, featuring Keith Emerson, Carl Palmer and Robert Berry to be released on vinyl
By Jerry Ewing published
3's Rockin' The Ritz: Live 1988 will be released on vinyl for the first time in November
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