The very nature of their shared histories made Emerson Lake and Palmer’s founding a tricky proposition. Coming together as an all-star amalgam, everyone had other options it seemed. You May Also Like: Carl Palmer on the difficult decision to join Emerson Lake and Palmer Carl Palmer isn’t sorry about reworkingRead More

As a sweeping reissue of King Crimson’s Red looms, we returned to that classic trio-era recording, along with the group’s seminal proto-prog debut, its early 1980s comeback and a pair of deeply intriguing 1990s recordings. Key figures from each of those eras join us, a part of exclusive SER Sitdowns,Read More

King Crimson’s genre-creating 1969 debut In the Court of the Crimson King didn’t include a single song shorter than 6 minutes. The band’s 1970 follow up ended with an 11-minute song suite. You May Also Like: Greg Lake compares this era to the one that sparked King Crimson: ‘You neededRead More

Even as he acknowledges that Emerson Lake and Palmer’s first five albums were some of his best work, Greg Lake doubts that the creative stars will align like that ever again. You May Also Like: Greg Lake picks his favorite Emerson Lake and Palmer album: ‘Where it all comes together’Read More

Nearly 45 years later, the cover of King Crimson’s ground-breaking debut album is understood to be a genre-defining prog classic — and the personification of the project’s signature song, “21st Century Schizoid Man.” You May Also Like: Greg Lake compares this era to the one that sparked King Crimson: ‘YouRead More

The standard for making this list is that these projects — some lavish remastering jobs, others new live interpretations — illuminate corners of an artist’s work that we’d never noticed before. You May Also Like: Greg Lake picks his favorite Emerson Lake and Palmer album: ‘Where it all comes together’

For a trio whose biggest single barely scratched the Top 40, Emerson Lake and Palmer still came to be associated with several key moments. Let’s go deeper.

Over the years, Robert Fripp has developed his own legend within King Crimson, both has its only continuous member over the decades and for his famously eccentric stage presence. You May Also Like: Greg Lake compares this era to the one that sparked King Crimson: ‘You needed to be original’Read More

Greg Lake takes fans inside one of Emerson Lake and Palmer’s most spectacular 1970s-era concert stunts — when Keith Emerson would rise above the crowd playing a grand piano and turn 360 degrees. You May Also Like: Greg Lake picks his favorite Emerson Lake and Palmer album: ‘Where it allRead More

Greg Lake confirms that Jimi Hendrix was considered for a spot in the earliest incarnation of Emerson Lake and Palmer — and that he was utterly aware of how that might have changed things when it came to the group’s name. You May Also Like: Greg Lake discusses one-off EmersonRead More