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ELP's Carl Palmer Exposes The Secret Drum Synthesizer Behind Brain Salad Surgery

Stephen Demorest, Circus, June 1974

After years of drumming in a variety of hard rocking bands, Carl Palmer decided there had to be more to playing than simply marking time. Now the da Vinci of twentieth century stick-men is redefining the drummer's role as a computer mastermind!

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