EMERSON, LAKE & POWELL: Rockin’ Dudes Or Art-Rock Mofos?
It’s a spacious rehearsal studio, though not the world’s classiest. I am in London, behind the man running the soundboard, watching the three musicians facing us run through some of the new material. They are preparing for an American tour—their first in this configuration, though they’ve all been to the States many times previously.
EMERSON, LAKE & POWELL: Rockin’ Dudes Or Art-Rock Mofos?
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Dave DiMartino
It’s a spacious rehearsal studio, though not the world’s classiest. I am in London, behind the man running the soundboard, watching the three musicians facing us run through some of the new material. They are preparing for an American tour—their first in this configuration, though they’ve all been to the States many times previously. The music is almost deafeningly loud, as it should be.
And the three musicians in front of me are Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Cozy Powell: Emerson, Lake & Powell, to those who can read. Two thirds of them are back.
Yep. It’s 1986, all right. Genesis are at the top of the charts; so’s Peter Gabriel. Yes are still recording the follow-up to 90125, last year’s smash rock hitmakin’ comeback album. Even the guys in the CREEM offices can’t stop talking about GTR, the new art-rock combo featuring guitarists Steve Howe and Steve Hackett. The Moody Blues are hotter than ever: see ’em this summer with the Fixx. And Asia’s last album bombed.