LOL TOLHURST

The Cure’s co–founder and ex-drummer recalls being blown away by ELP and how krautrock pioneers Can gave him permission to play.

JM

“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!…

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