Talk:Carl Palmer

message: "Ringo Starr purchased and donated Palmer's 2½ ton stainless steel drum kit."
donated to whom? and this shouldn't be in the 'influences' section. I tried to search this fact and found it repeated on blogs that the drums were given to Zak Starr, but nothing concrete.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.152.246.43 (talk) 12:19, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: In a biography of ELP, I don't remember which book, the purchase by Ringo Starr is mentioned. Hansung02 (talk) 17:00, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Ringo para is ambiguous

message: text says "Carl Palmer live with Asia (2006)"
yet image backdrop shows Carl Palmer band logo not an Asia backdrop—Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.145.191.29 (talk • contribs) 15 March 2008
:Good catch. It looks like someone changed the image but left the old caption. I've removed it. --Bongwarrior (talk) 09:55, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't like the change of image in the infobox. Carl Palmer is known for his fantastic ability and huge set up on the drums. I know that normally we place the most recent photo in the infobox, however it isn't a RULE. The new one is nice, but to have an outstanding drummer with a dinky little tambourine in his hand to me, looks pitiful. I placed the old photo (black and white from the ELP days) in here. But I feel that the one at the drums is most representative of him, it's less than two years apart, shows his face AND his drum kit, and the other photo could just as easily be placed in the spot where the first photo has been moved. I really feel strongly about this, here. There was truly no need to move a fine and colorful picture like that. --leahtwosaints (talk) 08:12, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: My complaint above about the previous photo that was in the infobox (just above)-- not needing to be moved is now doubled. BOTH photos were taken in the same year. Someone placed "2008" in the caption in the infobox, when both the photo just moved with his drum kit to the discography section in favor of just him both were taken in 2006. Give Palmer back his drums! It's as if he was emasculated or something.--leahtwosaints (talk) 08:12, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Stick with the current close-up. Infobox images should always show the clearest picture of the subjects face. Wikipedia isn't a fanpage. It's an information page. The picture of him playing drums is still in the article. Just in a more appropriate location. The Real Libs-speak politely 12:09, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is too much, really. 

message: Article needs info on Palmer's early bands, The King Bees, which evolved into (The) Craig, and Chris Farlowe's Thunderbirds. The Summer 2012 Ugly Things magazine has a good article on the first bands. googuse (talk) 08:06, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early bands 

message: Can we skip the endorsements of all his "equipment" brands and models?    This doesn't belong here and really is irrelevant anyway. --71.10.155.250 (talk) 01:50, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Many people researching instrumentalists are quite interested in what instruments they use. I don't see a problem with documenting that, as such. I do have an issue with how badly most of this is sourced, though. TJRC (talk) 21:05, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree on listing the equipment: in most articles in professional (rock) music periodicals on individual musicians, they mention the complete equipment with amplifiers, mikes, etc. because fellow musicians are interested in how a particular musician achieves his individual sound. Equipment can also change during the years (see for instance Emerson or Jon Lord or Tony Banks) resulting in a different sound. Hansung02 (talk) 16:57, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Equipment 

message: I looked around and couldn't find a simple answer. Type it in Google and it takes you to Carl Palmers Wiki page but I still didn't find the answer. Does anybody know?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.160.13.173 (talk) 00:06, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know much about Robert Palmer but it seems highly unlikely. The two were born in quite different towns, although only a few years apart, and the fact that both have Palmer as their surname doesn't mean anything: Palmer is a very common surname in the English language, so they very well can stem from quite different families. Someone would have to do a genealogy search to find out conclusively, but I don't know where the sources for such a query can be found. Maybe somebody in Britain? Hansung02 (talk) 16:50, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Simple Question, often asked but not answered anywhere: Is Robert Palmer related to Carl Palmer?