It's been announced that Greg Lake, the voice behind Emerson, Lake & Palmer, has lost his battle with cancer. Bandmate and co-writer Keith Emerson died earlier in the year.
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Edit your title. Might want to add RIP or Dead.
One of the best Prog Rock bands along with Yes.
Carl Palmer is an amazing drummer.
RIP Greg!
When I was in H.S. in the late 70s, Progressive Rock was Yes, ELP and Rush. To be honest, ELP was generally my 3rd place, of those 3 (big Rush fan) but not by much. Not by much at all.
Don't forget the Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, ELO, Zombies/Argent, and Peter Gabriel's Genesis.
The Moody Blues were pretty much done by the time the late 70s rolled around. They had that one album with the kinda syrupy pop single on it that real rockers didn't like. "Nights in White Satin" was the definitive "shot their load" album, IMO. Similarly, the Zombies and Argent were leaning toward the finish line well before the late 70s.
Pink Floyd to me was always in a category by themselves. Nobody did what Pink Floyd did.
None of the rest of it was on my radar. I despise ELO and am not a Genesis fan, Peter Gabriel or otherwise.
Don't sell that Moodys short....they hit #1 on the album charts in 1981 with Long Distance Voyager and had hits with The Voice and Gemini Dream which are underrated songs and yeah while that 86 stuff with Wildest Dreams and I Know Youre Out There Somewhere was light pop, it was quite remarkable that the band was able to have top 10 hits in 3 dedicates and reinvent themselves when they were virtually dinosaurs
No, I'm sorry. They're not underrated at all.
Don't sell that Moodys short....they hit #1 on the album charts in 1981 with Long Distance Voyager and had hits with The Voice and Gemini Dream which are underrated songs and yeah while that 86 stuff with Wildest Dreams and I Know Youre Out There Somewhere was light pop, it was quite remarkable that the band was able to have top 10 hits in 3 dedicates and reinvent themselves when they were virtually dinosaurs