From the Greg Lake Facebook page this morning...
"Yesterday, December 7th, I lost my best friend to a long and stubborn battle with cancer. Greg Lake will stay in my heart forever, as he has always been. His family would be grateful for privacy during this time of their grief. Many thanks, Stewart Young"
https://www.facebook.com/greg.lake.1...WSFEED&fref=nf
In my heart I hope this isn't true but I fear that this is simply not the case. RIP Greg...
ah fucking hell
peace peace peace
2trevorsforlife
One of the worst years of my lifetime, this is proving to be. And the same year as Keith Emerson.
Horrendous news...but I'd had a feeling for some time he wasn't well as public appearances seemed to be getting rare (he wasn't at any of the Keith Emerson tributes, although he did make a statement and various interviews). It's right that it was kept private, though.
One of the great progressive rock vocalists and a vastly underrated musician too.
RIP.
It's already on his Wiki page as well.
All the best to his close folks, and goodbye and farewell to one of the finest voices we knew.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
Sad news.RIP and thanks for the music.
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
Just saw that of FB, damn[emoji22]
Epitaph
The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams,
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
As silence drowns the screams
Between the iron gates of fate,
The seeds of time were sown,
And watered by the deeds of those
Who know and who are known;
Knowledge is a deadly friend
When no one sets the rules
The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools
Confusion will be my epitaph
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh,
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying,
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Songwriters
FRIPP, ROBERT / GILES, MICHAEL REX / LAKE, GREG / MCDONALD, IAN / SINFIELD, PETER JOHN
Read more: King Crimson - Epitaph Lyrics | MetroLyrics
It's getting ridiculous at this point, seriously.
Seeing "Greg comments on the passing of Chris Squire" on his website makes me ill, enough, already!
RIP to a prog pioneer.
One by one... End of an era.
Wow. Another giant goneRIP Greg, and thanks so much for blessing us with that beautiful voice and great bass playing.
Another sad day. He brought us much joy with his music.
To be an intregal part of In the Court of the Crimson King and Brain Salad Surgery is an awesome legacy. Very sad indeed. RIP
OMG!!!! I'm speechless!
RIP
2016 is relentless. didn’t know that he had cancer. RiP greg lake, golden voice of bournemouth.
A legend has passed, and hopefully this is the last in this dreadful 2016 where we've lost too many. As I sit here in shock, my first thought is to go down memory lane to all my favorite vocal performances from Greg Lake over the years. What is your favorite?
My vote is for Epitaph, by King Crimson.
RIP my friend.
I didn ´t know either. Unique voice. Nucleus of Proto Prog. Fab guy. Rest in peace.Originally Posted by iguana
This is a shocker! From Sid Smith:
https://www.dgmlive.com/news/Greg%20...0passed%20away
Lucky Man
I wake up to read this?
RIP man
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off
Together with Keith. RIP +
Yep, Epitaph for sure.
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off
Stones of Years.
i hope that he went as a lucky man. RiP.
just to be different … “farewell to arms”. among many others.
This is so sad. RIP Greg. THE voice of prog, and an incredibly underrated songwriter. I recently thought that while there were a lot of bands aping ELP's trademark keyboard-heavy sound in the 1970s (from German Tritonus to USA's Load and beyond), it's Greg's contributions that they had most problems with. They rocked the classics alright, played virtuoso Hammonds and Moogs and generally copied the original faithfully, but none had a song like "From the Beginning" in their repertoire. Goes to show what was ELP's important and one of the less talked about assets.
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