Latest about Emerson Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer often didn’t work. Neither did projects that featured just two of them
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
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
Peter Sinfield, the prog poet who gave voices to King Crimson, ELP and Roxy Music
Lyricist, art director, producer and all-round creative who aimed to enlighten, provoke or stir died in November 2024 without being fully aware of what he’d achieved
Carl Palmer’s lifelong desire for a life beyond classic prog
After Emerson Lake & Palmer’s High Voltage concert, the drummer shared his thoughts on his former bandmates and pondered an unfulfilled ambition
When Balaam And The Angel tried to emulate ELP, it didn’t go well
Spectacular live disaster hasn’t killed guitarist Jim Morris’ passion for Pictures At An Exhibition
“Straight-faced gravitas – and a dash of Prokofiev”: 10 essential Greg Lake songs
From King Crimson to ELP and beyond, Greg Lake left a catalogue of impressive creations from an extraordinary musical journey which included that Christmas song
Emerson Lake & Palmer and the making of Brain Salad Surgery
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
“No questioning the quality, but is it essential?” Carl Palmer’s Fanfare For The Common Man
4-disc Celebration of the drummer’s career includes ‘scrap book’ documentary and 200-page memoir
“Our music teacher would belt us if we didn’t know all the musical signs and notes. She used to play Mussorgsky… so I love ELP’s version of Pictures At An Exhibition”: Simple Minds’ Derek Forbes names his prog heroes
Bassist explains new wave outfit were massive Genesis fans when they started out – and he used to sing the whole of Foxtrot while working as a painter and decorator
