Prog Rock Pioneer Greg Lake Talks King Crimson Reunion, Kanye
ELP frontman on his desire to reunite with King Crimson and
getting sampled by Kanye West  Greg Lake Greg Lake performs his
solo concert Songs of a Lifetime at Auditorium Manzoni in
Bologna, Italy. Roberto Serra - Iguana Press/Redferns via Getty
Images  As a co-founder of King Crimson, Greg Lake is without a
doubt one of the inventors of progressive rock. His voice powers
classics like "In the Court of the Crimson King" and "21st
Century Schizoid Man" (recently sampled by Kanye West on
"Power"), and as the frontman of the Seventies prog supergroup
Emerson, Lake and Palmer he wrote, sang and produced hits
including "Lucky Man" and "From the Beginning."  Despite these
accomplishments, Lake has never gotten much critical acclaim.
His key role in the development of King Crimson is often
overlooked, and Emerson, Lake and Palmer are perhaps the least
respected of the progressive rock giants – and that's really
saying something. Many of the original punk