Records, which distributed the band’s music through Island Records in the UK and Atlantic Records in North America. The band released Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970) and Tarkus (1971), both of which peaked in the UK’s top five, in their first year after signing with E.G. At the time, Emerson was looking to start a new band and Lake wanted to leave King Crimson.įollowing their appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970, the band gained popularity. After preliminary discussions about the possibility of forming a group in New York City, Emerson and Lake eventually met in December 1969 when The Nice and King Crimson were scheduled to perform together at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. The Nice keyboardist Keith Emerson and bassist and vocalist Greg Lake of King Crimson first crossed paths in late 1969 while both bands were on tour. Their music featured jazz and symphonic rock elements as well as adaptations of classical music and was dominated by Emerson’s flamboyant use of the Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, and piano (although Lake wrote several acoustic songs for the group). They were one of the most well-known and financially successful progressive rock bands in the 1970s, with nine RIAA-certified gold record albums in the US and an estimated 48 million records sold worldwide.
Carl Palmer (drums and percussion), Greg Lake (vocals, bass, guitar, and producer), and Keith Emerson (keyboard) made up the band. The English progressive music band Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) was founded in London in April 1970.
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