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Carl Palmer: Keith Emerson’s death wasn’t the worst part of losing him
They met when Palmer stood in with Fleetwood Mac for a show with The Nice. Half a century of amazing music and friendship followed. The drummer reveals what they’d be doing today if Emerson was still alive
The prog stars who influenced a comedy musician’s career – and made him become a milkman for a while
Graham Fellows, creator of Jilted John and John Shuttleworth, started out with ELP before finding Yes, Focus, The Enid and Pink Floyd (although he has no time for The Dark Side Of The Moon)
Amazingly, a prog supergroup soundtracked the summer of 1982. Their secret? English church music
With a background in three of the genre’s biggest bands, the quartet got tired of creating epics and decided to go pop. But they know their debut album would have only achieved a thousandth of its sales without the last track to be added
"There was about 380 people in the hall, sold out. There wasn’t a woman in sight."
The birth of a prog rock legend
In 1971 Greg Lake enraged Keith Emerson, who immediately quit ELP. The result was acclaimed album Tarkus
Carl Palmer recalls a crisis meeting, arguments over time signatures, and playing the whole album top to bottom in the studio – only to discover their engineer had taken a break
“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
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
The Emerson, Lake & Palmer albums you should definitely listen to
One of the great British prog bands, a power trio and a supergroup, ELP left a legacy that includes some classic prog-rock albums
“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
