Consequence of Sound — Prog rock luminary lost his battle with cancer at the age of 69. more info

Reuters — (Reuters) - Greg Lake, the singer and bass player for British 1970s progressive rock groups Emerson, Lake and Palmer, and King Crimson, has died of cancer, his former manager said on Thursday. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Musician Greg Lake, a prog-rock pioneer who co-founded King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, has died. He was 69. Manager Stewart Young said in a statement that Lake died Wednesday after "a long and stubborn battle with cancer." Born in the sout... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Musician Greg Lake, a prog-rock pioneer who co-founded King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, has died. He was 69. Manager Stewart Young said in a statement that Lake died Wednesday after "a long and stubborn battle with cancer." Born in the sout... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — Lake founded King Crimson with guitarist Robert Fripp in the late 1960s. more info

Stereogum — Greg Lake — the British musician who stood as one of the leading lights of the progressive rock movement and who played key roles in the bands King Crimson and Emerson Lake & Palmer — has died. As the BBC reports, Lake’s manager Stewart Young b... more info

JamBase — We're sad to report King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer co-founder Greg Lake has lost his battle with cancer. more info

BBC News - UK — Guitarist Greg Lake, who fronted both King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, dies aged 69. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — While Oranssi Pazuzu inject elements of '60s and '70s rock into their black metal, Kairon; IRSE! embrace that stuff fully. The album's new single "Starik," which premieres in this post, is wacky prog that sounds like early King Crimson... more info

Metalsucks — Featuring Neurosis, King Crimson, The Prodigy, Goblin, and more. The post Idol Listening: SikTh Bassist James Leach’s Songs to Take Hallucinogens To appeared first on MetalSucks. more info