The second band I ever saw was King Crimson. It was a free concert in Hyde Park in 1971. I was about 12 or 13. I always remember King Crimson because I’d just discovered In The Court Of The Crimson King. That’s where things went a bit further because I liked Greg Lake’s singing, and so my first indoor concert was ELP at the Empire Pool, Wembley.
Fast-forward 45 years: Keith Emerson lived in my neighbourhood in LA. It would’ve blown my teenage mind to think that I would be going to have Sunday lunch regularly with my old hero. Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes had introduced us. I told him about seeing ELP at Wembley and he told me that his son’s favourite band was The Cure. And I’m like, ‘Wow! Full circle!’
