Latest about Keith Emerson
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
How The Nice offended Leonard Bernstein and the US Embassy
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
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
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
Keith Emerson, Davy O’List and Lee Jackson created enough controversy to last for decades in their original three-year run
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
How The Nice got started by fibbing about their songwriting skills
Prompted by a disagreement that spilled into the public domain, co-founders Keith Emerson and Lee Jackson once visited the Prog office to set things straight
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
