RIP Greg Lake

[jonny108]

This year seriously needs to end.

R.I.P Greg 

Edit: Adding a link for clarity - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38251936

[Bolsters]

I suppose it wouldn't be 2016 without at least one more prolific musician dying before it's over.

[Zydar]

What the hell... RIP Greg.

[MirrorMask]

Yeah, 2016 is so death-oriented that it started killing when it was still 2015, see Lemmy.

[Fritzinger]

I hate this year. Now we lost 2/3 of ELP this year. RIP Greg Lake, one of the greatest voices in Progressive Rock history.

[Skeever]

 

[Prog Snob]

Enough already!

RIP, Greg

[NunoTenniscourt]

This is sickening. I am absolutely gutted.

[King Postwhore]

Damn.

[Polarbear]

I suppose it wouldn't be 2016 without at least one more prolific musician dying before it's over.

Yeah. I'm afraid to think about who else might kick the bucket, before the year is done.

R.I.P Greg.

I will be spinning Brain Salad Surgery today..

[KevShmev]

Damn.

[CrimsonSunrise]

Wow....  I'm just speechless. 

Rest in Peace, Greg

[Hyperplex]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/greg-lake-dead-aged-69-9416870?=ref

Damn 2016, enough already.

[hefdaddy42]

This is getting ridiculous.

RIP

[Zydar]

There's already a thread in the Music subforum, but yeah tragic

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=49034.0

[Hyperplex]

This is the only forum I read...

[romdrums]

2016 hasn't taken a famous, iconic drummer yet, so I hope people are getting Neil Peart, Phil Collins, Carl Palmer and Ringo Starr to a secure location.  Seriously, this shit needs to stop.

[RoeDent]

Wow. 2/3 of ELP gone in the space of nine months. What an incredible voice he had. Epitaph. The Court of the Crimson King. Tarkus. Karn Evil 9. Pirates.

RIP.

[rumborak]

Gonna put some ELP on, damn.

[Samsara]

I was never a big fan of ELP. But I saw them and DT open for Deep Purple at Jones Beach back in '98. Total respect for ELP, however. RIP Greg Lake.

[Nel]

In The Wake of Poseidon is one of my favorite songs of all time. Spinning that in remembrance today. Rest in peace. 

[TAC]

Wow! Damn.

[Nick]

This is the only forum I read...

Well then maybe visit the other sections?

Seriously though, this is not just to you, but to everyone as this happens with musician deaths more than anything. You wouldn't post about Dream Theater or guitar picking techniques in General Discussion, just as this doesn't go there. If something related to general music happens you don't bring it into the wrong section, you branch out and visit other sections!

RIP Greg Lake.

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

This is horrible. I hate 2016 so much.

I'm glad you're ending, you nasty year full of darkness.

[SoundscapeMN]

Rest in Peace. I had no clue he had cancer. I saw him live just a few years ago and he seemed well. Also saw him with Deep Purple and Dream Theater of course in 1998.

I suppose it wouldn't be 2016 without at least one more prolific musician dying before it's over.

Yeah. I'm afraid to think about who else might kick the bucket, before the year is done.

R.I.P Greg.

I will be spinning Brain Salad Surgery today..

not meaning to sound morbid, but I have come to anticipate the chance anyone with Cancer could go. So Peter Tork for example (I highly hope not), as he has throat cancer.

Also like Sharon Jones, Glen Campbell's time seems to be limited, although he's survived with the bad effects of Alzheimer's for a number years now.

[DragonAttack]

Yeah, 2016 is a bummer as to famous people passing on.

2017 will be no better.  OUR noted celebs are getting longer in the tooth, as most of us are.

[Stadler]

I really don't understand the "2016 has to stop!" stuff.  People pass every day in every year and, unfortunately, will continue to do so.   It's a function of life, and I for one am just grateful that I had that chance to see some of these talented people when they were at the height of their powers.   It just so happens that that genre of music we tend to listen to came to a fruitful period at a time that puts these people at an age that they are in the twilight of their lives now.  If you're a hard core blues fan, you could care less (well, absent basic human compassion) as your heroes passed a decade or so ago.  And if you're a fan of punk and new wave, you've got another decade or so and it'll be your genre's turn.

Anyway, Greg Lake was a true favorite; I loved his voice especially.   I can remember being in the third row for the '93 ELP show at the Palace in New Haven, and watching Greg sing Pirates.  What an amazing experience.  "Six days... off the Cuban coast..."

[Mladen]

It's only getting worse from now on, unfortunately.

RIP Greg Lake. Tremendous accomplishments on the early King Crimson works, though I've never been a huge fan of ELP.

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

I really don't understand the "2016 has to stop!" stuff.  People pass every day in every year and, unfortunately, will continue to do so.   It's a function of life, and I for one am just grateful that I had that chance to see some of these talented people when they were at the height of their powers.

I know people die everyday, but come on. The amount of influential people that passed away during this year is overwhelming.

[El Barto]

I really don't understand the "2016 has to stop!" stuff.  People pass every day in every year and, unfortunately, will continue to do so.   It's a function of life, and I for one am just grateful that I had that chance to see some of these talented people when they were at the height of their powers.   It just so happens that that genre of music we tend to listen to came to a fruitful period at a time that puts these people at an age that they are in the twilight of their lives now.  If you're a hard core blues fan, you could care less (well, absent basic human compassion) as your heroes passed a decade or so ago.  And if you're a fan of punk and new wave, you've got another decade or so and it'll be your genre's turn.

Anyway, Greg Lake was a true favorite; I loved his voice especially.   I can remember being in the third row for the '93 ELP show at the Palace in New Haven, and watching Greg sing Pirates.  What an amazing experience.  "Six days... off the Cuban coast..."

Yeah, I'm afraid we're still on the upswing for a few more years.

[splent]

I really don't understand the "2016 has to stop!" stuff.  People pass every day in every year and, unfortunately, will continue to do so.   It's a function of life, and I for one am just grateful that I had that chance to see some of these talented people when they were at the height of their powers.

I know people die everyday, but come on. The amount of influential people that passed away during this year is overwhelming.

This. Half of the grammys is going to be In Memoriam.

[jjrock88]

Sad news

[Stadler]

I really don't understand the "2016 has to stop!" stuff.  People pass every day in every year and, unfortunately, will continue to do so.   It's a function of life, and I for one am just grateful that I had that chance to see some of these talented people when they were at the height of their powers.

I know people die everyday, but come on. The amount of influential people that passed away during this year is overwhelming.

That's my point; it SEEMS overwhelming because we're in it, and don't get me wrong, it's sad as hell knowing that my ELP catalogue is complete, and that Yes is never going to be the same band again, but 1980 was a tough year, as was 1994 and 2014. 

[LudwigVan]

Such a great voice. RIP Greg Lake.

[Imaginos]

Just a few weeks ago I was thinking I should really try to get into ELP. Needless to say, I'm listening to Brain Salad Surgery for the first time now. Karn Evil 9 is very good. I also gained a new appreciation for In The Wake of Poseidon listening to it today. Cadence and Cascade and the title track are beautiful songs.

RIP.