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Carl Palmer

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Musician

The Resume

Why he might be annoying:

    He had a steel drum kit made that weighed two and a half tons and required many of the arenas where ELP played to reinforce the stage.
    He became a vegan.
    He dropped out of an ELP reunion tour (2010), complaining ‘Unless it’s as good as it can be, then I can’t do it.’
    He then formed ELP Legacy, with a guitarist replacing Emerson’s signature keyboard parts.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was known for his speed and his ability to play in complex time signatures.
    Emerson said, ‘Carl blows my head off some nights because he knows what I’m going to do four bars ahead.’
    He was able to remove his T-shirt in concert while continuing to play.
    He was smart enough to keep his shirt on when he aged.
    He was named to Modern Drummer’s Hall of Fame (1989).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 100 Votes: 32.00% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 234 Votes: 67.52% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 449 Votes: 53.90% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 772 Votes: 70.34% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 72 Votes: 50.0% Annoying