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They are the most prog of prog rockers, the dinosaurs that punk rebelled against and fans fled from once New Wave and other sonic possibilities arrived on the scene. Still, for a group so uniformly vilified, Emerson, Lake and Palmer remained wildly popular. Selling over 40 million albums and heralded for their pomp (and pretension), the trio constantly tempted aesthetic fate. Formed in the late '60s and first praised by the public with 1970's self-titled LP, Emerson, Lake and Palmer would go on have hits both likely ("Lucky Man," "From the Beginning," "Still...You Turn Me On") and unusual (their nine minute plus take on Aaron Copeland's classic "Fanfare for the Common Man'). Along the way, egos and bad blood, health issues and diminishing interest split the boys, each going off to often successful side projects. By 2010, the year of this live reunion concert at the High Voltage ...Read the entire review