Keith Emerson

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

Why Steve Howe didn’t join The Nice or Atomic Rooster, and didn’t even go to his Jethro Tull audition

By Sid Smith published 3 April 26

Yes guitarist looks back on starting to play without learning to read music, the wide range of career options he had, and names the album he regards as his greatest achievement

“What Keith Moon did on drums, he did on keyboards”: When Geoff Downes first saw Keith Emerson live

By Malcolm Dome published 1 March 26

The Yes man hails ELP counterpart as a musician and entertainer

How Emerson, Lake and Palmer charted with Aaron Copland’s Fanfare For The Common Man in the year of punk

By Malcolm Dome published 29 December 25

Even cut down to a third of its length, the 1977 track became their biggest hit, and one of the most successful instrumental single of all time

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

How The Nice offended Leonard Bernstein and the US Embassy

By Malcolm Dome published 30 October 25

The story of the song that crystallised the burgeoning prog-rock movement and turned The Nice into one of the most controversial bands of the day

Twisted Sister’s Jay Jay French doesn’t love prog, but adores Emerson, Lake and Palmer

By Malcolm Dome published 15 September 25

Glam metal guitar slinger had been a fan of The Nice but hadn’t even heard of Carl Palmer when the super-talented supergroup blew him away live

Emerson, Lake & Palmer often didn’t work. Neither did projects that featured just two of them

By Malcolm Dome published 27 May 25

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

Flag-burning prog innovators The Nice found trouble on stage and off it

By Martin Kielty published 28 February 25

Keith Emerson, Davy O’List and Lee Jackson created enough controversy to last for decades in their original three-year run