Emerson, Lake & Palmer

The best rock supergroups in history, from Cream to Velvet Revolver

By Philip Wilding, Dave Everley published 19 May 26

Some supergroups just aren't worth the sum of their parts. These are the exceptions

Carl Palmer: Keith Emerson’s death wasn’t the worst part of losing him

By Dave Everley published 14 April 26

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

By Jo Kendall published 31 March 26

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

By Mark Blake published 8 March 26

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

In 1971 Greg Lake enraged Keith Emerson, who immediately quit ELP. The result was acclaimed album Tarkus

By Sid Smith published 10 November 25

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

By Dom Lawson published 20 March 25

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 13 February 25

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

By James McNair published 5 January 25

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

By Jerry Ewing published 3 September 24

One of the great British prog bands, a power trio and a supergroup, ELP left a legacy that includes some classic prog-rock albums