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Greg Lake first won acclaim as lead vocalist, bass guitarist and
producer when, together with Robert Fripp, he formed King Crimson.
Their first album, the landmark In the Court of the Crimson King,
co-produced by Greg, featured the iconic song '21st Century
Schizoid Man'. King Crimson pioneered progressive rock and paved
the way for many famous bands that followed, from Yes and Genesis
to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. In 1970 Greg met fellow legend Keith
Emerson during a North American tour; the two shared common bonds:
European musical influences and a desire to reinterpret classical
works while creating a new musical genre. After being introduced to
drummer Carl Palmer, they formed the first progressive rock
supergroup Emerson, Lake and Palmer. To date ELP has sold over 50
million records. Lake produced Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Tarkus,
Pictures at an Exhibition, Trilogy, Brain Salad Surgery, Works Vol.
1 and 2, and two different live albums. All went platinum and
featured a series of hit singles, most written and all sung by
Lake. The three created a unique live theatrical performance which
featured Emerson attacking his keyboards with knives, Palmer
playing a 2.5 ton stainless steel kit and Lake performing on a
GBP6,000 Persian rug which had its own roadie. One of their very
first performances was at the historic Isle of Wight Festival in
1970 and they went on to headline California Jam, one of the
biggest concerts of the 1970s, attended by 350,000 people. Probably
the voice of his generation, Greg fronted the greatest rock
supergroup of the 1970s but never held with the 'progressive' tag
that attached itself to both the music and the excess. Lucky Man
not only charts the highs and lows of a career in rock music but
also reflects on the death of Keith Emerson last year, living with
terminal cancer and the end of life. Greg can best be summed up by
his now-famous line: 'Material wealth is a very fleeting pleasure
... when you can buy anything you want and do anything you want,
you soon discover that you actually don't want any of it.'
Behind the scenes and backstage footage of singer Greg Lake as he
gets ready to perform at Shepperton Film Studios in London in 2005.
The film features performances and rehearsals as well as interviews
with him and his band.
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