Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Emerson Lake and Palmer (ELP) are a British progressive rock group. In the 1970s, they were extremely popular, selling over 30 million albums and headlining huge concerts.

The three members are:

• Keith Emerson (keyboards)
• Greg Lake[?] (guitar, lead vocals)
• Carl Palmer[?] (drums, percussion)

They were an early 'supergroup', with Emerson coming from The Nice, Lake from King Crimson and Palmer from Atomic Rooster.

They formed in 1970 and broke up in 1979. They produced a series of albums, starting with the highly acclaimed Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Their works include some concept albums. Their sound was heavily dominated by the organ and Moog synthesizer[?] of flamboyant keyboard player Emerson. They were heavily influenced by classical music in addition to jazz and hard rock. Many of their pieces are arrangements of, or contain quotations from, classical music, and they can be said to fit into the sub-genre of symphonic rock.

In 1986, Emerson and Lake formed another "ELP" band with heavy metal[?] drummer Cozy Powell[?]. In 1987, Emerson and Palmer joined with Robert Berry to form the band 3[?]. The original band then reformed in 1991. They are last known to have played together in 1998.

Discography

• 1970 Emerson, Lake and Palmer[?]
• 1971 Tarkus[?]
• 1972 Pictures at an Exhibition (live)
• 1972 Trilogy[?]
• 1973 Brain Salad Surgery[?]
• 1974 Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends[?]...Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer (live triple)
• 1976 Works Volume I[?] (double)
• 1978 Works Volume II[?]
• 1978 Love Beach[?]
• 1979 In Concert[?] (live)
• 1986 Emerson, Lake and Powell[?] (as Emerson, Lake and Powell[?])
• 1987 To the Power of 3[?] (as 3[?])
• 1992 Black Moon[?]
• 1993 Live at the Royal Albert Hall[?] (live)
• 1994 The Hot Seat[?]

External Links

• ELP Digest (http://www.brain-salad.com/)
• Official ELP site (http://www.emersonlakepalmer.com/elp2.html)
• Google Directory listing (http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/E/ELP/)

Band member websites

• Keith Emerson (http://www.keithemerson.com/)
• Greg Lake (http://www.greglake.com/)
• Carl Palmer (http://www.carlpalmer.com/)