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Carl Palmer (Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer) was born on 20 March, 1950 in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, is an English drummer. Discover Carl Palmer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

Popular As Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer
Occupation Drummer
Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 20 March 1950
Birthday 20 March
Birthplace Handsworth, Birmingham, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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1925

The group was nominated at the 25th Annual Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, making them the second and last progressive rock band to achieve this feat.

Palmer became only the second artist to be nominated twice for this award, after David Crosby.

1950

Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer (born 20 March 1950) is an English drummer best known as a founding member of the supergroups Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Asia.

1966

In 1966, the band made its first record, "I Must Be Mad", with flip side "Suspense", produced by Larry Page.

At this time, Palmer also did his first session work, playing on the song "Love Light" by the Chants, a group from Liverpool.

Later in 1966, he was then invited to join Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds.

Drachen Theaker was the original drummer for The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, founded by Arthur Brown.

1969

Theaker abruptly left the band during a U.S. tour in 1969.

Palmer was quickly recruited as a replacement and became a permanent band member.

Vincent Crane was the keyboard player with the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, and both he and Palmer left that group in the summer of 1969 to strike out musically on their own as Atomic Rooster, a trio formed with vocalist/bassist Nick Graham.

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.

1970

There were several personnel changes in the band, and their first album was released in early 1970.

Meanwhile, Palmer received a call from Keith Emerson to audition for a new group and left Atomic Rooster in the summer of 1970.

Palmer met up with two other young English musicians, Greg Lake and Keith Emerson.

Emerson had most recently been a member of The Nice, and Lake was in King Crimson, and both wanted to further expand their musical creativity.

After discussions with Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell about forming a group fell apart, they auditioned several drummers, and felt an "immediate chemistry" with Palmer, and by the summer of 1970 they had formed a band.

In naming the new group, the trio chose their last names alphabetically – Emerson, Lake & Palmer, also shortened to ELP.

1974

The jazz trio Back Door toured with ELP circa 1974, and Palmer began to collaborate with them, producing their fourth album, Activate (1976).

Two of the members of the group, saxophonist Ron Aspery and bassist Colin Hodgkinson, co-wrote the song "Bullfrog" with Palmer, also playing (uncredited) on the song, which appears on Works Volume 2.

1979

The band has been the most successful of his career, and he remained with ELP until they first disbanded in 1979.

1980

Following the first break-up of ELP in 1980, Palmer formed PM with Texas blues rock guitarist John Nitzinger for one album before joining John Wetton and Steve Howe in early 1981, who had been brought together to form a new super-group.

They were later joined by Geoff Downes to form Asia.

1982

Palmer played drums on "Mount Teidi" on Five Miles Out (1982) by Mike Oldfield.

1989

Palmer was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1989, and was awarded the Prog God Award at the 2017 Progressive Music Awards.

Palmer began taking drum lessons as a young boy.

He took lessons with Britain's best-known classical percussionist of the twentieth century, James Blades.

His first band, formed with others from the Midlands area, was originally known as the King Bees, but changed its name to the Craig.

1991

Palmer left Asia in 1991 to join the ELP reunion.

1992

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.

1998

In 1998, the trio split.

2001

He has toured with his own bands since 2001, including Palmer, the Carl Palmer Band, and currently, Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy.

He previously was a touring drummer for The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and a founding member of Atomic Rooster.

2006

After several personnel changes the four founding members of Asia including Palmer reunited in 2006.

Palmer has been reunited with the original line-up of Asia since 2006.

A live album and DVD from the 2006 reunion tour, entitled Fantasia was released by Eagle Rock Records.

2008

They celebrated their 25th anniversary, and have since released four new studio albums, Phoenix, in 2008, Omega in 2010, XXX (30) in 2012, and Gravitas in 2014.

2010

A one-off ELP performance at the 2010 High Voltage Festival celebrated the 40th anniversary of forming the band.

2014

The band was nominated at the 14th Annual Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, making them the first progressive rock group to achieve this feat.

They developed a sound that merged art rock, jazz, electronica, pop rock and classical music and found fans within their peers and the public alike.

2016

Following the deaths of Emerson and Lake in 2016, Palmer is the only surviving member of ELP.