Keyboardist Keith Emerson, bassist/guitarist Greg Lake and drummer Carl Palmer formed in 1969 and scored four top 10 albums on The Billboard 200 between 1971-1974. The trio is best known for tracks such as “Lucky Man,”“Fanfare for the Common Man,”“Touch & Go,”“From the Beg...
Carl Palmer by Ken Pierce (2014) PiercingMetal:Emerson, Lake and Palmer is notorious for their use of keyboards. In your band, you omit them. How does that change the musical dynamic? Carl Palmer:We use two guitars. Paul Bielatowicz on the lead guitar and there is Simon Fitzpatrick who...
Prog rock fans are still buzzing aboutEmerson, Lake & Palmer‘s reunion for the 2010 High Voltage Festival, the trio’s first show together since 1998. But even with a new catalog reissue deal with Razor & Tie just beginning for North America,Greg Lakedoesn’t expect a repeat perform...
Their first single, entitled "Lucky Man," from their debut album, "Emerson, Lake & Palmer," ended with a startling new sound, the lead Moog synthesizer solo. This sound took the world by storm, and the band was on its way. ELP released six platinum albums between 1970 and 1977, ...