Editing Keith Emerson (section)

==Career==
===1965–1970: Early groups and The Nice===
While performing in the Worthing and Brighton area, Emerson played in John Brown's Bodies where members of The T-Bones, the backing band of blues singer [[Gary Farr]], offered him a place in their group.<ref name=EMM83/><ref name=P72/> After a subsequent UK and European tour with the T-Bones, the band split. Emerson then joined [[The V.I.P.'s (band)|The V.I.P.'s]],
which he described as a "purist blues band";<ref name=EMM83/> his noted flamboyance began when a fight broke out during a performance in France. Instructed by the band to keep playing, he produced some explosion and machine gun sounds with the Hammond organ, which stopped the fight. His band members told him to repeat the stunt at the next concert,<ref name=P72>{{cite web|url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/emerson-lake-and-palmer-super-group-of-the-seventies|title=Emerson Lake and Palmer: Super-Group of the Seventies!|first=Keith|last=Altham|magazine=Petticoat|date=4 November 1972|via=[[Rock's Backpages]]|access-date=18 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="Analog Days">{{cite book|title=Analog Days, The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer|url=https://archive.org/details/analogdaysinvent00pinc|url-access=registration|first1=Trevor |last1=Pinch |first2=Frank |last2=Trocco|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|year=2002|isbn=9780674008892}}</ref>{{page needed|date=July 2016}} where Emerson played the organ back to front.<ref name=EMM83/>

In 1967, Emerson formed [[The Nice]] with [[Lee Jackson (bassist)|Lee Jackson]], also of the T-Bones, [[David O'List]], and Ian Hague, after soul singer [[P. P. Arnold]] asked him to form a backing band.<ref name=TG16/> After replacing Hague with [[Brian Davison (drummer)|Brian Davison]], the group set out on its own, quickly developing a strong live following. The group's sound was centred on Emerson's [[Hammond organ]] showmanship and theatrical abuse of the instrument, and their radical rearrangements of classical music themes as "symphonic rock".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fowles |first1=Paul |date=2009 |title=A Concise History of Rock Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nW2-7BrEUOEC&pg=PA126 |location=[[Pacific, Missouri]] |publisher=[[Mel Bay|Mel Bay Publications]] |pages=126–127 |isbn=978-1-61911-016-8}}</ref><ref name=macanrtc65>{{cite book |last=Macan |first=Edward |date=1997 |title=Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture |url=https://archive.org/details/rockingclassicse0000maca |url-access=registration |location=[[Oxford]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/rockingclassicse0000maca/page/65 65] |isbn=0-19-509887-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Greene |first=Doyle |date=2016 |title=Rock, Counterculture and the Avant-Garde, 1966–1970: How the Beatles, Frank Zappa, and the Velvet Underground Defined an Era |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLWaCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA183 |location=[[Jefferson, North Carolina]] |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |page=183 |isbn=978-1-4766-6214-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Weigel |first=David |date=14 August 2012 |title=Prog Spring: Before It Was a Joke, Prog Was the Future of Rock 'n' Roll. |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/prog_spring/features/2012/prog_rock/history_of_prog_the_nice_emerson_lake_palmer_and_other_bands_of_the_1970s_.html |magazine=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |location=[[New York City]]  |access-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831011009/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/prog_spring/features/2012/prog_rock/history_of_prog_the_nice_emerson_lake_palmer_and_other_bands_of_the_1970s_.html |archive-date=31 August 2012 }}</ref> To increase the visual interest of his show, Emerson abused his Hammond L-100 organ by, among other things, hitting it, beating it with a whip, pushing it over, riding it across the stage like a horse, playing with it lying on top of him, and wedging knives into the keyboard.<ref name=milano /><ref name=cateforis>{{cite book |last=Cateforis |first=Theo |date=2011 |title=Are We Not New Wave? Modern Pop at the Turn of the 1980s |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MVrM3zKrHQC&pg=PA158 |location=[[Ann Arbor, Michigan]] |publisher=[[University of Michigan Press]] |page=158 |isbn=978-0-472-03470-3}}</ref> Some of these actions also produced musical sound effects: hitting the organ caused it to make explosion-like sounds,<ref name=romano>{{cite book |last=Romano |first=Will |date=2014 |title=Prog Rock FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Rock's Most Progressive Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UIqkCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT30 |location=[[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] |publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation|Backbeat Books]] |page=PT30 |isbn=978-1-61713-620-7}}</ref> turning it over made it [[Audio feedback|feed back]], and the knives held down keys, thus sustaining notes. Emerson's show with The Nice has been cited as having a strong influence on [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] musicians.<ref name=macanrtc65 />

Away from The Nice, Emerson was involved in the 1969 ''[[Music from Free Creek]]'' "supersession" project that included [[Eric Clapton]] and [[Jeff Beck]]. For the session, Emerson performed with drummer [[Mitch Mitchell]] and bassist [[Chuck Rainey]] covering, among other tunes, the [[Eddie Harris]] instrumental "Freedom Jazz Dance".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Sutherland |first=Sam |date=27 January 1973 |title=Studio Track |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT27 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |location=[[New York City]] |page=28 |access-date=13 March 2016 }}</ref>

Emerson first heard a [[Moog synthesizer]] when a record shop owner played him ''[[Switched-On Bach]]'' (1968) by [[Wendy Carlos]], and thought the instrument looked like "an electronic [[skiffle]]".<ref name="Analog Days" /> He got into contact with keyboardist [[Mike Vickers]], who had paid £4,000 to have one shipped from the US, and organised to play it at an upcoming The Nice concert at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] with the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]], in February and March 1970.<ref name=OTT84/> Vickers helped [[Synthesizer patch|patch]] the Moog, and the concert saw Emerson perform "[[Also sprach Zarathustra (Strauss)|Also sprach Zarathustra]]" by [[Richard Strauss]] with Vickers behind the machine to swap patches.<ref name=OTT84/><ref name="Analog Days" />

===1970–1979: Emerson, Lake & Palmer===
[[File:KeithEmersonPerforming.jpg|thumb|right|Emerson performing in concert with Emerson, Lake & Palmer in 1977]]

After The Nice split in March 1970, Emerson formed a new band, [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]] (ELP), with bassist [[Greg Lake]] from [[King Crimson]] and drummer [[Carl Palmer]] from [[Atomic Rooster]]. After four months of rehearsal, the band played its first shows and recorded its first album, having quickly obtained a record deal with [[Atlantic Records]]. ELP became popular immediately after their [[Isle of Wight Festival 1970|1970 Isle of Wight Festival]] performance, and continued to tour regularly throughout the 1970s. Not all were impressed, with [[BBC Radio 1]] DJ [[John Peel]] describing their Isle of Wight set as a "tragic waste of talent and electricity".<ref name=glancey/> Their set, with a half-million onlookers, involved "annihilating their instruments in a classical-rock blitz" and firing cannons from the stage,<ref>{{cite web|last=Reed |first=Ryan |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/emerson-lake-and-palmer-stage-debut/ |title=45 Years Ago: Emerson, Lake and Palmer Make Their Stage Debut |publisher=Ultimateclassicrock.com |date=13 August 2013 |access-date=20 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314065059/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/emerson-lake-and-palmer-stage-debut/ |archive-date=14 March 2016}}</ref> which had been tested out on a field near [[Heathrow Airport]].<ref name=glancey>{{cite news |last=Glancey |first=Jonathan |date=31 May 2002 |title=Keith Emerson – The Hendrix of the Hammond |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2002/may/31/shopping.artsfeatures1 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=[[London]] |access-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222413/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2002/may/31/shopping.artsfeatures1 |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>

====Use of synthesizers====
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ELP's record deal provided funds for Emerson to buy his own [[Moog modular synthesiser]] from the US, which was a preset model that had fewer leads and punch cards to call up certain patches.<ref name=OTT84/> He used the patch that Vickers provided, which contained six distinctive Moog sounds and became the foundation of ELP's sound.<ref name="Analog Days" /> It was a temperamental device, with the oscillators often going out of tune with temperature change.<ref name="Analog Days" /> Emerson was the first artist to tour with a Moog synthesiser. His "Monster Moog", built from numerous modules, weighed {{convert|550|lbs|kg}}, stood {{convert|10|ft|m|0}} tall and took four roadies to move. Even with its unpredictability, it became an indispensable component of not only ELP's concerts, but also Emerson's own.<ref>{{citation|last=Bernstein|first=David|newspaper=The New York Times|title=A Comeback for Another Classic Rocker: The Moog Synthesizer|date=29 September 2004}} "Mr. Emerson's towering, 10-foot-tall, 550-pound ''Monster Moog,'' as he called it, was an indispensable part of the group's concerts, even though it was often unreliable and difficult to play."</ref> His use of the Moog was so critical to the development of new Moog models that he was given prototypes, such as the Constellation, which he took on one tour,<ref name="Analog Days" /> and the Apollo, which had its début on "[[And did those feet in ancient time|Jerusalem]]" on ''[[Brain Salad Surgery]]'' (1973).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/elp-brain-salad-surgery/ |title=40 Years Ago: Emerson, Lake & Palmer Release 'Brain Salad Surgery'|last1=DeRiso |first1=Nick |date=19 November 2013 |website=ultimateclassicrock.com |publisher=[[Townsquare Media|Ultimate Classic Rock]] |access-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123080410/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/elp-brain-salad-surgery |archive-date=23 January 2015 }}</ref> As synthesiser technology evolved, Emerson went on to use a variety of other synthesisers, including the [[Minimoog]], [[Yamaha GX-1]], and several models by [[Korg]].

====As composer and arranger====
Emerson performed several notable rock arrangements of classical compositions, ranging from [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]] and [[Modest Mussorgsky]] to 20th-century composers such as [[Béla Bartók]], [[Aaron Copland]], [[Leoš Janáček]] and [[Alberto Ginastera]]. Occasionally Emerson quoted from classical and jazz works without giving credit, particularly early in his career.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tsioulcas |first=Anastasia |date=11 March 2016 |title=Remembering Keith Emerson, A Prog-Rock Legend |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2016/03/11/470119610/remembering-keith-emerson-a-prog-rock-legend |publisher=[[NPR]] |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |access-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312094648/http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2016/03/11/470119610/remembering-keith-emerson-a-prog-rock-legend |archive-date=12 March 2016}}</ref><ref>Romano, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UIqkCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT42 PT42].</ref> An early example of Emerson's arranging was the song "Rondo" by The Nice, which is a [[time signature|4/4]] interpretation of [[Dave Brubeck]]'s 9/8 composition "[[Blue Rondo à la Turk]]".<ref name=MrBrubeck>{{cite web|last=Emerson|first=Keith|title=Meeting Mr. Brubeck Again|url=http://www.keithemerson.com/MiscPages/2009/20090924-DaveBrubeck.html|work=Official Keith Emerson Website|access-date=10 February 2013|archive-date=5 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605091756/http://www.keithemerson.com/MiscPages/2009/20090924-DaveBrubeck.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> During live performances the piece is introduced by an extensive excerpt from the 3rd movement of Bach's ''[[Italian Concerto]]''.<ref name=hollyq>{{cite web |url=https://www.ramblingonmusic.com/single-post/2015/11/09/would-you-like-a-knife-with-that-keith-emerson-the-leatherdonned-daredevil-how-emerson-ch |title=Would You Like A Knife With That? Keith Emerson: The Leather-Donned Daredevil. How Emerson Changed The Role Of The Keyboardist Through Explicit Stage Presence and Performance |last1=Q. |first1=Holly |date=10 September 2015 |website=Rambingonmusic.com |publisher=Rambling On Music |access-date=13 March 2016 |archive-date=3 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203191104/https://www.ramblingonmusic.com/single-post/2015/11/09/would-you-like-a-knife-with-that-keith-emerson-the-leatherdonned-daredevil-how-emerson-ch |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On ELP's [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer (album)|eponymous first album]], Emerson's classical quotes went largely uncredited. In the 1973 reissue on the group's personal label, Manticore Records, the songs are credited correctly. By 1971, with the releases '' [[Pictures at an Exhibition (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album)|Pictures at an Exhibition]]'' and ''Trilogy'', ELP began to fully credit classical composers, including [[Modest Mussorgsky]] for the piano piece which inspired the ''Pictures'' album, and Aaron Copland for "Hoedown" on the ''Trilogy'' album. Emerson indicated in an interview that he based his version of ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' on Mussorgsky's original piano composition, rather than on [[Maurice Ravel]]'s later orchestration of the work.<ref name=prasademerson>{{cite web |url=http://www.innerviews.org/inner/emerson.html |title=Keith Emerson: Meshing Sonorities |last1=Prasad |first1=Anil |author-link=Anil Prasad |date=2015 |website=innerviews.org |publisher=Innerviews |access-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150905113757/http://www.innerviews.org/inner/emerson.html |archive-date=5 September 2015 }}</ref>

Following ELP's 1974 tour, the members agreed to put the band on temporary hiatus and pursue individual solo projects. During this time, Emerson composed his "[[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Emerson)|Piano Concerto No. 1]]" and recorded it with the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref name=welcomeback>{{cite AV media |people=Keith Emerson (interviewee) |year=1997 |title=Welcome Back&nbsp;... The ELP Story  |medium=Audio documentary |url=http://ladiesofthelake.com/audiofiles/elpstory.html |access-date=16 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007105430/http://ladiesofthelake.com/audiofiles/elpstory.html |archive-date=7 October 2015 |format=Audio CD  |publisher=[[Manticore Records]] (CD); Ladies of the Lake - A Greg Lake Tribute Site (transcription) |id=a55656 (M-CD102 PRO) }}</ref> According to Emerson, he was motivated by critical comments suggesting that he relied upon adapting classical works because he was unable to write his own music, and further motivated by the London Philharmonic "who weren't that helpful to begin with" and "had the attitude of 'What's a rock musician doing writing a piano concerto?'"<ref name=prasademerson /> Emerson said, "I wanted people to say, look, I'm a composer, I do write my own music, and what greater challenge than to write a piano concerto."<ref name=welcomeback /> The recording later appeared on ELP's album ''[[Works Volume 1]]''. Emerson's concerto has since been performed by classical pianists, most notably Jeffrey Biegel, who has performed it several times and recorded it with Emerson's permission.<ref name=prasademerson /><ref>{{cite news |last=Glenn |first=Gamboa | url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/keith-emerson-dead-keyboardist-of-rock-band-emerson-lake-and-palmer-was-71-1.11564608 | title=Keith Emerson dead; Emerson, Lake and Palmer keyboardist was 71 | newspaper=[[Newsday]] | location=[[Long Island, New York]] | date=11 March 2016 | access-date=26 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312095943/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/keith-emerson-dead-keyboardist-of-rock-band-emerson-lake-and-palmer-was-71-1.11564608 |archive-date=12 March 2016}}</ref>

In 1976, while still in ELP, Emerson also released his first solo record, the single "Honky Tonk Train Blues" b/w "Barrelhouse Shake-Down". "Honky Tonk Train Blues", Emerson's cover of a 1927 [[boogie-woogie]] piano song by [[Meade Lux Lewis]], reached {{Numero|21}} on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/keith-emerson-songs/ |title=Top 10 Keith Emerson Songs|last1=DeRiso |first1=Nick |website=ultimateclassicrock.com |date=11 March 2016 |publisher=[[Townsquare Media|Ultimate Classic Rock]] |access-date=17 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313112552/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/keith-emerson-songs/ |archive-date=13 March 2016 }}</ref><ref name=honkytonkchart>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/honky%20tonk%20train%20blues/ |title=Official Singles Chart Results Matching: Honky Tonk Train Blues |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=10 April 1976 |website=officialcharts.com |access-date=17 March 2016 }}</ref>

====Theatrics====
[[File:Keith Emerson (1980s).jpg|thumb|upright|Emerson in the mid-1990s]]

In addition to his technical skills at playing and composing, Emerson was a theatrical performer.<ref name="nytobit">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/12/arts/music/keith-emerson-70s-rock-showman-with-a-taste-for-spectacle-dies-at-71.html |title=Keith Emerson, '70s Rock Showman With a Taste for Spectacle, Dies at 71 |first=Ben |last=Ratliff |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=B7 |date=11 March 2016}}</ref> He cited guitarist [[Jimi Hendrix]] and organist [[Don Shinn (musician)|Don Shinn]] as his chief theatrical influences. While in ELP, Emerson continued to some degree the physical abuse of his Hammond organ that he had developed with The Nice, including playing the organ upside down while having it lie over him and using knives to wedge down specific keys and sustain notes during solos. He also engaged in knife throwing using a target fastened in front of his Leslie speakers.<ref>{{cite book |last=Macan |first=Edward |date=2006 |title=Endless Enigma: A Musical Biography of Emerson, Lake and Palmer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tXoIAQAAMAAJ |location=[[Chicago]] |publisher=[[Open Court Publishing Company]] |pages=24–26 |isbn=978-0-8126-9596-0}}</ref> He was given his trademark knife, an authentic Nazi dagger, by [[Lemmy Kilmister]], who was a roadie for The Nice in his earlier days.<ref name="Cider">{{cite book| first= Stuart| last= Maconie| year= 2004| title= Cider With Roadies| edition= 1st| publisher= [[Random House]]| location= [[London]]| isbn= 0-09-189115-9| page= 53}}</ref>

Emerson toned down his theatrics with the organ when ELP used more stage props for their shows. While touring ''Brain Salad Surgery'' from 1973 to 1974, at the end of the show, a sequencer in Emerson's Moog Modular synthesiser was set running at an increasing rate, with the synthesiser pivoting to face the audience while emitting smoke and deploying a large pair of silver bat wings from its back.<ref>Macan, ''Endless Enigma'', p. 332.</ref> The same tour featured one of Emerson's memorable live show stunts with ELP, which involved playing a piano suspended as high as 20 feet in mid-air and then rotated end-over-end with Emerson sitting at it. This was purely for visual effect, as the piano was fake and had no works inside, leaving Emerson to mime playing.<ref name=greglakepiano>{{cite web |url=http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/05/18/keith-actually-hurt-himself-doing-it-inside-emerson-lake-and-palmers-amazing-rotating-piano-stunt/ |title=Inside Emerson Lake and Palmer's Amazing Rotating Piano Stunt: 'Keith Actually Hurt Himself Doing It' |author=Something Else! |date=18 May 2013 |website=somethingelsereviews.com |publisher=Something Else! |access-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815185726/http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/05/18/keith-actually-hurt-himself-doing-it-inside-emerson-lake-and-palmers-amazing-rotating-piano-stunt/ |archive-date=15 August 2014 }}</ref> Emerson was introduced to Bob McCarthy, former circus employee on Long Island, New York who demonstrated the stunt piano for him at his home. It was used for shows at [[Madison Square Garden]] in December 1973 and the [[California Jam]] in April 1974, which was filmed. Emerson said: "After that every TV show I did came the question&nbsp;... Keith, how do you spin around on that piano? I'd say what about my music?{{'"}}<ref name=shasho>{{cite web |url=http://www.classicrockmusicwriter.com/2014/09/keith-emerson-interview-master-of.html |title=Keith Emerson Interview: 'Master of the Keyboards & Moog Synthesizer' – New 'Live CD' with Greg Lake |last1=Shasho |first1=Ray |date=26 September 2014 |website=classicrockmusicwriter.com |publisher=The Classic Rock Music Reporter (Ray Shasho) |access-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203015734/http://www.classicrockmusicwriter.com/2014/09/keith-emerson-interview-master-of.html |archive-date=3 December 2015 }}</ref> The stunt caused Emerson to suffer multiple finger injuries and a broken nose.<ref name=greglakepiano /> He wished to use it at the band's reunion concert in 2010, but was forbidden by the [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets|local authority]] who said that the plans did not meet health and safety standards.<ref name=shasho />

===1979–1991: Solo and group projects===
After ELP disbanded in 1979, Emerson pursued a variety of projects during the 1980s and 1990s, including solo releases, soundtrack work and other bands, including supergroup [[the Best (band)|the Best]]. In the early 1990s, Emerson rejoined the reunited ELP, but the group broke up again by the end of that decade.<ref name=classicbands>{{cite web |url=http://www.classicbands.com/elp.html |title=Emerson, Lake and Palmer |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=ClassicBands.com |access-date=19 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817063505/http://www.classicbands.com/elp.html |archive-date=17 August 2015 }}</ref>

====Solo career====
In 1981, Emerson released his debut solo album, ''Honky''. Recorded in [[the Bahamas]] with local musicians, it departed from Emerson's usual style in featuring [[calypso music|calypso]] and [[reggae]] songs, and was generally not well received,<ref name=perryhonky>{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Shawn |title=Honky: At the Movies: Off the Shelf |url=http://www.vintagerock.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=355 |publisher=Vintage Rock |website=Vintagerock.com |access-date=18 March 2016 }}</ref> except in Italy where it was a hit.<ref name=classicbands /> Emerson's subsequent solo releases were sporadic, including a Christmas album in 1988, and the album ''Changing States'' (also known as ''Cream of Emerson Soup'') recorded in 1989 but not released until 1995, after several of its songs had already been re-recorded and released in different versions on ELP's 1992 comeback album ''Black Moon''. ''Changing States'' also contained an orchestral remake of the ELP song "Abaddon's Bolero" with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and "The Church", which Emerson composed for the 1989 [[Michele Soavi]] horror film of the same name.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.backgroundmagazine.nl/CDreviews/KeithEmersonChangingStates.html |title=Keith Emerson — Changing States |last=Strik |first=Henri |editor-last=Ladiges |editor-first=Esther |location=[[Wijchen]], [[Netherlands]] |magazine=Background Magazine |publisher=backgroundmagazine.nl |access-date=19 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319022137/http://www.backgroundmagazine.nl/CDreviews/KeithEmersonChangingStates.html |archive-date=19 March 2016 }}</ref>

====Soundtrack work====
In the 1980s, Emerson began to write and perform music for films, as his orchestral and classical style was more suited for film work than for the [[new wave music|new wave]]-dominated pop/ rock market.<ref name=perryhonky /> He was given the script for ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'', but turned down the offer to score it.<ref name=EMM83/> Films for which Emerson contributed soundtrack music include [[Dario Argento]]'s ''[[Inferno (1980 film)|Inferno]]'' (1980), the action thriller ''[[Nighthawks (1981 film)|Nighthawks]]'' (1981) starring [[Sylvester Stallone]], (1984 film) Best Revenge, notable because he collaborated with [[Brad Delp]] from the rock band [[Boston (band)|Boston]] and [[Levon Helm]] from [[The Band]] both on vocals, and [[Garth Hudson]] also from The Band on accordion, that also featured an instrumental piece called "Dream Runner" that became a standard solo performance piece for Emerson during at ELP shows throughout the next decade, [[Lucio Fulci]]'s ''[[Murder Rock]]'' (1984), and Michele Soavi's ''[[The Church (1989 film)|The Church]]'' (also known as ''La chiesa'') (1989).<ref name=martin>{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Jeffery X |date=6 February 2015 |title=Music Review: Keith Emerson, "At the Movies" |url=http://popshifter.com/2015-02-06/music-review-keith-emerson-movies/ |publisher=Popshifter |website=Popshifter.com |access-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312222504/http://popshifter.com/2015-02-06/music-review-keith-emerson-movies/ |archive-date=12 March 2016 }}</ref> He was also the composer for the short-lived 1994 US animated television series ''[[Iron Man (TV series)|Iron Man]]''.<ref name=hammondhof /><ref>Macan, ''Endless Enigma'', p. 699.</ref>

====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>

===1991–1998: Reunion with ELP===
In 1991, ELP reformed for two more albums (''[[Black Moon (album)|Black Moon]]'' (1992) and ''[[In the Hot Seat]]'' (1994)) and world tours in 1992–1993. After the 1993 tour, Emerson was forced to take a year off from playing due to a nerve condition affecting his right hand (see [[#Health issues|Health issues]]). Following his recovery, ELP resumed touring in 1996, including a successful US tour with [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]], but broke up again in August 1998.<ref name=classicbands />

===1998–2016===
[[File:Keith Emerson & Moog 15May10.jpg|thumb|right|Emerson with his "Monster Moog" synthesiser, May 2010]]
Emerson participated in The Nice's reunion tour and a 40th anniversary show for ELP, preceded by a short duo tour with Greg Lake.  Apart from these reunions, he continued his solo career, releasing solo and soundtrack albums, touring with his own Keith Emerson Band, and making occasional guest appearances. Starting in 2010, he increasingly focused on orchestral collaborations. A documentary film based on his autobiography was reportedly in production at the time of his death in 2016.

====Reunion shows====
In 2002 Emerson reformed and toured with The Nice, though performing a longer set of ELP music using a backing band including guitarist/vocalist [[Dave Kilminster]].<ref name=anderson>{{cite web |url=http://s159645853.websitehome.co.uk/rockreviews/elp/R02oct06crs.htm |title=Keith Emerson & The Nice: London Royal Festival Hall: 6 Oct 2002 |last1=Anderson |first1=Doug |date=November 2002 |website=s159645853.websitehome.co.uk/ |publisher=Rock Reviews (RockReviews.co.uk) |access-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005220747/http://s159645853.websitehome.co.uk/rockreviews/elp/R02oct06crs.htm |archive-date=5 October 2008 }}</ref> During the spring of 2010, he toured with Greg Lake in the United States and Canada, doing a series of "Intimate Evening" duo shows in which they performed newly arranged versions of the music of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Nice, and [[King Crimson]] as well as Emerson's new original composition.<ref name=prasadlake>{{cite web |url=http://www.innerviews.org/inner/lake.html |title=Greg Lake: New Perspectives |last1=Prasad |first1=Anil |author-link=Anil Prasad |date=2011 |website=innerviews.org |publisher=Innerviews |access-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150501201431/http://www.innerviews.org/inner/lake.html |archive-date=1 May 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keithemerson.com/TourInfo/2010/20100211-EmersonLakeTourInfo.html |title=An Intimate Evening With Keith Emerson & Greg Lake |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=4 April 2010 |website=KeithEmerson.com |publisher=Keith Emerson |access-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414184905/http://www.keithemerson.com/TourInfo/2010/20100211-EmersonLakeTourInfo.html |archive-date=14 April 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keithemerson.com/TourInfo/2010/20100211-EmersonLake-Tour-dates.html |title=An Intimate Evening With Keith Emerson & Greg Lake (USA Tour Dates 2010) |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=18 April 2010 |website=KeithEmerson.com |publisher=Keith Emerson |access-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722171353/http://www.keithemerson.com/TourInfo/2010/20100211-EmersonLake-Tour-dates.html |archive-date=22 July 2015 }}</ref> On 25 July 2010, a one-off Emerson, Lake & Palmer reunion concert closed the [[High Voltage Festival]] as the main act in [[Victoria Park, East London]], to commemorate the band's 40th anniversary.<ref name=prasadlake /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/x2rj | title=Emerson, Lake & Palmer High Voltage Review | publisher=BBC | access-date=12 March 2016 | author=Diver, Mike}}</ref>

====Solo career and Keith Emerson Band====
Emerson continued his solo and soundtrack work into the 2000s. His solo releases included the all-piano album ''Emerson Plays Emerson'' (2002),<ref name=glancey /> several compilations, and contributions to [[Pink Floyd]] and [[Led Zeppelin]] tribute albums (see [[#Discography|Discography]]). He was also one of three composers who contributed to the soundtrack for the Japanese ''[[kaiju]]'' film ''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' (2004).<ref name=martin />

Following the August 2008 release of the album ''Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla'', Emerson also toured with his own self-named band in [[Russia]], the [[Baltic states|Baltic States]] and [[Japan]] between August and October 2008. The tour band members were [[Marc Bonilla]], Travis Davis and Tony Pia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keithemerson.com/TourInfo/2008/2008EEuroBalticTour.html |title=Eastern Europe and Baltic Tour 2008: Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=25 August 2008 |website=KeithEmerson.com |publisher=Keith Emerson |access-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629154648/http://www.keithemerson.com/TourInfo/2008/2008EEuroBalticTour.html |archive-date=29 June 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keithemerson.com/TourInfo/2008/2008JapanTourInfo.html |title=Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla: Japan Tour Schedule and Ticket Information |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1 September 2008 |website=KeithEmerson.com |publisher=Keith Emerson |access-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907033114/http://www.keithemerson.com/TourInfo/2008/2008JapanTourInfo.html |archive-date=7 September 2011 }}</ref>

====Orchestral collaborations====
Japanese composer [[Takashi Yoshimatsu]] worked with Emerson to create an arrangement of ELP's song "[[Tarkus (song)|Tarkus]]", which premiered on 14 March 2010, performed by the [[Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref name=shasho /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/keith-emerson/tarkus-by-tokyo-philharmonic-to-be-aired-in-japan-on-66/398630526751/ |title='Tarkus' by Tokyo Philharmonic to be Aired in Japan on 6/6 |last=Emerson |first=Keith |date=1 June 2010 |website=Facebook.com |publisher=Keith Emerson (official Facebook page) |access-date=16 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316062716/https://www.facebook.com/notes/keith-emerson/tarkus-by-tokyo-philharmonic-to-be-aired-in-japan-on-66/398630526751/ |archive-date=16 March 2016}}</ref> Yoshimatsu's arrangement has been featured in multiple live performances and two live recordings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.evmelia-festival.org/en/artists/composers/273-takashi-yoshimatsu-composer-in-residence-evmelia-v-2015-.html |title=Takashi Yoshimatsu: Composer-in-Residence (Evmelia V) 2016 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2016 |website=evmelia-festival.org |publisher=International Music Festival Evmelia |access-date=16 March 2016 |quote=He worked on the orchestration of Emerson Lake and Palmer's Work 'Tarkus' with much success leading to multiple Live Performances and 2 Live Recordings. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218144515/http://evmelia-festival.org/en/artists/composers/273-takashi-yoshimatsu-composer-in-residence-evmelia-v-2015-.html |archive-date=18 February 2016 }}</ref>

In September 2011, Emerson began working with Norwegian conductor [[Terje Mikkelsen]], along with the Keith Emerson Band featuring Marc Bonilla and the [[Munich Radio Orchestra]], on new orchestral renditions of ELP classics and their new compositions. The project "The Three Fates" was premiered in [[Norway]] in early September 2012, supervised by Norwegian professor and musician [[Bjørn Ole Rasch]] for the Norwegian [[Grappa Music|Simax label]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.backgroundmagazine.nl/Gigreviews/20120903ThreeFatesProjElephant9.html |title=BACKGROUND MAGAZINE Concert Review: Three Fates Project & Elephant 9 Oslo |publisher=Backgroundmagazine.nl |date=3 September 2012 |access-date=13 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Hägar |url=http://jurassic-rock.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/three-fates-project-elephant-9-live.html |title=File Under Jurassic Rock: Three Fates Project & Elephant 9 Live |publisher=Jurassic-rock.blogspot.co.uk |date=4 September 2012 |access-date=13 March 2016}}</ref> The work received its UK live premiere on 10 July 2015 at London's [[Barbican Centre]], with the [[BBC Concert Orchestra]], as part of the celebration of the life and work of Robert Moog.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moogsoundlab.uk/events.html |title=moogsoundlab.uk |publisher=moogsoundlab.uk |access-date=2016-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322171233/http://moogsoundlab.uk/events.html |archive-date=22 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Emerson made his conducting debut with Orchestra Kentucky of [[Bowling Green, Kentucky]] in September 2013. In October 2014, Emerson conducted the South Shore Symphony at his 70th birthday tribute concert at [[Molloy College]] in [[Rockville Centre]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. The concert also featured the premiere of his ''Three String Quartets'',<ref>{{cite news |last1=Danish |first1=Peter |title=BWW Reviews: Keith Emerson With the South Shore Symphony |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwclassical/article/BWW-Reviews-Keith-Emerson-With-the-South-Shore-Symphony-20141015 |access-date=11 April 2016 |agency=BWW Hub |date=14 October 2015}}</ref> and a performance of Emerson's "Piano Concerto No. 1" by Jeffrey Biegel.<ref name=malloyp1>{{cite news |last=Malloy |first=Mary |date=1 October 2014 |title='The Classical Legacy of a Rock Star': Keith Emerson's 70th Birthday Tribute Concert at Madison Theatre |url=http://liherald.com/baldwin/stories/The-Classical-Legacy-of-a-Rock-Star,59125?page=1&content_source= |newspaper=Baldwin Herald |location=[[Baldwin, Nassau County, New York]] |page=1 |access-date=16 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316073545/http://liherald.com/baldwin/stories/The-Classical-Legacy-of-a-Rock-Star%2C59125?page=1&content_source= |archive-date=16 March 2016 }}</ref><ref name=malloyp2>{{cite news |last=Malloy |first=Mary |date=1 October 2014 |title='The Classical Legacy of a Rock Star': Keith Emerson's 70th Birthday Tribute Concert at Madison Theatre |url=http://liherald.com/baldwin/stories/The-Classical-Legacy-of-a-Rock-Star,59125?page=2&content_source= |newspaper=Baldwin Herald |location=[[Baldwin, Nassau County, New York]] |page=2 |access-date=16 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316073812/http://liherald.com/baldwin/stories/The-Classical-Legacy-of-a-Rock-Star%2C59125?page=2&content_source= |archive-date=16 March 2016 }}</ref><ref name=malloyp3>{{cite news |last=Malloy |first=Mary |date=1 October 2014 |title='The Classical Legacy of a Rock Star': Keith Emerson's 70th Birthday Tribute Concert at Madison Theatre |url=http://liherald.com/baldwin/stories/The-Classical-Legacy-of-a-Rock-Star,59125?page=3&content_source= |newspaper=Baldwin Herald |location=[[Baldwin, Nassau County, New York]] |page=3 |access-date=16 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316074127/http://liherald.com/baldwin/stories/The-Classical-Legacy-of-a-Rock-Star%2C59125?page=3&content_source= |archive-date=16 March 2016 }}</ref>

====Other appearances and activities====
In 2000, Emerson was a featured panelist and performer at "The Keyboard Meets Modern Technology", an event honouring Moog presented by the [[Smithsonian]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], in conjunction with a gallery exhibition celebrating the 300th anniversary of the piano.<ref>{{cite news |last=Porter |first=Christopher |date=14 April 2000 |title=The Keyboard Meets Modern Technology |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/19445/the-keyboard-meets-modern-technology |newspaper=[[Washington City Paper]] |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |access-date=16 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930164443/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/19445/the-keyboard-meets-modern-technology |archive-date=30 September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Crawford |first=Franklin |date=23 August 2005 |title=Robert Moog, Ph.D. '64, Inventor of the Music Synthesizer, Dies of Brain Cancer |url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2005/08/robert-moog-dies-71|newspaper=[[Cornell Chronicle]] |location=[[Ithaca, New York]] |access-date=16 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130045134/http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2005/08/robert-moog-dies-71 |archive-date=30 January 2016}}</ref> Emerson later headlined both the first and third [[Moogfest]], a festival held in honour of [[Robert Moog]], at the [[B.B. King|B. B. King Blues Club & Grill]] at [[Times Square]] in New York City, in 2004 and 2006 respectively.<ref>{{cite web |last=Emerson |first=Keith |author-link=Keith Emerson |url=http://www.keithemerson.com/Gallery/2004Appearances/18MayMoogFest/2004May18.html |title=Photos – 18 May 2004 – MoogFest |publisher=Official Website |date=18 May 2004 |access-date=10 November 2011 |archive-date=12 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312073544/http://www.keithemerson.com/Gallery/2004Appearances/18MayMoogFest/2004May18.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Mick |title=An Electrifying Journey: Origin of a Music Festival Celebrating Innovator Bob Moog |url=http://www.thetunedinn.com/article/electrifying-journey-origin-music-festival-celebrating-innovator-bob-moog |publisher=The Tuned Inn |location=Brooklyn, NY |date=29 September 2011 |access-date=10 November 2011 |archive-date=12 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312215658/http://thetunedinn.com/article/electrifying-journey-origin-music-festival-celebrating-innovator-bob-moog |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Emerson opened the [[Led Zeppelin]] reunion/[[Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert]] at the [[The O2 Arena (London)|O2 Arena]] in London on 10 December 2007,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/dec/16/popandrock.ledzeppelin | title=One Step Closer to Heaven | work=The Guardian | date=16 December 2007 | access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref> along with [[Chris Squire]] and [[Alan White (Yes drummer)|Alan White]] ([[Yes (band)|Yes]]) and [[Simon Kirke]] ([[Bad Company]]/[[Free (band)|Free]]). The supergroup played a new arrangement of "[[Fanfare for the Common Man (Emerson, Lake & Palmer song)|Fanfare for the Common Man]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Tim |date=February 2008 |title=Ahmet Ertegun Tribute: London Greenwich 02 Arena: 10th December, 2007 |url=http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/ahmet-ertegun-tribute |magazine=[[Record Collector]] |location=United Kingdom |publisher=[[Metropolis International|Diamond Publishing]] |access-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313214654/http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/ahmet-ertegun-tribute |archive-date=13 March 2016}}</ref> Emerson also made a guest appearance in 2009 on [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap]]'s album ''[[Back from the Dead (Spinal Tap album)|Back from the Dead]]'',<ref name="blabbermouth">{{cite web |title=SPINAL TAP: Entire New Album Available For Streaming |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121958 |date=15 June 2009 |publisher=[[blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=15 June 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090618073503/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121958| archive-date= 18 June 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> and played on several songs at Spinal Tap's "One Night Only World Tour" at [[Wembley Arena]] on 30 June 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last=McDermott |first=Lucy |date=1 July 2009 |title=Spinal Tap World Tour: For One Night Only |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/comedy/2009/07/spinal-tap-world-tour-for-one-night-only.shtml |work=BBC News |access-date=13 March 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313232047/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/comedy/2009/07/spinal-tap-world-tour-for-one-night-only.shtml |archive-date=13 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=info@keith-emerson.com |url=http://www.keithemerson.com/MiscPages/2009/20090628-SpinalTap.html |title=Official Keith Emerson Website - Spinal Tap @ Wembley Arena |publisher=Keithemerson.com |access-date=13 March 2016 |archive-date=28 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228044648/http://www.keithemerson.com/MiscPages/2009/20090628-SpinalTap.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/spinal-tap/2009/wembley-arena-london-england-63d14a4f.html |title=Spinal Tap Concert Setlist at Wembley Arena, London on June 30, 2009 |publisher=setlist.fm |access-date=13 March 2016}}</ref>

In 2004 Emerson published his autobiography entitled ''Pictures of an Exhibitionist'', which dealt with his life up to his nearly career-ending nerve-graft surgery in 1993.<ref name=keautobio>{{cite book |last=Emerson |first=Keith |date=2004 |title=Pictures of an Exhibitionist |location=[[London]] |publisher=[[John Blake Publishing|John Blake Publishing, Ltd.]] |isbn=1-84454-053-7}}</ref><ref name=wakeman>{{cite news |last=Wakeman |first=Rick |author-link=Rick Wakeman |date=19 December 2003 |title=Naughty But Nice |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/dec/20/highereducation.biography |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=[[London]] |access-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912175705/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/dec/20/highereducation.biography |archive-date=12 September 2014}}</ref> In 2007, Emerson began working with Canadian independent filmmaker Jason Woodford to make a documentary film based on his autobiography.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=28 August 2013 |title=West Kelowna Filmmaker to Tell Story of Keith Emerson |url=http://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/221542171.html |newspaper=Kelowna Capital News |location=[[Kelowna]], [[British Columbia]] |access-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313222931/http://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/221542171.html |archive-date=13 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=18 August 2013 |title=Emerson: Pictures of an Exhibitionist from Canada |url=http://worthingdaily.co.uk/entertainment/emerson-pictures-of-an-exhibitionist-from-canada/ |newspaper=Worthing Daily |location=[[Worthing]], [[West Sussex]] |access-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819014519/http://worthingdaily.co.uk/entertainment/emerson-pictures-of-an-exhibitionist-from-canada/ |archive-date=19 August 2013 }}</ref> As of March 2016, production was still ongoing and the filmmakers were seeking funding to finish the film, according to the webpage of an artists' management company representing Emerson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artisttrove.com/artist/143631545730732/QEDG+Management |title=Emerson, Lake & Palmer |date=March 2016 |website=artisttrove.com |publisher=QEDG Management |access-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313224207/http://www.artisttrove.com/artist/143631545730732/QEDG%2BManagement |archive-date=13 March 2016 }}</ref>