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| name              = Greg Lake
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| caption           = Lake performing in 1978
| background        = solo_singer
| birth_name        = Gregory Stuart Lake
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|df=yes|1947|11|10}}
| birth_place       = [[Poole]], [[Dorset]], England
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|2016|12|07|1947|11|10|df=yes}}
| death_place       = [[London]], England
| instrument        = {{flatlist|
*Vocals
*bass
*guitar
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*[[Progressive rock]]}}
| occupation        = {{flatlist|
*Musician
*singer
*songwriter
*producer}}
| years_active      = 1964–2016
| label             = {{flatlist|
*[[Manticore Records|Manticore]]
*[[Island Records|Island]]
*[[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]
*[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]}}
| past_member_of    = {{flatlist|
*Unit Four
*the Time Checks
*the Shame
*the Shy Limbs
*[[The Gods (band)|the Gods]]
*[[King Crimson]]
*[[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]
*[[Asia (band)|Asia]]
*[[Emerson, Lake & Powell]]
*[[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]]}}
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*Unit Four
*the Time Checks
*the Shame
*the Shy Limbs
*[[The Gods (band)|the Gods]]
*[[King Crimson]]
*[[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]
*[[Spontaneous Combustion (band UK)|Spontaneous Combustion]]
*[[Gary Moore]]
*[[Asia (band)|Asia]]
*[[Emerson, Lake & Powell]]
*[[Geoff Downes]]
*[[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]]}}
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'''Gregory Stuart Lake''' (10 November 1947&nbsp;– 7 December 2016) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He gained prominence as a founding member of the [[progressive rock]] bands [[King Crimson]] and [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]] (ELP).

Born and brought up in [[Dorset]], Lake began to play the guitar at the age of 12 and wrote his first song, "[[Lucky Man (Emerson, Lake & Palmer song)|Lucky Man]]", at the same age. He became a full-time musician at 17, playing in several rock bands until his friend and fellow Dorset guitarist [[Robert Fripp]] invited him to join King Crimson as lead singer and bassist. They found commercial success with their influential debut album, ''[[In the Court of the Crimson King]]'' (1969).

Lake left the band in 1970 and achieved significant success in the 1970s and beyond as the singer, guitarist, bassist, and producer of ELP. As a member of ELP, Lake wrote and recorded several popular songs including "Lucky Man" and "[[From the Beginning (song)|From the Beginning]]". Both songs entered the UK and US singles charts. Lake launched a solo career, beginning with his 1975 single "[[I Believe in Father Christmas]]" which reached number two in the UK (bested only by [[Queen (band)|Queen's]] "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]"). He went on to release three solo albums with his Greg Lake Band and guitarist [[Gary Moore]], recorded 1981 through 1983 (two studio albums, one live album). He was also briefly but notably a member of pop rock band [[Asia (band)|Asia]] in 1983, replacing vocalist/bassist [[John Wetton]] (another former member of King Crimson) for three concerts in [[Tokyo, Japan]]. As well as collaborating and performing with other artists and with various groups in the 1980s, he had occasional ELP reunions in the 1990s and in 2010, and toured regularly as a solo artist into the 21st century.

Lake also sponsored other artists, producing their recordings and helping them to get recording contracts.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shipston |first1=Roy |title=ELP, they're all absolutely shattered! |url=http://ladiesofthelake.com/cabinet/disc71.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516084352/http://ladiesofthelake.com/cabinet/disc71.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=16 May 2008 |work=[[Disc (magazine)|Disc and the Music Echo]] |date=July 10, 1971 |quote="I'm recording an album for a group from Bournemouth, where my parents live." [...] The group Greg is producing are [[Spontaneous Combustion (band UK)|Spontaneous Combustion]]. Yes are the nearest thing he can relate them to. "They have the same quality, tightness, and they're punchy. They do a lot of three-part harmony things but they are not like [[Yes (band)|Yes]] musically."}}</ref> He also was a fundraiser for the [[National Center for Missing & Exploited Children]]. He died on 7 December 2016 in London, of [[pancreatic cancer]], at the age of 69.

== Early life ==
Gregory Stuart Lake<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sweeting |first=Adam |date=8 December 2016 |title=Greg Lake obituary {{!}} Pop and rock |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/08/greg-lake-obituary |access-date=8 February 2024 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> was born on 10 November 1947 in the [[Parkstone]] area of [[Poole]] in [[Dorset]], to Harry, an engineer, and Pearl, a housewife.<ref name="nytobit"/><ref name=latimes2016/> He grew up in the residential suburb of [[Oakdale, Dorset|Oakdale]].<ref name=parkstone2013/>{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=51}} Speaking about his childhood, Lake said he was "born in an asbestos [[Prefabs in the United Kingdom|prefab]] housing unit" into a "very poor" family, and remembered several cold winters at home,{{sfn|Macan|2006|pp=51–52}} but credits his parents for sending him money and food during his time as a struggling musician.{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=52}} He later described his upbringing as a happy one.<ref name=parkstone2013/>

Lake discovered [[rock and roll]] in 1957 when he bought [[Little Richard]]'s "[[Lucille (Little Richard song)|Lucille]]".{{sfn|Awde|2008|p=501}} At the age of 12, he first learned to play the guitar and wrote his first song, "[[Lucky Man (Emerson, Lake & Palmer song)|Lucky Man]]",<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Kollington – Morphine|editor-first=Colin|editor-last=Larkin|publisher=Muze|page=70|year=2006|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4}}</ref><ref name=revisited>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/show_interview.php?id=141|title=Greg Lake: The Lucky Man|publisher=Classic Rock Revisited|first=Jeb|last=Wright|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref> which he didn't write down, simply committing it to memory.<ref name=dmme2013>{{cite web|url=http://dmme.net/interview-with-greg-lake.html|title=Interview with GREG LAKE|publisher=DMME|date=May 2013|access-date=8 December 2016|archive-date=2 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502023447/http://dmme.net/interview-with-greg-lake.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He named his mother, a pianist, as his initial musical influence and she bought Lake a second hand guitar to learn on.{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=52}} Lake then took guitar lessons from Don Strike, who had a shop in Westbourne.{{sfn|Awde|2008|p=501}} Strike taught him "these awful [[Bert Weedon]] things", reading [[musical notation]] exercises with violin pieces by [[Niccolò Paganini]], and playing 1930s pop tunes, the latter of which became an influence on Lake at the time.{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=52}} After roughly one year with Strike, Lake ended his tuition as he wished to learn songs by [[the Shadows]], a favourite band of his, but Strike "wouldn't have any of it".<ref name="nme1971-part1"/>{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=53}} Lake's second guitar was a pink [[Fender Stratocaster]].<ref name=recordingworld1981/>

Lake attended Oakdale Junior School followed by [[Poole High School|Henry Harbin Secondary Modern School]],<ref name=parkstone2013>{{cite journal|url=http://ladiesofthelake.com/cabinet/parkstone-matters.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919214943/http://ladiesofthelake.com/cabinet/parkstone-matters.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=19 September 2015|title=Greg Lake: Parkstone's pioneer of 'prog rock'|journal=Parkstone Matters|date=October 2013|first=Halima|last=Crabtree|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=November 2025|reason=this fact is not mentioned on the target web page}} and left the latter in 1963 or 1964.{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=54}} He then took up work loading and unloading cargo at the [[Poole Harbour|Poole docks]],{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=54}} and as a [[Drafter|draughtsman]] for a short period.<ref name="nme1971-part1"/> Lake then decided to become a full-time musician at the age of 17.{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=54}}<ref name=parkstone2013/>

== Career ==

=== Early bands ===
Lake joined his first band, Unit Four, playing cover songs as their singer and guitarist.
{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=54}} Following their split in 1965, Lake and Unit Four bassist Dave Genes formed another covers group, the Time Checks, until 1966.{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=55}} He then became a member of the Shame, where he is featured on their single, "Don't Go Away Little Girl", written by [[Janis Ian]].<ref name="nme1971-part1"/> During his stay in [[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]] for a gig, Lake contracted [[pneumonia]] and continued to perform on stage. His bandmates refused to drive back home that night, leaving Lake to sleep in the van where he "woke up blue&nbsp;... When we got home I was nearly dead&nbsp;... That was probably the worst I went through".{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=55}} Following a brief stint in the Shy Limbs, by 1968 Lake was involved with [[The Gods (band)|the Gods]], based in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]], which he described as "a very poor training college",{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=57}}<ref name="nme1971-part1">{{cite journal|title=Emerson, Lake, Mitchell and Hendrix|first=Nick|last=Logan|date=13 February 1971|journal=New Musical Express|page=2|url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/AmishCake/nme2-13-71.jpg|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref> but the group secured a residency at the [[Marquee Club]] in London.{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=58}} Lake left the group in 1968 over creative differences as the band were to enter the recording studio. Their keyboardist [[Ken Hensley]] later said that Lake "was far too talented to be kept in the background".{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=57}}{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=58}}

=== King Crimson ===
In the 1960s, Lake formed a friendship with guitarist [[Robert Fripp]], who would later lead [[King Crimson]]. Lake and Fripp were from Dorset and both received lessons from Don Strike.<ref name="nme1971-part1"/>{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=53}} Fripp saw Lake perform in Unit Four in Poole,{{sfn|Macan|2006|p=54}} and was asked to be a roadie for a gig at [[Ventnor]], [[Isle of Wight]]; when no audience turned up, Lake and Fripp decided to play tunes from their guitar lessons that Strike had taught them.{{sfn|Awde|2008|p=502}}

In 1968 Fripp formed King Crimson after [[Giles, Giles and Fripp]] ended due to creative tensions and lack of commercial success.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Sid |title=In The Court of King Crimson: An Observation over 50 Years |date=2019 |publisher=Panegyric Records |isbn=9781916153004}}</ref> [[Michael Giles]] stayed as drummer and [[Ian McDonald (musician)|Ian McDonald]] joined on keyboards, flute and saxophone. Vocalist/bassist [[Peter Giles (musician)|Peter Giles]] left the group,<ref>{{cite interview |interviewer=Martin Ruddock |first=Michael |last=Giles |title=King Crimson: "The spirit of KC '69 was an open collaboration of ideas, energy, freedom of expression, spontaneity and taking risks by going into the unknown" |url=https://www.shindig-magazine.com/?p=4343 |date=November 2020 |work=[[Shindig! (magazine)|Shindig!]] |access-date=2022-04-29 |archive-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701113533/https://www.shindig-magazine.com/?p=4343 |url-status=live }}</ref> and was replaced by Lake.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/01/06/well-how-hard-could-it-be-greg-lake-on-his-switch-to-bass-for-the-first-king-crimson-project/ |title='Well, how hard could it be?': Greg Lake on his switch to bass for the first King Crimson project {{pipe}} Something Else! |website=Somethingelsereviews.com |date=6 January 2013 |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref>{{sfn|Awde|2008|p=504}} This was Lake's first time playing bass guitar; he had primarily been a guitarist for eleven years.<ref name="nme1971-part1"/>  [[Peter Sinfield]] was the band's primary lyricist, with Lake contributing some of the lyrics for their debut album ''[[In the Court of the Crimson King]]''. After their contracted producer [[Tony Clarke (producer)|Tony Clarke]] walked away from the project, Lake produced the album.{{sfn|Romano|2014|p=82}} Released in October 1969, the album was an immediate commercial and critical success. Lake recalled: "There was this huge wave of response. The audiences were really into us because we were an underground thing – the critics loved us because we offered something fresh".<ref name=epitaphsleeve>{{cite AV media notes|first=Greg|last=Lake|title=Epitaph|others=King Crimson|year=1997|type=Booklet notes|publisher=Discipline Global Mobile|id=DGM9607}}</ref>

King Crimson supported ''In the Court of the Crimson King'' with a tour of the UK and the US, with some of the shows featuring rock band [[the Nice]] as the opening act.<ref name=epitaphsleeve/> In San Francisco during the US tour, Lake struck up a friendship with Nice keyboardist [[Keith Emerson]]; the two shared similar musical interests, were ready to leave their respective bands, and talked about the benefits of their forming a new group together.<ref name="nme1971-part1"/> When King Crimson returned to the UK in early 1970, Lake agreed to sing on the band's second album ''[[In the Wake of Poseidon]]'',<ref name="BBC08122016">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38251936|title=Greg Lake: King Crimson and ELP star dies aged 69|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=8 December 2016|work=BBC News|access-date=8 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208134841/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38251936 | archive-date=8 December 2016}}</ref> and appear on the music television show ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' with them, performing the song "Cat Food".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dangerousminds.net/comments/king_crimson_lost_top_of_the_pops_performance_of_cat_food_found|title=King Crimson Holy Grail : Lost 1970 performance of Cat Food found|publisher=Dangerous Minds|date=12 January 2015|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref>

=== Emerson, Lake & Palmer ===
[[File:Emerson Lake and Palmer five.jpg|thumb|right|Lake performing at an Emerson, Lake & Palmer concert at [[Maple Leaf Gardens]], Toronto, in 1978]]

In April 1970, Lake left King Crimson and joined with Emerson and drummer [[Carl Palmer]] of [[the Crazy World of Arthur Brown]] and [[Atomic Rooster]], to form the progressive rock [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]], [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]].<ref name=epitaphsleeve/> Lake began with a Fender bass before he switched to a [[Gibson Ripper]].<ref name=recordingworld1976/> Lake also contributed some work on acoustic and electric guitar to Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and his voice had a wider and more diverse range than anything the Nice had previously recorded.{{sfn|Macan|1997|p=39}} Emerson, Lake & Palmer became one of the most successful groups in the 1970s.

Lake became known for performing on an expensive [[Persian carpet]] on stage; sometimes criticized as being one of the band's lavish egocentric stagepieces, Lake stated that it served a practical purpose: it covered a rubber mat he stood on at his microphone to address his fear of electrocution after he received an electric shock from a microphone on stage.<ref name=recordingworld1976/><ref name=Stump171>{{cite book |last=Stump |first=Paul |title=The Music's All that Matters: A History of Progressive Rock |date=1997 |publisher=Quartet Books Limited |isbn=0-7043-8036-6 |pages=171–3}}</ref> Sinfield, who stated he went with Lake to purchase the carpet, felt that this was half the story; he believed that Lake was driven to keep up with Emerson's extravagant equipment: "He was one of those classic [[Keeping up with the Joneses|keep-up-with-the-Joneses]] cases."<ref name=Stump171/>

Emerson, Lake & Palmer conflicted between Emerson's interest in complex, classically influenced music and Lake's more straightforward rock tastes.<ref name=recordingworld1976/> Lake complained that Emerson chose to play in keys that were not a good fit for his voice.{{sfn|Awde|2008|p=509}} During the making of the band's second album ''[[Tarkus]]'', Lake initially rejected the title track, but was persuaded to record it following a band meeting with management, which ended in the addition of an original Lake tune, "Battlefield", into the suite.{{sfn|Macan|1997|p=117}} Lake's track "[[From the Beginning (song)|From the Beginning]]", released on ''[[Trilogy (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album)|Trilogy]]'' in 1972, had no particular source of inspiration; "I just felt an inspiration to do it, and it flowed through me in a natural way. My hands fell upon these very unusual chords;... It was kind of a gift".<ref name=rollingstone2013>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/prog-rock-pioneer-greg-lake-punk-is-not-a-form-of-music-its-a-fashion-statement-20130305|magazine=Rolling Stone|title=Prog Rock Pioneer Greg Lake Talks King Crimson Reunion, Kanye|date=5 March 2013|first=Andy|last=Greene|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref>
It was released as a single, and reached number 39 in the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/from-the-beginning-t1538004|title=From the Beginning|website=AllMusic|access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref>

In 1974, Emerson, Lake & Palmer took a break in activity. Lake used this time to focus on his family life, travel, and to write and release music.<ref name=melodymaker1977/> By then the band were [[tax exile]]s and relocated to [[Switzerland]], [[France]], [[Canada]] and the Bahamas as they were restricted to two months' stay in England a year.<ref name=melodymaker1977/><ref name=express2016/> In March 1977, the band released ''[[Works Volume 1]]'', a double album, with each member of the group getting one side of an album for his solo music, and the fourth side for the group to work together. Lake wrote five acoustic songs with lyrical assistance from Sinfield, with a conscious effort not to record "just ballads" in favor of recording a wider variety of musical styles. He then incorporated orchestral overdubs to the songs.<ref name=melodymaker1977>{{cite journal|url=http://ladiesofthelake.com/cabinet/theworksonelp.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516075125/http://ladiesofthelake.com/cabinet/theworksonelp.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 May 2008|title=The works on ELP|newspaper=Melody Maker|date=12 March 1977|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref>
One of them, "C'est la Vie", was released as a single. Lake called the album the "beginning of the end" of the band, as he stopped producing their albums, neither of which were a "really innovative record".<ref name=rollingstone2013/> In November 1977, the band released ''[[Works Volume 2]]''.

The band split up in 1979 following the unsuccessful album ''[[Love Beach]]'', an album the group were contractually obliged to record. The group reformed for a number of years in the mid-1990s and released two albums, [[Black Moon (album)|''Black Moon'']] in 1992 and ''[[In The Hot Seat]]'' in 1994, before permanently disbanding except for one forty-year anniversary reunion concert in 2010 at London's [[High Voltage Festival]].<ref name=roughguide/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/carl-palmer-2010-elp-reunion/|title=Carl Palmer Says Failed 2010 Show Killed Chances for Larger ELP Reunion |date=11 April 2013 |publisher=ultimateclassicrock.com |access-date=16 December 2016}}</ref>

=== Solo career and other projects ===
In 1975, while still a member of ELP, when they were on hiatus, Lake achieved solo chart success when his single, "[[I Believe in Father Christmas]]", reached number two on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. It has become a [[Yule]]tide perennial.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/the-making-of-greg-lake-s-i-believe-in-father-christmas-833 | title= The Making Of&nbsp;... Greg Lake's I Believe In Father Christmas | work=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] | first=Garry | last=Mulholland | date=19 December 2014 | access-date=17 August 2015}}</ref> In the UK, the single sold over 13,000 copies in two days.<ref name=recordingworld1976/>

Several months following the break-up of ELP in 1979, Lake began to write new songs and had "put down a tremendous amount of material" for his first solo album. He travelled to Los Angeles and worked with a group of [[session musicians]] to develop his songs further, but he found a lack of personality in the music, though not at the fault of the performers. Lake realised he wished to play as part of a group, and began to assemble members of the Greg Lake Band.<ref name=recordingworld1981>{{cite journal|url=http://ladiesofthelake.com/cabinet/birth.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516222602/http://ladiesofthelake.com/cabinet/birth.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 May 2008|title=Birth of a Band|first=Chris|last=Welch|journal=International Musician and Recording World|pages=28–29, 31|date=December 1981|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref> The result, ''[[Greg Lake (album)|Greg Lake]]'', was released in September 1981 on [[Chrysalis Records]], and reached number 62 in both the UK and the US.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/greg%20lake/ |title=Greg Lake's chart positions in the UK |publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><ref name="US charts">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/greg-lake-mw0000462310/awards |title=''Greg Lake'' and "Nuclear Attack" chart positions in the US |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> The debut concert for the tour of the album took place in August 1981 at the [[Reading Festival]], with bandmates [[Gary Moore]] on guitar, [[Ted McKenna]] on drums, [[Tommy Eyre]] on keyboards, and Tristram Margetts on bass.<ref name=recordingworld1981/> A concert at the [[Hammersmith Apollo|Hammersmith Odeon]] during the tour in 1981, broadcast live on the ''[[King Biscuit Flower Hour]]'', was released as a live album in 1995.<ref>{{Citation|title=Greg Lake - King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Greg Lake In Concert|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2834847-Greg-Lake-King-Biscuit-Flower-Hour-Presents-Greg-Lake-In-Concert|work=[[Discogs]] |year=1995 |language=en|access-date=2023-05-18}}</ref>

Lake's second solo album ''[[Manoeuvres]]'' was released in July 1983. He disbanded the Greg Lake Band soon after completing it, without promoting or touring the album, and split with his record company. In a 1997 interview, he explained his decision: "It was a weird time for me, and for the music business. I was pressured into writing songs that the record company thought radio programmers wanted to hear. Hence, there was not the passion the first album had. There were some nice ballads, but the record lacked the pure vision that a hit album needs to succeed."<ref>[http://images.45worlds.com/f/cd/greg-lake-esdcd-552-4-cd.jpg  Greg Lake's decision to disband the Greg Lake Band and leave the music business in 1983]. Pilato, Bruce (1997). "The Greg Lake Retrospective: From The Beginning" (1997) two-CD set, 36 page booklet with interview and images. Retrieved 8 May 2020. Page 23. "Although Lake saw success on the '81 tour, which promoted the first [solo] album, by the time he had begun 1983's [[Manoeuvres]], 'It was a weird time for me, and for the music business,' says Lake. 'I was pressured into writing songs that the record company thought radio programmers wanted to hear. Hence, there was not the passion the first album had. There were some nice ballads, but the record lacked the pure vision that a hit album needs to succeed.' After 1983, Lake took [an] extended break [from the music business]."</ref> He gave further insight in 2011: "It was great to be the rhythm guitar player in that line-up. Gary is a fabulous player, and the bass was covered properly. The problem was the solo albums really lacked direction. I was lost in a way. Once you've been in a band like ELP, if you try a solo career you can do it, but the public voted 'You're part of ELP. That's who you are'...  When you try and search for an alternative identity, it's difficult. For a long while, I was kind of lost and would try different things. It was fun, but also a bit here, there and everywhere."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Prasad |first1=Anil |title=Greg Lake: New Perspectives |url=https://www.innerviews.org/inner/lake.html |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=[[Anil Prasad|Innerviews]] |date=2011}}</ref> Adding to the decision, lead guitarist Gary Moore had written solo material that brought him a recording contract: "I was working with Greg Lake for two years during '81 and '82 and we did two albums. At the time I was with him, I was writing songs ... I did some demos after the U.S. tour with Greg to see what would happen, and I got a deal with Atlantic. I really wanted to get out on my own at that stage, and I wanted these songs recorded – they weren't suitable for Greg... so I set up a deal with Virgin, and went in and did 'Corridors Of Power'. We didn't even set out to form a band, but the album took off, so we went on tour."<ref>{{cite news |title=On this day in 1952: Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore was born |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/day-1952-thin-lizzy-guitarist-gary-moore-born-22770283 |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=[[Hot Press]] |date=4 April 2019 |quote=To mark what would have been the legendary guitarist's 67th birthday, we're revisiting one of his classic interviews from the Hot Press archives.}}</ref>

In October 1983, at friend [[Carl Palmer]]'s request, Lake briefly joined Palmer in the 1980s supergroup [[Asia (band)|Asia]], to replace fellow King Crimson alumnus [[John Wetton]] for four scheduled concerts in Japan. Lake agreed and spent six weeks learning Asia's songs, culminating in his performance in the "Asia in Asia" concert at the [[Nippon Budokan]] Hall in Tokyo, 6 December 1983, the first concert broadcast over satellite to MTV in the United States, and later made into a home video. Lake left the group after the tour, having joined as a favor for the Japanese concerts only.

In 1986, he and [[Keith Emerson]] decided to re-form [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]] to record another album. However, Carl Palmer continued to have commitments to Asia, so Lake and Emerson auditioned other artists. They found good rapport with drummer [[Cozy Powell]], and recorded their eponymous album ''[[Emerson, Lake & Powell (album)|Emerson, Lake & Powell]]'' with him.<ref name=roughguide>{{cite book|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|editor-first=Peter|editor-last=Buckley|publisher=Rough Guides|year=2003|pages=[https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock0003unse/page/345 345–6]|isbn=978-1-84353-105-0|url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock0003unse/page/345}}</ref>

[[File:Emerson, Lake & Palmer 03.jpg|thumb|upright|Lake in 1992, performing with ELP]]

In 2001, Lake toured as a member of the seventh incarnation of [[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]].<ref name=latimes2016/>

In 2003, Lake played bass on [[The Who]] song "[[Real Good Looking Boy]]". The group's usual bassist [[Pino Palladino]] was touring at the time of recording, and Lake was asked to play bass.<ref name=rollingstone2013/>

In 2005, Lake toured Germany and the UK with his group, the Greg Lake Band, which now included [[David Arch]] on keyboards, [[Florian Opahle]] on guitar, Trevor Barry on bass, and [[Brett Morgan]] on drums.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.greglake.com/uploads/tour/tour.asp | title= Greg Lake Band and Tour Info | publisher=The Official Greg Lake website |access-date=17 August 2015}}</ref> The tour was sponsored by UK entertainer and long-term ELP fan, Jim Davidson.  But the shows were not a sell-out, the US leg was cancelled, and the two men then fell out.

In 2006, Lake played as a member of the supergroup [[the RD Crusaders]] in aid for charity.<ref name=ok2005/> Lake performed "[[Karn Evil 9]]" with the [[Trans-Siberian Orchestra]] at several shows.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dan |last=Armonaitis |url=http://www.goupstate.com/article/20111201/ENT/112011001 |title=Trans-Siberian Orchestra gets progressive rock seal of approval – Entertainment – GoUpstate – Spartanburg, SC |website=GoUpstate.com |date=30 September 2016 |access-date=6 October 2016}}</ref> He was a special guest on their album ''[[Night Castle]]'' (2009).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/night-castle-mw0001312741/credits|title=Night Castle : Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref>

In 2010, Lake and Emerson completed an acoustic world tour, performing ELP songs. The tour got off to a bad start following a backstage altercation between the two, but "we completed the tour and it was very happy. We actually ended up enjoying ourselves".<ref name=rollingstone2013/> That July, Lake joined Emerson and Palmer for a one-off gig from Emerson, Lake & Palmer at the [[High Voltage Festival]] in [[Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets|Victoria Park, London]], to commemorate the band's fortieth anniversary.<ref name=grauniad>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/08/greg-lake-dies-prog-rock-king-crimson-emerson-palmer|title=Greg Lake, legendary prog rock bassist, dies aged 69|newspaper=The Guardian|date=8 December 2016|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref> The concert was released on CD, DVD, and Blu-ray as [[High Voltage (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album)|''High Voltage'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/elp-to-release-high-voltage-film/|title=ELP To Release High Voltage Film|publisher=Planet Rock|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref> It was the final performance by the group. Lake wished to continue touring, but claimed his bandmates "didn't want to", thus ending such plans.<ref name=rollingstone2013/>
[[File:Greg and guests.png|thumb|right|Greg and his guests on stage in Piacenza: l-r: Aldo Tagliapietra, Annie Barbazza and Bernardo Lanzetti]]

Lake continued to tour solo in the 2010s. His Songs of a Lifetime Tour began in 2012 which featured songs of his career and those by his favourite artists, including [[Elvis Presley]] and [[Johnny Kidd & the Pirates]]. The tour ended in December of that year<ref name=express2016/> and produced the live albums, ''[[Songs of a Lifetime]]'' (2013) and "Live in Piacenza" (2017).

On 9 January 2016, he was awarded an [[honorary degree]] in music and lyrics composition by Conservatorio Nicolini in [[Piacenza]], Italy, the first degree awarded by any conservatory, ever.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.piacenzasera.it/app/document-detail.jsp;?id_prodotto=64261|title=Conservatorio Nicolini, prime lauree honoris causa a star del rock internazionali|work=Piacenza Sera|language=it|date=4 January 2016|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref>

Lake spent several years writing his autobiography ''Lucky Man'', originally planned to be published in 2012 but eventually released posthumously in June 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2013/10/30/greg-lake-keeps-adding-to-autobiography/|title=Greg Lake Keeps Adding to Autobiography|date=30 October 2013 |publisher=notreble.com|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Lucky Man|first=Greg|last=Lake|date=28 September 2017|id={{ASIN|1472126483|country=uk}}}}</ref>

On 19 June 2017, the Municipality of [[Zoagli]] (Genoa) Italy awarded the Honorary Citizenship post mortem to Greg Lake and engraved a marble plaque that is next to Castello Canevaro where the musician performed on 30 November 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ilsecoloxix.it/p/levante/2017/06/19/ASvN30zH-nobel_zoagli_anche.shtml|title=Greg Lake, anche un Nobel a Zoagli|work=Secolo XIX|language=it|date=20 June 2017|access-date=7 July 2017|archive-date=20 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620080802/http://www.ilsecoloxix.it/p/levante/2017/06/19/ASvN30zH-nobel_zoagli_anche.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2017/06/17/zoagli-celebra-licona-prog-innamorata-del-tigullioGenova09.html?ref=search  |title=Zoagli celebra i'icona rock innamorata del Tigullio|work=Repubblica.it|language=it|date=20 June 2017|access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref>
[[File:Honorary_Citizenship_of_Zoagli_to_Greg_Lake_Marble_Plaque.jpg|thumb|right|Marble Plaque engraved for Greg Lake next to Castello Canevaro in Zoagli.]]

In the last years he worked on producing for Manticore "Moonchild" by Annie Barbazza and Max Repetti: an album where some of his most iconic songs were arranged in an avant-garde/contemporary mood, for only piano and voice.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.manticorerecords.com/barbazza-repetti-moonchild|title = Moonchild - A deep journey into the music & poetry of Greg Lake|access-date = 11 June 2021|archive-date = 11 June 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210611202406/https://www.manticorerecords.com/barbazza-repetti-moonchild|url-status = dead}}</ref>

== Personal life and death ==
In late 1974, Lake moved from a flat in Cornwall Gardens in [[Kensington]], London to a home near [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]].<ref name=recordingworld1976>{{cite journal|url=http://ladiesofthelake.com/cabinet/musician.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516202531/http://ladiesofthelake.com/cabinet/musician.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 May 2008|title=Greg Lake Stays Home|journal=International Musician and Recording World|date=January 1976|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref> Lake later lived in the [[Kingston upon Thames|Kingston]] and [[Richmond, London|Richmond]] areas of Greater London with his wife, Regina.<ref name=express2016>{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/357556/Turning-it-on-after-all-these-years|title=Greg Lake dies at 69: One of his last interviews 'ELP were never mates like the Beatles'|first=Stefan|last=Kyriazis|work=The Express|date=8 December 2016|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref> The couple had one daughter, Natasha.<ref name=ok2005>{{cite web|url=http://ladiesofthelake.com/cabinet/ok2005.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904025542/http://www.ladiesofthelake.com/cabinet/ok2005.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 September 2013|title=At Home With the Rock Legend, Greg Lake|work=OK!|date=11 October 2005|first=Emma|last=Gunavardhana|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref>

Lake was an accomplished [[Angling|angler]] who developed a friendship with broadcaster [[Jack Hargreaves]], appearing as a result in an episode (1980) of “[[Out of Town]]”, Hargreaves’ programme about country life for [[Southern TV]].

Lake died in London at age 69 on 7 December 2016, after suffering from pancreatic cancer.<ref name="nytobit">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/arts/music/greg-lake-dies.html?_r=0 |title=Greg Lake, of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Dies at 69 |first=William |last=Grimes |author-link=William Grimes (journalist) |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=8 December 2016 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> His manager described Lake's battle with the illness as "long and stubborn".<ref name="BBC08122016"/>

Numerous fellow musicians paid tribute, including [[Rick Wakeman]] and [[Steve Hackett]],<ref name="BBC08122016" /> [[Ringo Starr]],<ref name=latimes2016>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-me-greg-lake-20161208-story.html|title=Greg Lake —founding member of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer — dies at 69|first=Randy|last=Lewis|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=8 December 2016|access-date=9 December 2016 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[John Wetton]],<ref name="teamrock2016" /> [[Opeth]]'s [[Mikael Åkerfeldt]],<ref name="vintagevinylnews.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2016/12/reactions-to-passing-of-greg-lake.html|title=Veteran Artists React to the Passing of Greg Lake}}</ref> [[Ian Anderson]]<ref name="vintagevinylnews.com"/> and ELP drummer [[Carl Palmer]].<ref name="teamrock2016" />

Lake's death occurred nine months after the death of ELP keyboardist Keith Emerson.<ref name="teamrock2016">{{cite web|url=http://teamrock.com/news/2016-12-08/greg-lake-music-world-pays-tribute-to-prog-icon|title=Greg Lake: Music world pays tribute to prog icon|date=8 December 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==
[[File:LL-Greg4-2.jpg|thumb|upright|Lake, performing at [[Llandudno]], Wales in 2005]]
{{small|Source:}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greglake.com/discography.html|title=discography|publisher=greglake.com|access-date=8 December 2016|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126112656/http://greglake.com/discography.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Recorded
!Artist
!Title
!Notes
|-
|1967
|1967
|The Shame
|Don't Go Away Little Girl / <small>Dreams Don't Bother Me</small>
|Vinyl, 7", Single 
|-
|1968
|1968
|Shy Limbs
|Love
|Vinyl, 7", Single, B-side of "Reputation" 
|-
|1969
|1969
|[[King Crimson]]
|''[[In the Court of the Crimson King]]''
|Studio album
|-
|1997
|1969
|King Crimson
|''[[Epitaph (King Crimson album)|Epitaph]]''
|Live album
|-
|1998
|1969
|King Crimson
|''[[Live at the Marquee (King Crimson album)|Live at the Marquee]]''
|Live album, King Crimson Collector's Club
|-
|2000
|1969
|King Crimson
|''[[King Crimson Live in Hyde Park, London|Live in Hyde Park]]''
|Live album, King Crimson Collector's Club
|-
|2004
|1969
|King Crimson
|''Live at Fillmore East''
|Live album, King Crimson Collector's Club
|-
|1970
|1970
|King Crimson
|''[[In the Wake of Poseidon]]''
|Studio album
|-
|1970
|1970
|[[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]
|''[[Emerson, Lake & Palmer (album)|Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]''
|Studio album
|-
|1997
|1970
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album)|Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970]]''
|Live album
|-
|1971
|1971
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[Tarkus]]''
|Studio album
|-
|1971
|1971
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[Pictures at an Exhibition (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album)|Pictures at an Exhibition]]''
|Live album
|-
|2017
|1971
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''Masters from the Vaults''
|Live album
|-
|1972
|1972
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[Trilogy (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album)|Trilogy]]''
|Studio album
|-
|2011
|1972
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[Live at the Mar Y Sol Festival '72]]''
|Live album
|-
|1973
|1973
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[Brain Salad Surgery]]''
|Studio album
|-
|1974
|1974
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends... Ladies and Gentlemen|Welcome Back My Friends...]]''
|Live album
|-
|2012
|1974
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''Live in California 1974''
|Live album
|-
|1977
|1976
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[Works Volume 1]]''
|Studio album
|-
|1977
|1973-76
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[Works Volume 2]]''
|Studio album
|-
|1978
|1978
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[Love Beach]]''
|Studio album
|-
|2011
|1978
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[Live at Nassau Coliseum '78]]''
|Live album
|-
|1979
|1977
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[Emerson, Lake & Palmer in Concert|In Concert / Works Live]]''
|Live album
|-
|1981
|1981
|Greg Lake
|''[[Greg Lake (album)|Greg Lake]]''
|Studio album, with [[Gary Moore]]
|-
|1995
|1981
|Greg Lake
|''[[King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Greg Lake in Concert]]''
|Live album, aka Nuclear Attack, Live, and In Concert, with [[Gary Moore]]
|-
|1983
|1983
|Greg Lake
|''[[Manoeuvres]]'' 
|Studio album, with [[Gary Moore]]
|-
|2001
|1983
|[[Asia (band)|Asia]]
|Enso Kai: Live in Tokyo / Live at Budokan
|Live album, recorded live at the Budokan in Tokyo, Japan 6 December 1983
|-
|1986
|1986
|[[Emerson, Lake & Powell|Emerson, Lake and Powell]]
|''[[Emerson, Lake & Powell (album)|Emerson, Lake & Powell]]''
|Studio album
|-
|2003
|1986
|Emerson, Lake and Powell
|''The Sprocket Sessions''
|Recorded live at Sprocket Studio, London during the rehearsals for the 1986 world tour
|-
|2003
|1986
|Emerson, Lake and Powell
|''Live in Concert''
|Live album, recorded live at Lakeland, Florida, November 1986
|-
|2015
|1989-90
|Greg Lake & [[Geoff Downes]]
|''Ride the Tiger''
|Studio album
|-
|1992
|1992
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[Black Moon (album)|Black Moon]]''
|Studio album
|-
|1993
|1992
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Emerson, Lake and Palmer album)|Live at the Royal Albert Hall]]''
|Live album
|-
|2001-06
|1971-78 / 1992
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults#Volume One|The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults]]''
|Official bootleg series
|-
|1993
|1971-93
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[The Return of the Manticore]]''
|Box set
|-
|1994
|1994
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[In the Hot Seat]]''
|Studio album
|-
|1997
|1997
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[Live in Poland (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album)|Live in Poland]]''
|Live album
|-
|2013
|1977
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''Live in Montreal 1977''
|Live album
|-
|2015
|1997
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''Once Upon a Time:'' ''Live in South America 1997''
|Live album
|-
|2015
|1997
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''Live at Montreux 1997''
|Live album
|-
|1997
|1973-74 / 1977
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[King Biscuit Flower Hour: Greatest Hits Live]]''
|Live album
|-
|1998
|1974 / 1997-98
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[Then and Now (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album)|Then and Now]]''
|Live album
|-
|2007
|2005
|Greg Lake
|''Greg Lake''
|Live album
|-
|2010
|1971-98
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[A Time and a Place]]''
|Live Boxset
|-
|2010
|2010
|Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|''[[High Voltage (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album)|High Voltage]]''
|Live album
|-
|2014
|2010
|[[Keith Emerson]] & Greg Lake
|''Live from Manticore Hall''
|Live album, recorded live at Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield CT on 8 May 2010
|-
|2013
|2012
|Greg Lake
|''Songs of a Lifetime''
|Live album
|-
|2017
|2012
|Greg Lake
|''Live in Piacenza''
|Live album
|}

===Solo===
'''Compilations'''
*''The Greg Lake Retrospective: From the Beginning'' (1997)<ref>{{cite web |title=CD Album: Greg Lake - The Greg Lake Retrospective (1997) |url=https://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/cd/esdcd552 |website=45 Worlds |access-date=19 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
*''From the Underground: The Official Bootleg'' (1998)<ref>{{cite web |title=Greg Lake - From the Underground: The Official Bootleg Album|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/from-the-underground-the-official-bootleg-mw0000967599 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=19 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
*''From the Underground 2: Deeper Into the Mine – An Official Greg Lake Bootleg'' (2003)<ref>{{cite web |title=Greg Lake - From The Underground Vol. II - Deeper Into The Mine. An Official Greg Lake Bootleg |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1166093-Greg-Lake-From-The-Underground-Vol-II-Deeper-Into-The-Mine-An-Official-Greg-Lake-Bootleg |website=[[Discogs]] |access-date=19 May 2023 |language=en |date=2010}}</ref>
*''The Anthology: A Musical Journey'' (2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Greg Lake - The Anthology - A Musical Journey |url=https://www.discogs.com/Greg-Lake-The-Anthology-A-Musical-Journey/master/1827023 |website=[[Discogs]] |access-date=19 May 2023 |language=en |date=2020}}</ref>
*''Magical [boxed set]'' (2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Greg Lake - Magical - Boxset |url=https://burningshed.com/greg-lake_magical_boxset |website=[[Burning Shed]] |access-date=5 November 2023 |language=en |date=2023}}</ref>

'''Singles'''
*"[[I Believe in Father Christmas]]" / "Humbug" (1975), {{small|[UK #2]}}, {{small|[US #95]}}, {{small|[[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Gold<ref name="BPI">{{Cite certification|region=United Kingdom|access-date=11 December 2022|type = single| artist = Greg Lake | title = I Believe in Father Christmas|id=15398-4844-1}}</ref>}}
*"C'est La Vie" / "Jeremy Bender" (1977) {{small|[CAN #75]}}  {{small|[US #91]}}
*"Watching Over You" / "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (UK 1978)
*"Love You Too Much" / "Someone"  (UK/Europe 1981)
*"For Those who dare" / "Love you too much" (Germany 1981)
*"Let Me Love You Once" / "Retribution Drive" (USA 1981)  {{small|[US #48]}}
*"It Hurts" / "Retribution Drive" (UK/Europe 1982)
*"Famous Last Words" / "I Don't Know Why I Still Love You" (Portugal 1983)

'''DVDs'''
*''Greg Lake: Live In Concert'' (2006)
*''Welcome Backstage'' (2006)
*''Greg Lake Live in Piacenza'' (2017) exclusively with the limited edition box set of the album with the same title.

===As producer===
* ''[[Spontaneous Combustion (band UK)|Spontaneous Combustion]] - "Just A Dream" {aka "Unknown Ballad" attributed to [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]], recorded December 1970 or January 1971, released as a bonus track on the 2012 [[Tarkus]] reissue}'' (2012)<ref>{{cite news |title=Greg Lake Says New ELP Reissues "Represent the Band's History in the Best Possible Way" |url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2016/9/21/greg-lake-says-new-elp-reissues-represent-the-bands-history.html |work=[[ABC News Radio]] |date=September 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225074234/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2016/9/21/greg-lake-says-new-elp-reissues-represent-the-bands-history.html |archive-date=December 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mettler |first1=Mike |title=ELP Reissue Series: Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Tarkus; Pictures at an Exhibition |url=https://www.soundandvision.com/content/elp-reissue-series-emerson-lake-palmer-tarkus-pictures-exhibition |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=[[Sound & Vision (magazine)|Sound & Vision]] |date=14 December 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/8831156-Emerson-Lake-Palmer-Tarkus|website=[[Discogs]]|date=29 July 2016 |language=en|access-date=2023-02-20}}</ref>
* ''[[Spontaneous Combustion (band UK)|Spontaneous Combustion]] - Lonely Singer / 200 Lives / Leaving'' (1971) 7" single<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spontaneous Combustion - Lonely Singer|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/har5046|website=45cat|language=en|access-date=2023-02-20}}</ref>
* ''[[Spontaneous Combustion (band UK)|Spontaneous Combustion]] - self-titled'' (1972)
* ''Pete Sinfield - Still'' (1973)
* ''The King's Singers – Strawberry Fields Forever'' (1978) 7" single
* ''Annie Barbazza & Max Repetti - Moonchild'' (2018)
* ''Annie Barbazza - Vive'' (2020) (Track "Boite A Tisane")

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

;Bibliography
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite book|first=Greg|last=Lake|title=Lucky Man: The Autobiography|publisher=Constable|place=London|year=2017|isbn=978-1-4721-2648-1}}
*{{cite book|first=Nick|last=Awde|title=Mellotron : The Machines and the Musicians that Revolutionised Rock|publisher=Bennett & Bloom|year=2008|isbn=978-1-898948-02-5}}
*{{Cite book |last=Macan |first=Edward |title=Endless Enigma: A Musical Biography of Emerson, Lake & Palmer |year=2006 |publisher=Open Court Publishing Company |isbn=0-8126-9596-8 }}
* {{cite book|title=Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture|first=Edward|last=Macan|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1997|isbn=978-0-19-509887-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/rockingclassicse0000maca}}
* {{cite book|title=Prog Rock FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Rock's Most Progressive Music|first=Will|last=Romano|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|year=2014|isbn=978-1-61713-620-7}}
* {{cite book|last1=Forrester|first1=George|first2=Martyn|last2=Hanson|first3=Frank|last3=Askew|title=Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Show That Never Ends, A Musical Biography|year=2001|publisher=Helter Skelter Publishing|isbn=1-900924-17-X|ref=none}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Greg Lake}}
*{{Official website|http://www.greglake.com}}
*{{AllMusic |class=artist |id=greg-lake-mn0000186477}}
*{{Discogs artist|259120-Greg-Lake}}
*{{IMDb name|0482147}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.manticorerecords.com |title=Manticore Records Official Site}}

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