Carl Palmer
Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer (born 20 March 1950) is an English drummer and percussionist, credited as one of the most respected rock drummers to emerge from the 1960s. He is a veteran of a number of famous English bands: the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Asia. Inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1989, he was awarded "Prog God" at the 2017 Progressive Music Awards.
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| Full name at birth | Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer
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| Claim to fame | Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Asia.
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| Date of birth | 20 March 1950
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| Place of birth | Handsworth, Birmingham, England
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![Carl Palmer - Modern Drummer Magazine Cover [United States] (November 2022)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/f/r/frx4ms10qhf61h4f.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Lake and Palmer Emerson - Record Collector Magazine Cover [United Kingdom] (March 2017)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/2/i/2i9jnfrbpcj1p1f9.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Emerson Lake and Palmer - Eclipsed Magazine Cover [Germany] (September 2020)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/w/4/w4i6e09yi4455ii0.jpg?skj2io4l)
- Played in 2 bands with organist Vincent Crane - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Atomic Rooster
- Father of Carissa Kendall Palmer, a graduate in chemistry from Loughborough University, UK
- Studied at the Lee Strasberg School of Acting in Los Angeles
- In the drumming press in the '70s and '80s, his drumming contemporary Phil Collins used to single out Palmer as a drummer he didn't like due to finding his style of performance taught rather than intuitive
- For his classic Emerson Lake and Palmer track LA Nights on Works Vol. 1, he brought in guest guitarist Joe Walsh (James Gang, Eagles.)
Carl Palmer is known for his role in the documentary Planet of the Humans (2019) as performer: "The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits" (from the second movement of "Scythian Suite").
He is also known for his role in the TV mini series I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band (2010) as Self.
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