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Emerson, Lake & Palmer often didn’t work. Neither did projects that featured just two of them
By Malcolm Dome published
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
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
By Dave Ling published
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
By Malcolm Dome published
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
By Mike Barnes published
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

Fan group petitions BBC for a Keith Emerson Prom
By Jerry Ewing published
Emerson, Lake & Palmer fan group is spearheading a move to get Keith Emerson. and ELP recognised by the BBC's annual proms programme

The Emerson, Lake & Palmer albums you should definitely listen to
By Jerry Ewing published
One of the great British prog bands, a power trio and a supergroup, ELP left a legacy that includes some classic prog-rock albums

Ten moments of maverick musical genius from Keith Emerson
By Malcolm Dome published
Emerson, Lake and Palmer legend, composer and synthesiser pioneer Keith Emerson fused the power of rock music with the beauty of classical

The complete Emerson, Lake & Powell collection to be released in April
By Jerry Ewing published
Emerson, Lake & Powell - The Complete Collection features the band's lone studio album, a live release and rehearsal tapes

“He never set out to please or comfort, so we often end up with his brilliant musical mind at its best… For that, we can forgive the physical abuse of a few Hammond L-100s”: King Crimson, Marillion, Tangent members and more pay tribute to Keith Emerson
By David West published
15 more examples of his best work, as described by Jakko Jakszyk, Mark Kelly, Andy Tillison, Jem Godfrey, Arjen Lucassen and musicians who worked with the late keyboard genius
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