An
English bass player and
singer who grew up with
Robert Fripp and joined him in the first
incarnation of
King Crimson in
1969.
He later went on to form the more pop-oriented "
progressive" band
Emerson, Lake and Palmer, which is where he made his
fortune.
Editor Note:Greg Lake died in London on 7 December 2016, at the age of 69, after suffering from pancreatic cancer.