Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer (born 20 March 1950 in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom) is an
English drummer and percussionist. He is credited as one of the most respected rock drummers to emerge from the 1960s. In addition, Palmer is a veteran of a number of famous English bands, including
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown,
Atomic Rooster,
Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and
Asia. Palmer met up with two other young English musicians,
Greg Lake, and
Keith Emerson. The three felt an "immediate chemistry", and by 1970 they had formed a band. In naming the new group,…
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