keith emerson assaulting his keyboards for 10 minutes

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Жыл бұрын

Keith Emerson (1944-2016) was an English keyboardist, composer and performance artist best known for founding the progressive/symphonic rock bands The Nice and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP).
His flamboyance and dangerous performance acts began when a fight broke out during a performance in France with The Nice. Instructed by the band to keep playing, he produced some explosion and machine gun sounds with the Hammond organ, which stopped the fight. His band members recommended he repeat the stunt at the next concert, where Emerson played the organ back to front.
Emerson abused his Hammond L-100 organ by, among other things, slapping it, beating it with a whip, pushing it over, riding it across the stage like a horse, playing with it lying on top of him, and wedging knives into the keyboard. Some of these actions produced musical sound effects: hitting the organ caused it to make explosion-like sounds, turning it over made it feed back, and the knives held down keys, thus sustaining notes.
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@zigzag7838 9 ай бұрын

Which is your dominant hand? Keith Emerson: YES

@bretwalker2295 2 ай бұрын

I mean picture this scene. Keith Emerson walks into a keyboard shop and all the Hammonds instantly go "Ffffff..."

@rhondaeverett8284 Ай бұрын

😂

@felixstalkaboutmusic6419 2 күн бұрын

They scream RUUUUN!

@elmike-o5290 3 ай бұрын

I’m pretty sure he voided the warranty.

@rhondaeverett8284 Ай бұрын

😂

@FABIO_MARTINSS Жыл бұрын

don't know how he didn't get some serious spine health problems after moving that heavy keyboard for so many years...

@pmoris4405 Жыл бұрын

He had roadies for that. But he did have broken bleeding fingernails from time to time.

@incompletotrunksnautillusc1116 Жыл бұрын

He had wrist problems from playing for so long. Not a broken back, but still painful lol

@brennenrigley Жыл бұрын

@@incompletotrunksnautillusc1116 yea he developed serious nerve damage in his wrists and hands later in life, one of the reasons he sadly ended it

@alanogilvie4504 11 ай бұрын

As a former roadie I have no idea how KE didn't have serious back issues! I mean, have you ever moved a Hammond B3 organ?? It's like moving a nuclear submarine! RIP Keith, nobody ever played a keyboard like you. The greatest for sure ❤ 8:50

@wherebandshaman 8 ай бұрын

@brennenrigley RIP and all respect to the legend, but the way he stood so tall over the keys make a lot of sense why he developed wrist pain. Having them bent like that is a sure way to develop carpal tunnel with enough time

@DEAKY3GAVUEL 11 ай бұрын

01:49 the exact moment Keith turned his keyboard into a fucking bomb

@kevhead1525 Жыл бұрын

Keith wanted to be a keyboard front man. He wanted to be The Jimi Hendrix experience but with keyboards. Hence, the histrionics. Hence forming his own "power trio".

@brennenrigley Жыл бұрын

not sure if i'd call it histrionics, he just knew how to act wild and energize a crowd. ive seen music bring out crazier things in people before lol

@luckyarabr Жыл бұрын

The greatest rock keyboardist of all time, Mr. Keith Noel Emerson (1944-2016)

@kadiummusic 3 ай бұрын

Yeah right.

@volpeverde6441 Жыл бұрын

Jon Lord and Rick Wakeman were pretty wild, but when Keith got the daggers out, started wrestling his hammond.... and the revolving piano...(all while playing amazingly) .....it was a whole different ballgame....

@Fexobs Жыл бұрын

...and he sat just above them as the superior musician/composer, as they would both admit ;-)

@volpeverde6441 Жыл бұрын

@@Fexobs correct....

@benharyo 11 ай бұрын

Professor Emerson, Sir Jon and Maestro Wakeman are all massively talented and achieved perfection in technical skills.. But Prof. Emerson topped them all in stage acrobatics and creativiy. RIP Prof. Emerson & Sir Jon

@scottlukert5287 10 ай бұрын

Not only technical, Emerson was a theoretical and compositional genius I say even Mahler would have sold his soul to compose KE9 Just listen to the phrasing, the emotions, the subtlety

@volpeverde6441 10 ай бұрын

@@scottlukert5287 for the first 10 years of hearing that song.... I could actually TRIP whilst it was playing.... the keyboards and drums towards the 3rd movement are apeshit....

@MisterWensleydale Жыл бұрын

Hands down the greatest showman I ever saw.

@barryrammer7906 Жыл бұрын

At Cal jam, Ritchie Blackmore and deep Purple blew their doors off.

@TheRealFearlessFreep Жыл бұрын

I'll have what he's having.

@caryheuchert Жыл бұрын

Superb video compilation. Keith Emerson was to the keyboard, what Hendrix was to the guitar.

@psychadelicpie 9 ай бұрын

Honestly, Emerson is my favorite rock organist ever. The Nice and ELP deserve to be in Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.

@bean_eater1209 11 ай бұрын

her: "you must be keith emerson playing a grand piano rotating in the air if you think we fuckin" my dumbass: 1:15

@awaken77 Жыл бұрын

Keith Emerson's most famous stage act. Not only exceptional musician, but also great showman. We miss that man, nobody doing stuff like that today

@pmoris4405 Жыл бұрын

Problem is current pop/rock music is totally focused on singers. There are still pretty skilled keyboard players around but they are only needed to accompany artists both mainstream and independent. The only keyboard oriented modern music is the one made by DJs which is a pain in the ass live to say the least.

@StanErvin-yo9vl Жыл бұрын

Rachel Flowers? So at @06:20 is this a custom made Theremin type instrument?

@celerystickler 11 ай бұрын

@@StanErvin-yo9vlI’m pretty sure he’s just going crazy on a Moog modular keyboard

@trippy_dragon8726 10 ай бұрын

@@StanErvin-yo9vli think it's a stylophone

@trippy_dragon8726 10 ай бұрын

It's a good thing that nobody is doing something like that today, it looks rather painful, but it's sure extravagant, you don't expect this kind of behavior from a prog musician, so that was pretty intresting, at least in that genre.

@JMCSuburbanofficial 2 ай бұрын

That C3 has got to be the most durable instrument I have ever seen

@roneichstaedt8853 Жыл бұрын

In one way, he reminds me of Jimi Hendrix. "I'm so good, just playing a phenomenal melody on my instrument isn't enough of challenge. What else can I do?" For Hendrix, it was playing behind his head or with his teeth. For Keith, it was playing upside down, or laying the keyboard on top of him. And just like Hendrix would hold his guitar up to the amp to get feedback and then move it around to vary the sound, Emerson found you could do the same with a Hammond!

@romaneberle Жыл бұрын

did you know there was a short time when someone thought it would be great to turn ELP into HELP? I don't remember the story precisely, but yeah, the idea was to have Hendrix join ELP. obviously nothing materialized, and personally I can't imagine that would've worked really well, but it's an intriguing thought nonetheless. :-)

@scottlukert5287 10 ай бұрын

No How could Hendrix join ELP? He passed in 1969 Emerson talked with Hendrix before even Carl was on board, likely Mitch Mitchell would have been on the kit. HELM

@romaneberle 10 ай бұрын

@@scottlukert5287 I can't remember the details, sorry, maybe I got something wrong. maybe was it Emerson joining The Experience? anyway, I read about it somewhere, and Emerson mentions it in some interview. (maybe the HELP acronym was just an idea of the author of that article?)

@scottlukert5287 10 ай бұрын

People hear that Hendrix and Emerson talked of playing together, the first thing that comes to mind is H-E-L-P! The Nice toured England with Hendrix as you probably know, and they each had tremendous respect for each other, but as is often the case, these collaborations seldom work out because of other obligations. Squire, Howe and Wakeman had all talked to Emerson at various points. In fact I'd like to believe that Jimi and Keith would have recorded at some point but we'll never know! @@romaneberle

@kadiummusic 3 ай бұрын

Or... they both swam in an ocean of drugs.

@stonedsoulpicnic Жыл бұрын

He's so insane I love him sm

@jumbledfox2098 12 күн бұрын

love your youtube about me, I was just listening to that song! i'm guessing you like to smoke and drink and ball too hahaha

@stonedsoulpicnic 5 күн бұрын

@@jumbledfox2098 never smoke, neither drink in my life, but I do ball a few times. I mostly prefer to spend my meantimes digging old and obscured music, thank you for the compliment btw

@jumbledfox2098 5 күн бұрын

@@stonedsoulpicnic haha, i don't like to smoke either, and i should certainly ball a bit more, i was making a reference to the song!

@benharyo 11 ай бұрын

In the early 70s, modern synthesizer/sampler units with 24 bit DSP Effects and multidirectional pitch-bend weren't invented yet. But Prof. Keith Emerson, through his immense creativity and innovation, perfected the art of pitch-bending, distortion and feedback on the organ, by using those acrobatics onstage. He was a true pioneer and technical virtuoso. RIP Prof. Emerson.

@YoungLeosword 2 ай бұрын

He was essentially the unsung grandfather of the electronic genre which rose to mainstream status in the ‘80s and ‘90s, yes?

@benharyo 2 ай бұрын

@@YoungLeosword Yes. He was determined to push the sonic boundaries of the Hammond Organ and create sounds not possible using normal means. This inspires further innovations. Modern-day synthesists, in a way, took this creativity further by digitally sampling any sound and uses various DSPs to convert the sound into a patch playable using MIDI keyboards or any other MIDI controllers. Which, btw, is what electronic music is all about 👌😁👌

@stainedclass316 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this compilation! Mr. Emerson was a brilliantly mad genius, the likes of we'll not see again ✝

@all66books Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I'm old enough to have seen alot of the "cool bands" of the 70s, but there was nothing like ELP, and no one like Keith.

@bretwalker2295 2 ай бұрын

This man was a bonafide genius. There will never be another like him.

@muchomorek_8 Жыл бұрын

Ale jazda, rock progresywny zawsze wymiatał i ... zawsze będzie!!!

@michaelstevenklein3696 Жыл бұрын

His boot inches away from my face after he fell into the audience, one night in New Jersey! EMERSON!!!!!!

@nicktf1 Жыл бұрын

Man, I would not want to be in the same building when he's beating hell out of the spring reverb tank like that. That must have been insanely loud.

@YoungLeosword 2 ай бұрын

That’s what depressants are for. XD

@waynetcampbell Жыл бұрын

There are clips in here that I've never seen and I have seen many. Thanks!

@johnsurrey7426 Жыл бұрын

Yes - several Nice ones I haven’t seen before.

@guitardan666 3 ай бұрын

Now this is Music.

@bugeanuflorin1531 4 ай бұрын

Fabulous, thank you for posting them. Good time for you

@MariaLucia-vl9oy Жыл бұрын

EMERSON É O HENDRIX DO TECLADO. VIRTUOSO ATÉ DE BAIXO D'AGUA.

@francestomic2772 Жыл бұрын

Never missed a single show. How much I miss them in the world

@kaantaras Жыл бұрын

Seeing The Nice at the Dundee Caird Hall in 1970 was a mind-blowing experience for my then 16-year-old self!

@johnsurrey7426 Жыл бұрын

Keith was the exception to the principle that the greater the showmanship the less the ability. He was undoubtedly the most technically able keyboard player (I’ve been playing keyboards for many years, so I do know what I’m talking about!). Tragically he also suffered from depression - but it’s unlikely we’ll see anyone as gifted and talented again.

@coachhannah2403 Жыл бұрын

His later depression stemmed from a degenerative disease affecting his hands depriving him of his reason for living. Sad that his life came down to his playing ability... Most of us take to teaching's when our technical abilities fade!

@coachhannah2403 Жыл бұрын

@Dropped On Head - Several people are, playing-wise. Keith also wrote fabulous (IMNSHO) music. That cuts the field down quite a bit.

@jakurdadov6375 Жыл бұрын

@@coachhannah2403 It's so sad that he couldn't find another reason for living and enjoy his final years.

@coachhannah2403 Жыл бұрын

@@jakurdadov6375 - Agreed.

@johnsurrey7426 6 ай бұрын

That’s true! The tragedy is that he only had 4 concerts in Japan to play before retired - but he didn’t think he was able to play well enough for them. In truth he hadn’t been playing particularly well since his carpal tunnel operation, but I guess the depression finally overcame him. I always thought it was terribly tragic and ironic that the fingers which played so much incredible music should be the ones to pull the trigger…

@jeromeariganello9874 6 ай бұрын

Great footage from The Nice! Damn!

@KingCrimson82 5 ай бұрын

have you ever carried such a thing, there must be a secret to it..

@josephvengen9989 25 күн бұрын

When someone told Keith to “Rock the Hammond”, he took them extremely literally! Hes a strong dude as even the A-100 model Hammond was heavy….

@MychaelPollard Жыл бұрын

& That's why I love Keith Emerson!!!!!!!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

@YM-gy8pw Жыл бұрын

An average guy in the 70's😄

@acy_pr 2 ай бұрын

seeing that rotating piano few weeks ago made me start listening to elp its insane

@rafaelneves2730 6 ай бұрын

very educative and important content

@dylandid50 Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this live what a star and a genius on the keyboards😁

@brennenrigley Жыл бұрын

wow! when and where did you see him live?

@edljnehan2811 Жыл бұрын

@@brennenrigley most of this is available on DVD and KZfaq for that matter. The 1970 Switzerland show is available as is the Isle of Wight and California Jam.

@edljnehan2811 Жыл бұрын

@@brennenrigley I saw the 1973 show with the flying piano at Kiel Auditorium in St Louis Missouri.

@dylandid50 Жыл бұрын

I seen ELP twice both times in Cardiff back in the glorious 70s

@edljnehan2811 Жыл бұрын

@@dylandid50 I've seen ELP every time they came to St Louis starting in 1971. So just a guess that was at least 20 times and half of that was in the Glorious 70s including one time when Journey opened up for them in 1976. Not the Steve Perry Journey the good journey the progressive rock Journey and another time in the 70s when yes opened up for them.

@mrdayvidjon Жыл бұрын

Wow super cool collection of video hats off to you my super human being of incredible talent,wonder how many brusese he had gotten over his run and some serous accidents, wow all them L and M Hammond s I’m keeping my M102, thanks great video

@elektrolyte Жыл бұрын

never mind the DOORS! this guy is a LEGEND

@brennenrigley Жыл бұрын

'legend' might be an understatement lol but ray manzarek is wonderful too, in his own way

@StanErvin-yo9vl Жыл бұрын

@@brennenrigley Hey, not trying to spam your channel, but please give Rachel Flowers a serious listen. Blind musician who played with THE Ray Charles In his home studio when she was 8 years old. Then went on to play with Keith at his house on that very same kit! Played at many Nord trade shows and does a great WBMFTTSTNE collab. She also does Zappa and others. Did the memorable for him just after his death. Have yet to see an instrument she couldn't master.

@islandpalm148 Жыл бұрын

Things you can't do with clones, like pitch bends and train whistles.

@tonicjack9823 Жыл бұрын

You can't even do it with most tonewheel Hammonds. It only works with the L series.

@islandpalm148 Жыл бұрын

@@tonicjack9823 I used to own a Hammond Porta-B which warbled by switching it on and off.

@johnsurrey7426 Жыл бұрын

I know - I’ve tried with various keyboards! The only thing you can do is mess around with the amp, and distort the sound as much as possible. Incidentally, inspired by Keith, I’ve tried holding down as many keys as possible on a church organ, then turning the power off. It sounds like it’s dying!

@markusantonio4866 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this. Incredible

@Maintenancebay 6 ай бұрын

One of the really in depth B-3 clones from 20 years or so back had a faux start and run switch which looked brilliant but for whatever reason they didn't keep on that trend and those are now rare and cost a fortune. I have no idea why. I've got three spinnets I'd rather use primarily for the manipulation alone. It's like, part of the lore of these old things.. I have no clue why all the clonewheels don't have some sort of emulation for the power switch..

@peters6601 11 ай бұрын

Saw him play at 1969 IOW festival. Group was then 'The Nice' brilliant live performance.

@TobiasHSchneider 3 ай бұрын

Playing the Keithboard!

@joeychicago6436 Жыл бұрын

Wow! I never thought I'd say it, but this makes Captain & Tennille look tame!

@mickthemerciless9694 2 күн бұрын

😅😅

@jumbledfox2098 12 күн бұрын

I FUCKING LOVE KEITH EMERSON. i wish i could've seen him live. :c

@VirtualLiveShow 4 ай бұрын

So amazing!🔥🔥🫶🔥🔥

@markchriestenson3257 22 күн бұрын

I'm pretty sure Mr Hammond would be truly upset by the treatment of his organs.

@edljnehan2811 Жыл бұрын

Most of this is the bloody nice but a couple of clips are from the great ELP. Mr. Keith God on the keyboards Emerson. 2016 the last time I remember crying. Rip mr. Emerson.

@kevinwest2654 Жыл бұрын

Some of us would put the words "bloody" and "great" the other way round. Tastes differ.

@edljnehan2811 Жыл бұрын

@@kevinwest2654 like the preacher said you go to your church and I'll go to mine.

@brennenrigley Жыл бұрын

whats not to love about the nice? :)

@mackie32x48 Жыл бұрын

Agreed to all comments!!! What the hell was that keyboard made of re-enforced steel?? I lifted my keyboard and the knobs got loose and fell off!! RIP Keith...

@madcarew5168 Жыл бұрын

Saw The Nice at bham town Hall, he did same,even tried to have a go on the pipe organ but he reconed it had been locked.....

@mc2mc277 8 ай бұрын

The Greatest Keyboard showman of all time….and a KILLER player as well!!

@TheTrumanII 2 ай бұрын

The other band members look bored, like Ian Anderson during his Flute Solos...LOL

@mickthemerciless9694 2 күн бұрын

The Jimi Hendrix/ Eddie Van Halan of keyboards.

@RachelsSweetie Жыл бұрын

I don't know what's more impressive: That the Hammonds are built like tanks or that he was good enough to jam with Oscar Peterson.

@louisd95714 11 ай бұрын

The GOAT of keyboards!

@klnine Жыл бұрын

Love his glance to make sure non one from the RSPCKA was watching

@scrunchymacscruff1244 6 ай бұрын

Jimi Emersondrix

@user-uh5eo1oh9p Ай бұрын

Emerson гений! Бог чёрной и белой клавиши. Таких больше не будет.❤

@mikevlade4221 11 ай бұрын

As a elk in the forest . Haha .

@jameswarren5579 9 ай бұрын

Seen ELP at Glasgow greens playhouse brings back some great memories Keith was on form brilliant fantastic night hope your still playing in heaven Keith 😂😂❤

@miked6426 Жыл бұрын

Now I can start my HOLIDAY,..wow great stuff😂

@SnakeGodDiamond Жыл бұрын

Sonic alchemy

@orazioscardace911 11 ай бұрын

Grande Emerson grande🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

@craigfazekas3923 7 ай бұрын

Smash yer guitar, Pete !! 🚬😎👍

@LuisEduardoBraschi 7 ай бұрын

"Assaulting" LOL

@joshuaallgood7030 Жыл бұрын

I sorta missed the feedbacking organ in ELP. It gave the Nice a punk edge.

@pietrozaffutomusic 3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@katiaorsini1263 Жыл бұрын

Solo lui....❤️

@andrewreed501 11 ай бұрын

i saw him and the nice quite a few times, but was underwhelmed when i saw e l p at the isle of wight,but just hoped they would get better,,,,,,,,,, im still waiting !

@jorgeguerrero467 3 ай бұрын

Que modelo de Hammond era ese el aporreado ??

@alejandrofabianlopez3985 11 ай бұрын

This is sensual.

@areminfoxxtrot1064 11 ай бұрын

When Karn Evil 9 is just a little too evil for the mainstream.

@johnbridgman4310 7 ай бұрын

I was about to post that "Keith always looked like Keith but sometimes Carl and Greg looked like a couple of hippies", but I guess those clips were from when he was playing with The Nice.

@brownonbus Жыл бұрын

lol rip @9:26

@lauracataldo755 11 ай бұрын

Love/ hate relationship with his keyboard. Can't live with it can't live without it.

@ay2257 Жыл бұрын

He was quite good at piano wasn't he

@johnsurrey7426 Жыл бұрын

Yes, not bad - he was probably Grade 2 or 3…

@marrkhicks Жыл бұрын

He’s aiiiight

@zer0name720 Жыл бұрын

Sure, the kid's got potential, but he still has a long way to go

@chiefmouser7 Жыл бұрын

not TOO bad, indeed...

@brennenrigley Жыл бұрын

id say so, he wrote an entire piano concerto in 1974!

@deppurple700 Жыл бұрын

Very cool I just wish I could see the whole show of every different ones you have

@brennenrigley Жыл бұрын

some of the clips i dont have links for, but i can provide some for the Nice shows: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fOCCrMdqv72bnH0.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j8xzq5Z83rvbimg.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ap6XZ7t6mLq2ZmQ.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rZOcYNZ23s-vnp8.html

@deppurple700 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir

@deppurple700 11 ай бұрын

@@brennenrigley most people think it's just noise but can you imagine the hours of playing around with different hookups and settings to get just the sound he wanted for a particular song or solo and then just dialing it in at will plus the hours of just regular practice he really was special and one of a kind John Lord is the only one who comes close to just the organ playing cause John didn't mess with the synth stuff but he was as good as Kieth on just the Hammond with all the little tricks they made themselves with just using that but Kieth was great

@spaghetti7957 Жыл бұрын

love it

@coachhannah2403 Жыл бұрын

Poor roadies had to get that baby back to functional after each concert!

@orazioscardace911 11 ай бұрын

Non è mai morto 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

@fiddlemastrjay4274 Жыл бұрын

Can you imagine him playing with Yes?

@brennenrigley Жыл бұрын

he was actually approached by his manager in 1973 after wakeman left yes to take his place... imagine if he said yes and albums like relayer would have him as the keyboardist

@brennenrigley Жыл бұрын

after the nice broke up in '69, the bassist (lee jackson) and the drummer (brian davidson) formed a power trio with moraz in '74 titled "Refugee". they released a single album before moraz left to join yes on Relayer. i highly recommend listening to refugee, it has a lot of similarities with the nice :)

@spiritof6663 11 ай бұрын

@@brennenrigley The Refugee album is absolutely fantastic!! I *love* everything The Nice did with Emerson but I think the Refugee effort actually surpasses it. It's one of the best prog albums ever recorded.

@Arthur-hj8nx 11 ай бұрын

Ful fact : the only guitarist Keith wanted for ELP was Steve Howe

@karstenschulze8843 7 ай бұрын

No.

@predeterminedmeat5024 Жыл бұрын

No idea who this is. But this is brilliant

@dasherf17 5 ай бұрын

What song was this lead from? I've always wondered...

@fajaopresora Жыл бұрын

He isn't playing a musical instrument but "another thing".

@matthewferguson7084 Жыл бұрын

If there was a divorce ceremony

@AntonioAccomazzo Жыл бұрын

Incredibile genio che con la sua tecnica sopraffina inventava dal niente la musica

@jimsha9984 Жыл бұрын

Keith was arguably the best keyboardist ever. Never quite understood the antics. Drugs maybe?

@brennenrigley Жыл бұрын

as far as im aware he didnt do any drugs, just tobacco at the most

@jimsha9984 Жыл бұрын

@@brennenrigley ok that could be true. I was a kid when he was with The Nice and early ELP. Back then info was hard to come by and what you heard could you put stock in it. Anyway still never got the antics although they were not widely known back then.

@scottlukert5287 10 ай бұрын

After his house burned down Emerson was understandably depressed. 'I did drugs for a long time' emerson confided. As to why the antics, simply because the audience loved it and responded. To my knowledge Emerson never even used tobacco, and really never drank to excess, claiming the bottle of Courvoisier on top of the Moog to be mostly water!!

@jimsha9984 10 ай бұрын

@@scottlukert5287 I get what you’re saying about the audience loving the antics, but when he was flipping his moog on top of him and playing it, how many from the audience could really see that. Anyway, I just listened to the Manticore Vault bootlegs and his brilliance is undeniable. But at the same time he went off on some crazy tangents that just didn’t make sense to me.

@daphnelawless9194 5 күн бұрын

Read his autobiography _Pictures of an Exhibitionist_. He started doing the jumping-on-the-keyboard thing one night in France when he'd taken a whole bunch of amphetamines, the audience were fighting each other and he decided to do something to distract them. So yes, it *started* with drugs.

@imho2278 11 күн бұрын

And we wonder why his hands got arthritis....

@orazioscardace911 Жыл бұрын

Emerson ossessionato dai coltelli e tastiee😂

@jackelder6047 Жыл бұрын

The story is that once the repair guys in London found out what he was doing to his Hammond, they threaten to cut him off from repair service! That was when he largely stop putting daggers in the B3 and throwing it around

@brennenrigley Жыл бұрын

very true, it was also around the time ELP were becoming more of a studio band with releases like tarkus and trilogy. you can still hear some of the organ explosion sounds on their debut record

@noddyspuncture Жыл бұрын

It wasn't the console Hammond he wrestled - (he actually used C3's not B3's)... it was his L100. And he used my L100 at ELP's last gig in 2010 at High Voltage, so he never actually stopped his Hammond antics...