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(1970 – present)
The band formed in 1970. On two occasions in 1969, The Nice (with Keith Emerson on keyboards) and King Crimson (with Greg Lake on vocals and bass) shared the same venue, first on August 10, 1969 at the 9th Jazz and Blues Pop Festival in Plumpton, England and on October 17, 1969 at Fairfield Hall in Croydon, England.
After playing at a few of the same concerts, Emerson and Lake tried working together and found their styles to be not only compatible, but complementary. Emerson wanted to make the “best damned three-piece band in the world”, and thought the line-up of The Nice (keyboard, bass, drums) was the way to go.
Before settling on drummer Carl Palmer (formerly Atomic Rooster, Crazy World Of Arthur Brown), they approached Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience; Mitchell was uninterested but passed the idea to Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix, tired of his band and wanting to try something different, expressed an interest in playing with the group; the British press, after hearing about this, speculated that such a supergroup would have been called “Hendrix, Emerson, Lake & Palmer”, or HELP. Due to scheduling conflicts such plans were not immediately realized, but the initial three planned on a jam session with Hendrix after their début at the Isle of Wight Festival, with the possibility of him joining. Hendrix died shortly thereafter, so the three pressed on as Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
Greg Lake made this comment on ELP’s discussions with Hendrix:
After playing at a few of the same concerts, Emerson and Lake tried working together and found their styles to be not only compatible, but complementary. Emerson wanted to make the “best damned three-piece band in the world”, and thought the line-up of The Nice (keyboard, bass, drums) was the way to go.
Before settling on drummer Carl Palmer (formerly Atomic Rooster, Crazy World Of Arthur Brown), they approached Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience; Mitchell was uninterested but passed the idea to Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix, tired of his band and wanting to try something different, expressed an interest in playing with the group; the British press, after hearing about this, speculated that such a supergroup would have been called “Hendrix, Emerson, Lake & Palmer”, or HELP. Due to scheduling conflicts such plans were not immediately realized, but the initial three planned on a jam session with Hendrix after their début at the Isle of Wight Festival, with the possibility of him joining. Hendrix died shortly thereafter, so the three pressed on as Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
Greg Lake made this comment on ELP’s discussions with Hendrix:
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GilmoursAngst wrote:
Black Moon is one of their underrated gems, that's often times hated. I hate how people say the band is shit based off of Love Beach and ONLY Love Beach. They don't listen to the other albums, they just say they suck and leave it at that.
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PaganoCristo wrote:
If you love suits, then this is your group: http://www.lastfm.it/group/We+Love+Suits!
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MarcelaLSD wrote:
É legal ouvir bêbada...
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Deac007 wrote:
johnny winter
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javier0889 wrote:
I demand an ELP world tour!
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Mercin wrote:
i hope there'll be dvd of this performance at this high voltage thing..
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ViolentSymphony wrote:
I demand that there be more love for the "Black Moon" album!
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felipe_prado wrote:
Happy birthday, Greg [3]
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Mercin wrote:
Happy birthday, Greg [2]
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Zverenok wrote:
Happy birthday, Greg
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Gugui00619 wrote:
Karn Evil 9, one of the best prog. songs ever [2]
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MichelleMarsh wrote:
Karn Evil 9, one of the best prog. songs ever.
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Mercin wrote:
God how i love this band :)
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Martinchus89 wrote:
The official website announced a only show in 2010. Hopefully they do a world tour soon.
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rul88 wrote:
Good to hear they are reuniting. Hope they do a world tour
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davidthemugman wrote:
nice music nice band
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Zverenok wrote:
Happy birthday, Keith
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gogitosbanditos wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Pink+Floyd+is+not+prog!+It+is+primitive! everyone who's angry with tagginig this band progressive, join in :)
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hurricane_mario wrote:
Please, all true fans please check out my Best of Compilation which i made because i was frustrated how selective other best of's were, like not including songs from albums because they didn't sell well, even though there were some truly great ones. Or, the severe lack of songs in compilations from Tarkus, which i consider to be their best album. Let me know what you think! (if you actually download and listen to it all)
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hurricane_mario wrote:
I read they were planning on reuniting and touring this fall, but the drummer broke their wrist, or something... I'm upset, but hope he gets well soon so they can tour.
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