Editing Keith Emerson (section)

====1980s and 1990s bands====
Starting in the mid-1980s, Emerson formed several short-lived [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]]s. The first two, [[Emerson, Lake & Powell]] (with Lake and ex-[[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]] drummer [[Cozy Powell]])<ref name=harrison>{{cite book |last=Harrison |first=Thomas |date=2011 |title=Music of the 1980s |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MBEZBL7Dr7YC&pg=PA85 |location=[[Santa Barbara, California]] |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group|Greenwood]] |page=85 |isbn=978-0-313-36599-7}}</ref> and [[3 (1980s band)|3]] (with Palmer and American multi-instrumentalist [[Robert Berry]]), were intended to carry on in the general style of ELP in the absence of one of the original members.<ref name=larkin>{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |editor-link= Colin Larkin (writer) |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title=Emerson, Lake and Palmer  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA2006-IA2068V |access-date=18 March 2016 |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |location=United Kingdom |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8 |pages=PA2006-IA2068 – PA2006-IA2069 }}</ref> Emerson, Lake & Powell had some success,<ref name=harrison /> and their sole album is considered one of the best of both Emerson's and Lake's careers. Stylistically, it was a departure from their 1980s progressive rock peers, Genesis and Asia.<ref name=classicbands /> Progressive rock analyst Edward Macan wrote that Emerson, Lake & Powell were closer to the "classic ELP sound" than ELP's own late-1970s output.<ref name=macanrockin366>Macan, ''Rocking the Classics'', p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=b98dJ3cYAksC&pg=PT366 PT366] and .</ref> By contrast, 3's only album sold poorly<ref name=classicbands /><ref name=larkin /> and drew comparisons to "the worst moments of ''Love Beach''"<ref name=macanrockin366 /> (which had been a commercial disaster for ELP<ref>{{cite book |last=Stump |first=Paul |date=2005 |title=Gentle Giant: Acquiring the Taste |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vrF7IklgSU8C&pg=PA140 |location=[[London]] |publisher=SAF Publishing |page=140 |isbn=978-0-946719-61-7}}</ref>).

[[File:Emerson, Lake & Palmer 07.jpg|thumb|left |Emerson performing with ELP in 1992]]

Emerson also toured briefly in 1990 with [[The Best (band)|The Best]], a supergroup including [[John Entwistle]] of [[The Who]], [[Joe Walsh]] of the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]], [[Jeff "Skunk" Baxter]] of [[Steely Dan]] and [[The Doobie Brothers]], and [[Simon Phillips (drummer)|Simon Phillips]]. This project focused on covering songs from each of the members' past bands.<ref>Macan, ''Endless Enigma'', p. 520.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bbchron.blogspot.com/2011/01/best-kemerson-j-walsh-j-entwhistle.html |title=The Best (K.Emerson, J. Walsh, J. Entwhistle, J.Baxter, S.Phillips) - 1990-09-26 - Yokahama, Japan |author=BBKron |date=25 January 2011 |website=bbchron.blogspot.com |publisher=BB Chronicles |access-date=18 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010200722/http://bbchron.blogspot.com/2011/01/best-kemerson-j-walsh-j-entwhistle.html |archive-date=10 October 2011 }}</ref>

In the early 1990s, Emerson formed the short-lived group Aliens of Extraordinary Ability with [[Stuart Smith (musician)|Stuart Smith]], Richie Onori, Marvin Sperling and Robbie Wyckoff. The group's name came from the application process for a US [[visa (document)|work visa]], and the members included several British musicians who, like Emerson, had come to [[Los Angeles]] to further their careers.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rogers |first=John |date=1 February 2008 |title=Star Power Helps With Green Card: Hollywood Loves Its Foreign-Born Actors, But They Still Have Immigration Hurdles.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-01-et-expatriate1-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |location=[[Los Angeles, California]] |access-date=18 March 2016  |agency=[[Associated Press]]|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105231547/http://articles.latimes.com/2008/feb/01/entertainment/et-expatriate1 |archive-date=5 November 2011}}</ref> The group turned down a record deal with [[Samsung]] because of Emerson's commitment to an ELP reunion and Smith's involvement with a possible reformation of [[The Sweet]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockmusicstar.com/heavenearth/2013/3/24/heaven-earth-stuart-smith.html |title=Heaven & Earth - Stuart Smith |last1=Orwat |first1=Thomas S. Jr. |date=24 March 2013 |website=rockmusicstar.com |publisher=Rock Music Star (Thomas S. Orwat, Jr.) |access-date=18 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313033021/http://www.rockmusicstar.com/heavenearth/2013/3/24/heaven-earth-stuart-smith.html |archive-date=13 March 2016 |quote=...&nbsp;I was playing in a band called, Aliens of Extraordinary Ability, with Keith Emerson. We were offered a record deal with Samsung, but Keith decided to go back to Emerson, Lake and Palmer. I then got involved in the reformation of the band Sweet, which ended up not happening. }}</ref>