Brain Salad Surgery: Inside Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s Progressive Masterpiece
The Genesis of a Prog Rock Icon Before ‘prog rock’ became shorthand for self-indulgence, Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) redefined its limits with their bombastic, complex, and often misunderstood 1973 album, Brain Salad Surgery. While the band had already established themselves as titans of the burgeoning progressive rock scene, this album represented a quantum leap … Read more
