British singer songwriter Greg Lake, who founded King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP), has sadly passed away.
Aged 69, Lake died on 7 December following ‘a long and stubborn battle with cancer’, his manager Stewart Young said in a Facebook post.
He went on: ‘Greg Lake will stay in my heart for ever, as he has always been. His family would be grateful for privacy during this time of their grief.’
The news follows the sad passing of bandmate Keith Emerson earlier this year.
Lake first came to fame as the frontman of King Crimson, founding the band with Robert Fripp in 1969 and singing on their first two cult albums.
He went on to form ELP in 1970 with drummer Carl Palmer and Emerson, who was then keyboardist with the Nice.
The group became one of the most popular progressive rock bands of the seventies, defined by their on-stage theatrics, genre-bending approach and avant-garde tastes.
They sold more than 48 million records, and Lake continued to be an influential and popular touring musician even after the band’s demise in the late seventies.
Aged 69, Lake died on 7 December following ‘a long and stubborn battle with cancer’, his manager Stewart Young said in a Facebook post.
He went on: ‘Greg Lake will stay in my heart for ever, as he has always been. His family would be grateful for privacy during this time of their grief.’
The news follows the sad passing of bandmate Keith Emerson earlier this year.
Lake first came to fame as the frontman of King Crimson, founding the band with Robert Fripp in 1969 and singing on their first two cult albums.
He went on to form ELP in 1970 with drummer Carl Palmer and Emerson, who was then keyboardist with the Nice.
The group became one of the most popular progressive rock bands of the seventies, defined by their on-stage theatrics, genre-bending approach and avant-garde tastes.
They sold more than 48 million records, and Lake continued to be an influential and popular touring musician even after the band’s demise in the late seventies.
