Carl Palmer previously was a touring drummer for The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and a founding member of Atomic Rooster.
20 Facts About Carl Palmer
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Carl Palmer took lessons with Britain's best-known classical percussionist of the twentieth century, James Blades, which undoubtedly contributed hugely to his masterful technique, sense of composition, and fluency across the entire gamut of percussion instruments.
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Carl Palmer was quickly recruited as a replacement and became a permanent band member.
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Carl Palmer reports that Brown himself had "gone missing on a commune on Long Island" and that this was a deciding factor in forming the new band.
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Meanwhile, Carl Palmer received a call from Keith Emerson to audition for a new group and left Atomic Rooster in the summer of 1970.
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Carl Palmer met up with two other young English musicians, Greg Lake and Keith Emerson.
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Carl Palmer rejoined the newly reformed ELP in 1992 for Black Moon, In the Hot Seat, a box set, as well as several DVDs and the subsequent tours.
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Carl Palmer became only the second artist to be nominated twice for this award, after David Crosby.
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Carl Palmer has been reunited with the original line-up of Asia since 2006.
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The jazz trio Back Door toured with ELP circa 1974, and Carl Palmer began to collaborate with them, producing their fourth album, Activate.
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Two of the members of the group, saxophonist Ron Aspery and bassist Colin Hodgkinson, co-wrote the song "Bullfrog" with Carl Palmer, playing on the song, which appears on Works Volume 2.
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Carl Palmer played drums on "Mount Teidi" on Five Miles Out by Mike Oldfield.
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Carl Palmer has performed various drum clinics across Europe and the United States.
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Carl Palmer is a patron of the British Classic Rock Society, which promotes progressive rock concerts.
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In 2001, Palmer formed his own band, initially known as Palmer and then the Carl Palmer Band, featuring guitarist Shaun Baxter and bassist Dave Marks.
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In 2019, Carl Palmer performed with Asia and ELP Legacy during The Royal Affair Tour, headlined by Yes.
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Carl Palmer gave birth to his only child, Carissa, now a lawyer.
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In 1973, Carl Palmer commissioned British Steel to design a custom stainless steel drum kit using one-half-inch thick shells; the only off-the-shelf equipment were the hoops manufactured by Gretsch.
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Carl Palmer had a jeweller engrave the shells with various animals.
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Carl Palmer uses timpani, tubular bells and tam-tam as usually used in the symphony orchestra.