| This article needs additional citations for verification.Yes are an English progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968.Yes uses symphonic and other so called 'classical' structures with their blend of musical styles in an innovative "marriage" of music.Despite a great many lineup changes, occasional splits and many changes in popular music, the band has continued for over 35 years and still retains a strong international following.Early years
Yes was formed in 1968 by vocalist Jon Anderson and bassist Chris Squire.Anderson had already recorded a single in 1964 as a member of The Warriors, a beat band formed by his brother Tony, and later sang on a couple of 45s for Parlophone Records under the pseudonym Hans Christian.The two had a common interest in vocal harmony and began working together soon afterwards,.Squire was in a band called Mabel Greer's Toyshop with Clive Bailey, and Anderson also started singing with the group.The group had also included guitarist Peter Banks.Tony Kaye, the band became Yes.Banks came up with the three letter name, with the rationale that it would stand out on posters.The classically trained Kaye had already been in a series of unsuccessful groups (Johnny Taylor's Star Combo, The Federals, and Jimmy Winston and His Reflections).Yes played their first show at East Mersey Youth Camp in England on August 4, 1968.Soon after this, they opened for Cream at their 1968 Farewell Concert from Royal Albert Hall.In September, they subbed for an absent Sly and The Family Stone at Blaise's and as a result of that appearance gained a residency at The Marquee club.Soon after, they made their first radio appearance on John Peel's programme and, when Melody Maker columnist Tony Wilson selected them and Led Zeppelin as the two bands "Most Likely To Succeed" (as he states on the liner notes of the band's debut LP), it appeared that their future was assured.Their eponymous debut album was released on July 25, 1969.The harmony vocals of Anderson and Squire were an immediate trademark of the Yes sound.The band's optimistic, vaguely futuristic outlook on the world was delivered with a combination of melody and virtuosity.Notably, the album was given a favourable review by Lester Bangs in Rolling Stone magazine, which described the band as promising, the album displaying a "sense of style, taste and subtlety".Tomorrow guitarist Steve Howe was hired.Howe was included in the front cover photo of the American release despite not having played on the album.The 1970s Yes recordings are still considered the classic Yes sound by many fans.Rick Wakeman (and Patrick Moraz) and Steve Howe's respective keyboard and guitar solos, Bill Bruford's and later Alan White's polyrhythmic drumming and Chris Squire's highly melodic and discursive bass playing, enhanced by the sound of his Rickenbacker model RM1999 bass.White was considered by some to be one of the best in rock music at this time.Tomorrow guitarist Steve Howe gave Yes a new cutting edge.The group's emerging style coalesced on their next LP, the critically acclaimed The Yes Album, which for the first time consisted entirely of original compositions by the band.Eddie Offord, whose studio expertise was a key factor in creating the Yes sound.Tony Kaye left the band, and though some reports attest that he was fired, others indicate that he left voluntarily, but it is typically reported that the decision had to do with this unwillingness to use modern keyboard technology, as he considered himself to be simply an organist.He soon formed the group, Badger.Yes guitarist Peter Banks eventually formed their own progressive rock band, Flash (band).Oddly, Flash was accused of stealing Yes's musical sound, when it was Peter Banks and Tony Kaye who were themselves instrumental in forming that very sound.As a soloist, Wakeman proved to be the perfect foil for Steve Howe.The excellent organ work on the track is actually played by Bruford.Yes sound in place.With Wakeman on board, Yes entered what some consider their most fertile and successful period, cutting two highly acclaimed LPs.Yes enjoyed enormous commercial and critical success around the world and became one of the most popular concert attractions of the day.Fragile also marked the beginning of a long collaboration with artist Roger Dean, who designed the group's logo and their album covers, as well as their stage sets."Starship Trooper" from The Yes Album.In fact, White was brought into Yes several months before the September, 1972, release of Close To The Edge.Yessongs, recorded on their world tour in late 1972 and early 1973.The album included two tracks with Bruford, notably the song "Perpetual Change" with an extended Bruford drum solo, as well as backing Chris Squire in his solo "The Fish," while White played drums on the rest of the tracks.White learned the tremendously ambitious repertoire in a matter of three days before embarking on the tour.White, a friend of Anderson's and Offord's, had sat in with the band once during the weeks before Bruford's departure.Yessongs was a hugely ambitious project and undoubtedly a major gamble for their label, Atlantic Records.Topographic Oceans earned mixed reviews and left many feeling that the band was beginning to overreach itself.Coming after extensive touring, the album was later described by Jon Anderson as "the meeting point of high ideals and low energy."Rick Wakeman, in particular, was not pleased with the album, and to this day speaks ill of much of it.Eddie Jobson, formed under the name UK.Perpetual change
Wakeman was replaced by Swiss musician Patrick Moraz for Relayer in 1974."The Gates of Delirium," from which the "Soon" section was put out as a limited single release.At the same time, Yesterdays was released, containing tracks from the first two albums, as well as "America" as the opening track.The group commenced sessions for a new album.There is some confusion about the chain of events, but after a considerable amount of negotiation, Rick Wakeman rejoined the band on a "session musician" basis.The confusion comes from Moraz being on record as saying he feels he deserves credit for much of the music on the resulting album.Certainly Howe has also stated that the group "tried to remove as much of Patrick from the songs as possible", so it would appear that he did contribute to the initial sessions.Ultimately, Moraz ended up at the top of the ambiguous "thanks to..."Apart from the 15 minute track "Awaken", the resulting album, Going for the One, the first not to feature Roger Dean artwork since The Yes Album, was mostly made up of shorter songs, including "Wonderous Stories," released as a single in the UK in 1977.This album and the next, 1978's Tormato featuring the same lineup, were successful in spite of being released at the height of the punk rock era in Britain, during which Yes were often criticized by the music press as representing the most bloated excesses of early 1970s progressive rock.Ironically, Yes outlasted almost all the groups of that era as well.Fans of the "classic" Yes sound were happiest with the last track, the driving, symphonic and jazzy "On the Silent Wings of Freedom," propelled by White's energetic kick drum and Squire's harmonized bass.The album artwork would see large changes as well, with design firm Hipgnosis taking a turn once again with their combination of manipulated photography and graphical elements in lieu of the traditional Roger Dean approach.For many fans, this artwork did not properly capture the iconic "Yes" look, though it was arguably as much of a visual departure as that of the music.In October, 1979, Yes convened in Paris with producer Roy Thomas Baker, fresh off his success producing Queen's album Jazz.There are a number of statements by band members and rumors as to why the sessions did not produce a formal album.Anderson's music, some of which appeared on his 1980 solo album Song of Seven.In December, the sessions ended when Alan White broke his foot.There is also strong specualtion that Anderson and the remaining members of the band had a falling out over money issues and claims and counterclaims of members spending more than their fair share of their group monies.By May, 1980, the situation reached a conclusion with Anderson departing Yes as no agreement could be reached over musical direction and financial remuneration.With Anderson leaving, Rick Wakeman followed suit, thinking that Yes could not continue without its primary voice.We Can Fly From Here' which had been written with Yes in mind.They accepted the invitation and performed on the Drama album in 1980.Drama clearly displayed a heavier, harder sound than the material Yes recorded with Anderson in 1979, opening with the hard rock, lengthy track "Machine Messiah."Downes contribution, many other Yes followers missed Anderson's unique lyrics and vocal style.The general consensus is that Horn performed the vocals for their new material on tour very well (although he had no experience fronting a band that performed on the scale of Yes shows) but that he struggled on the classic Yes material as it was not in his range.When the band returned to England later in 1980, the English press heaped great criticism on Horn and Yes.Ultimately, Trevor Horn left to pursue music production.Alan White and Chris Squire left Yes but continued working together, beginning sessions with former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant failed to get interested.XYZ produced a few demo tracks, elements of which would appear in later Yes music (most notably "Mind Drive" from Keys to Ascension 2, and "Can You Imagine," from Magnification).Downes and Howe, who were left holding the bag of Yes as it were, opted not to continue Yes.Ridiculously Successful Comeback Album"
In 1982, over a year after the breakup of Yes, Chris Squire and Alan White formed a new group, dubbed Cinema with guitarist Trevor Rabin (late of the band Rabbitt).Original Yes organist Tony Kaye was invited to participate as Squire felt that Kaye's textural approach to keyboards would suit the band.Impressed with the band's new approach in songs like "Leave It," Anderson was invited by Squire to add his vocals to the new project and Anderson accepted the invitation, resulting in the "accidental" reformation of Yes.To distinguish them from those who prefer the classic Yes (sometimes called "Troopers"), fans of this lineup were often called "Generators", taken from this lineup's second album, Big Generator.However, it should be noted that many Yes fans enjoy both periods of the group's music.The band's first album since the reunion, 90125 was a radical departure from their earlier sound.Yes vocalist) Trevor Horn.Yes' most commercially successful album by far, 90125 eventually sold over six million copies and secured a new lease on life for Yes, who toured over a year to support it.The keyboardist appearing in the video for this song was Eddie Jobson.In 1986, Yes began recording Big Generator.Unfortunately, interpersonal problems (chiefly between Squire and Anderson) kept the album from timely completion, and ultimately Trevor Rabin took a hand in its final production.Some Yes fans have considered Big Generator more faithful to the vintage Yes sound than its predecessor due to a concentrated effort to record longer songs such as the fan favorites "I'm Running" and "Shoot High, Aim Low" in addition to the more poppy tunes."Rhythm of Love" barely scraping the Top 40.The 1988 tour ended with a gig at Madison Square Garden as part of Atlantic Records's 40th anniversary celebrations, but left Yes members exhausted and frustrated with one another.He wanted the band to return to its classic sound.Following the 1988 tour, Anderson, asserting that he would never stay in the band purely for the money, began working with former Yes members Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, and Bill Bruford.Some in the group (particularly Bill Bruford) wanted to distance themselves from the "Yes" name.As it turned out, the former Yes members were contractually unable to use the name, as Squire, White, Kaye, Rabin (and, ironically, Anderson) held the rights, dating back to the 90125 contract.The project included Tony Levin on bass, brought in by Bruford after the two had worked together in King Crimson.Appealing to old and new Yes fans, their eponymous 1989 album featured "Brother of Mine," a popular MTV video in its own right, and went gold in the United States.Howe has stated publicly that he was unhappy with the mix of his guitars on the album (a version of "Fist of Fire" with more of Howe's guitars left intact eventually appeared on the In a Word box set in 2001).Yes men take part in the recording sessions.After the album's release, legal battles (sparked by Atlantic Records) soon followed over the title of ABWH's tour, An Evening of Yes Music Plus, the live recording of which featured Bruford colleague Jeff Berlin in Levin's bassist spot, who was forced to sit out for two weeks due to illness.In addition, the live sessions were augmented by second keyboardist Julian Colbeck and guitarist Milton McDonald.The tour alternated between music from AWBH and vintage Yes classics, and each night opened with short solo stints from all four Yes members.Hodgson enjoyed working with the group but thought it unwise to attempt to pass off the music as Yes.Arista, ABWH's new label, encouraged ABWH to seek outside songwriters, and Trevor Rabin ultimately sent a demo.This would lead to the end of Yes having new albums released by Atlantic Records after more than 20 years of their initial recording contract.Throughout early 1991, phone calls were made, lawyers soothed, and agreements were struck, with Yes West joining ABWH for the Union album.Each group did its own songs, with Jon Anderson singing on all tracks.Chris Squire sang background vocals on a few of the ABWH tracks (with Tony Levin doing all the bass on those songs).Anderson, Squire, Howe, Rabin, Kaye, Wakeman, Bruford, and White, but the album itself proved less than the sum of its parts.ABWH compositions, while Trevor Rabin and Chris Squire contributed four songs (including a Billy Sherwood collaboration).When the tour was over in 1992, Bill Bruford and Steve Howe recorded an album of Yes instrumental music reinterpreted by an orchestra for RCA Victor, which featured Jon Anderson's vocals on two of the songs.Entitled The Symphonic Music of Yes, the album offered some fresh sonic presentations of Yes masterpieces; it remains debatable, however, whether or not the concept warranted the length of the actual finished recording.After the release of this album, Bill Bruford chose not to remain involved in future Yes possibilities.Jon Anderson began writing with both Howe and Rabin separately but eventually the former was not asked to be on the next album by the record label (Victory Music), which had approached Rabin with a proposal to produce an album solely with the 90125 lineup, to which Rabin initially countered by requesting Wakeman be included.Rabin did guest on Wakeman's Return to the Centre of the Earth album in 1999).Yes was back to its popular 1980s lineup of Anderson, Squire, Rabin, Kaye, and White.In 1994, Yes released Talk on Victory Music, one of the group's poorest selling releases.David Letterman heard the song while driving and immediately sought to find the "new band" and have them appear on the Late Show, which they did on June 20, 1994, just days into their Talk tour, performing "Walls" from Talk).Jon Anderson and Trevor Rabin's collaboration resulted in a remarkable fusion of 'old' and 'new' Yes.California town of San Luis Obispo in 1996.The new studio cuts from those two albums were later reissued on a single CD called Keystudio.Wakeman left the group yet again before the release of Keys to Ascension 2 after a Yes tour was planned without his input, and because of his frustration over the decision to bury the Keystudio studio tracks on redundant live albums.Billy Sherwood immediately joined Yes on keyboards and guitar.Squire and Sherwood were forced to released a different set of songs they were working on as Conspiracy.The band would release this and all the rest of their future releases on the Beyond Music label to ensure they have more of a say in packaging and titling the albums.The tour that followed featured only a few pieces from the new album, and mostly concentrated on the revival of classic Yes material such as "Siberian Khatru."Yes music, was considered an exciting development by many fans.The tour also featured keyboards from Russian keyboard player Igor Khoroshev, who had played on a few of the Open Your Eyes tracks.Khoroshev was later made a full time member for the following album The Ladder.This would be the last album that record producer Bruce Fairbairn would work on before an untimely death.Many fans were reminded of the band's classic 1970s sound, largely because of Khoroshev's keyboards.The 1999 tour resulted in a live DVD of the performance at the Las Vegas House of Blues."The Gates of Delirium" (from the album Relayer).Khoroshev was fired from the band after the tour due to a cloud of controversy over his backstage conduct including a sexual assault charge, just before the recording of the 2001 orchestral release Magnification.On tour, however, the band hired keyboardist Tom Brislin to augment the orchestra since the orchestra alone could not faithfully reproduce some of the classic Yes keyboard material.Rick Wakeman announced his return to the group on April 20, 2002, and a world tour for Yes followed, including a return to Australia after more than 30 years.Reacting to an online survey of popular Yes songs to play, the band added "South Side of the Sky" to the touring set list, a surprise given that it was rarely played before, even on the original Fragile tours.Near the end of the song "And You and I" where Howe finishes his pedal steel part, before the last few acoustic notes, the band was overwhelmed with thunderous applause.One report said that Anderson needing time to rest, under doctors' orders, and that Wakeman declined to join in because of Anderson's absence.In 2005, DJ Max Graham sampled and remixed Yes' "Owner of a Lonely Heart", credited to Max Graham Vs.The song reached the Top 10 on the UK Singles Chart.Since 2004, Yes has been on indefinite hiatus.While Howe, Squire, Wakeman and White have all expressed an interest in recording and touring, Anderson has been firmly opposed.Their debut album, also called White, was released on April 18, 2006.Yes groups from the 1960s.Plans for a joint tour by White, The Syn, and Steve Howe, which would have included the Yes members (with the singer from White) performing songs from Drama, were canceled as a result of visa 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1.Early years
Yes was formed in 1968 by vocalist Jon Anderson and bassist Chris Squire.Anderson had already recorded a single in 1964 as a member of The Warriors, a beat band formed by his brother Tony, and later sang on a couple of 45s for Parlophone Records under the pseudonym Hans Christian.He was also briefly a member of the group Gun.Then, in May 1968, he met Anderson in a Soho nightclub, La Chasse, where Anderson was working.The two had a common interest in vocal harmony and began working together soon afterwards,.Squire was in a band called Mabel Greer's Toyshop with Clive Bailey, and Anderson also started singing with the group.Drummer Bill Bruford was recruited from an ad he had placed in Melody Maker, replacing Bob Hagger.Bruford had played just three gigs with Blues revivalists Savoy Brown before leaving.Tony Kaye, the band became Yes.Banks came up with the three letter name, with the rationale that it would stand out on posters.The classically trained Kaye had already been in a series of unsuccessful groups (Johnny Taylor's Star Combo, The Federals, and Jimmy Winston and His Reflections).Yes played their first show at East Mersey Youth Camp in England on August 4, 1968.Soon after this, they opened for Cream at their 1968 Farewell Concert from Royal Albert Hall.In September, they subbed for an absent Sly and The Family Stone at Blaise's and as a result of that appearance gained a residency at The Marquee club.Soon after, they made their first radio appearance on John Peel's programme and, when Melody Maker columnist Tony Wilson selected them and Led Zeppelin as the two bands "Most Likely To Succeed" (as he states on the liner notes of the band's debut LP), it appeared that their future was assured.Their eponymous debut album was released on July 25, 1969.The harmony vocals of Anderson and Squire were an immediate trademark of the Yes sound.Time and a Word featured mostly original compositions and two cover songs, Richie Havens's "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed", and "Everydays" by Stephen Stills, originally recorded by Buffalo Springfield.Although musically exceptional in terms of melody delivery, the orchestra (and keyboardist Tony Kaye) overpowered Banks and much of the vocal work, leaving Time and a Word somewhat uneven.The 1970s Yes recordings are still considered the classic Yes sound by many fans.Vocal verses alternated with atmospheric instrumental interludes, frenetic ensemble passages and extended guitar, keyboard and bass improvisations.White was considered by some to be one of the best in rock music at this time.Tomorrow guitarist Steve Howe gave Yes a new cutting edge.The group's emerging style coalesced on their next LP, the critically acclaimed The Yes Album, which for the first time consisted entirely of original compositions by the band.Eddie Offord, whose studio expertise was a key factor in creating the Yes sound.Tony Kaye left the band, and though some reports attest that he was fired, others indicate that he left voluntarily, but it is typically reported that the decision had to do with this unwillingness to use modern keyboard technology, as he considered himself to be simply an organist.He was replaced by the classically trained Rick Wakeman, who had just left The Strawbs and was already a noted studio musician with credits including David Bowie and Lou Reed.Wakeman brought the keyboards up to a level of improvisational skill comparable with that of Howe's guitar, a rare situation for a rock group even today.Yes guitarist Peter Banks eventually formed their own progressive rock band, Flash (band).Oddly, Flash was accused of stealing Yes's musical sound, when it was Peter Banks and Tony Kaye who were themselves instrumental in forming that very sound.As a soloist, Wakeman proved to be the perfect foil for Steve Howe.Yes sound in place.With Wakeman on board, Yes entered what some consider their most fertile and successful period, cutting two highly acclaimed LPs.Yes enjoyed enormous commercial and critical success around the world and became one of the most popular concert attractions of the day.They also notably benefited from the tremendous advances in live music technology that were taking place at that time, and they were renowned for the high quality of both their sound and lighting.Fragile also marked the beginning of a long collaboration with artist Roger Dean, who designed the group's logo and their album covers, as well as their stage sets.Some consider the album Close to the Edge to be the high point of the whole progressive rock genre."Starship Trooper" from The Yes Album.Before the release of Close To The Edge, and at the height of the band's success, Bill Bruford announced that he was quitting to join King Crimson.In fact, White was brought into Yes several months before the September, 1972, release of Close To The Edge.Yessongs, recorded on their world tour in late 1972 and early 1973.The album included two tracks with Bruford, notably the song "Perpetual Change" with an extended Bruford drum solo, as well as backing Chris Squire in his solo "The Fish," while White played drums on the rest of the tracks.Yessongs was a hugely ambitious project and undoubtedly a major gamble for their label, Atlantic Records.Rick Wakeman, in particular, was not pleased with the album, and to this day speaks ill of much of it.Increasing interpersonal tensions between Wakeman and the rest of the band, as well as Wakeman's own burgeoning solo career, led him to quit at the end of the Tales tour in 1974.Eddie Jobson, formed under the name UK.Wakeman himself embarked on a long, productive solo career, in addition to his projects with the English Rock Ensemble, film scores, and collaborations with other artists."The Gates of Delirium," from which the "Soon" section was put out as a limited single release.This reached Number One on the Spanish charts.At the same time, Yesterdays was released, containing tracks from the first two albums, as well as "America" as the opening track.There is some confusion about the chain of events, but after a considerable amount of negotiation, Rick Wakeman rejoined the band on a "session musician" basis.Ultimately, Moraz ended up at the top of the ambiguous "thanks to..."In any case, after hearing and being impressed by the new material Wakeman once again became a permanent band member.Apart from the 15 minute track "Awaken", the resulting album, Going for the One, the first not to feature Roger Dean artwork since The Yes Album, was mostly made up of shorter songs, including "Wonderous Stories," released as a single in the UK in 1977.This album and the next, 1978's Tormato featuring the same lineup, were successful in spite of being released at the height of the punk rock era in Britain, during which Yes were often criticized by the music press as representing the most bloated excesses of early 1970s progressive rock.Ironically, Yes outlasted almost all the groups of that era as well.Fans of the "classic" Yes sound were happiest with the last track, the driving, symphonic and jazzy "On the Silent Wings of Freedom," propelled by White's energetic kick drum and Squire's harmonized bass.The band members themselves have said that they were not sure of some of the material on the album.For many fans, this artwork did not properly capture the iconic "Yes" look, though it was arguably as much of a visual departure as that of the music.In October, 1979, Yes convened in Paris with producer Roy Thomas Baker, fresh off his success producing Queen's album Jazz.There are a number of statements by band members and rumors as to why the sessions did not produce a formal album.Howe, Squire, and White said later in 1980 that none of the three of them liked the music Anderson had offered the band, claiming it was too lightweight and lacking in a heaviness that the trio felt they were generating during their own time together.In December, the sessions ended when Alan White broke his foot.By May, 1980, the situation reached a conclusion with Anderson departing Yes as no agreement could be reached over musical direction and financial remuneration.With Anderson leaving, Rick Wakeman followed suit, thinking that Yes could not continue without its primary voice.We Can Fly From Here' which had been written with Yes in mind.Soon, Howe, Squire, and White confessed that their singer and keyboardist had actually left the band.They accepted the invitation and performed on the Drama album in 1980.Drama clearly displayed a heavier, harder sound than the material Yes recorded with Anderson in 1979, opening with the hard rock, lengthy track "Machine Messiah."Downes contribution, many other Yes followers missed Anderson's unique lyrics and vocal style.The general consensus is that Horn performed the vocals for their new material on tour very well (although he had no experience fronting a band that performed on the scale of Yes shows) but that he struggled on the classic Yes material as it was not in his range.When the band returned to England later in 1980, the English press heaped great criticism on Horn and Yes.Alan White and Chris Squire left Yes but continued working together, beginning sessions with former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.XYZ produced a few demo tracks, elements of which would appear in later Yes music (most notably "Mind Drive" from Keys to Ascension 2, and "Can You Imagine," from Magnification).Downes and Howe, who were left holding the bag of Yes as it were, opted not to continue Yes.Ridiculously Successful Comeback Album"
In 1982, over a year after the breakup of Yes, Chris Squire and Alan White formed a new group, dubbed Cinema with guitarist Trevor Rabin (late of the band Rabbitt).Original Yes organist Tony Kaye was invited to participate as Squire felt that Kaye's textural approach to keyboards would suit the band.Impressed with the band's new approach in songs like "Leave It," Anderson was invited by Squire to add his vocals to the new project and Anderson accepted the invitation, resulting in the "accidental" reformation of Yes.To distinguish them from those who prefer the classic Yes (sometimes called "Troopers"), fans of this lineup were often called "Generators", taken from this lineup's second album, Big Generator.However, it should be noted that many Yes fans enjoy both periods of the group's music.An excerpt from "Owner of a Lonely Heart" from the album 90125.Yes vocalist) Trevor Horn.Yes' most commercially successful album by far, 90125 eventually sold over six million copies and secured a new lease on life for Yes, who toured over a year to support it.In 1986, Yes began recording Big Generator.Although 1987's Big Generator did not fare as well as 90125, it still sold well over two million copies.Some Yes fans have considered Big Generator more faithful to the vintage Yes sound than its predecessor due to a concentrated effort to record longer songs such as the fan favorites "I'm Running" and "Shoot High, Aim Low" in addition to the more poppy tunes.The 1988 tour ended with a gig at Madison Square Garden as part of Atlantic Records's 40th anniversary celebrations, but left Yes members exhausted and frustrated with one another.He wanted the band to return to its classic sound.Following the 1988 tour, Anderson, asserting that he would never stay in the band purely for the money, began working with former Yes members Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, and Bill Bruford.Some in the group (particularly Bill Bruford) wanted to distance themselves from the "Yes" name.As it turned out, the former Yes members were contractually unable to use the name, as Squire, White, Kaye, Rabin (and, ironically, Anderson) held the rights, dating back to the 90125 contract.Subsequently, the new group called themselves "Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe", or simply ABWH.Appealing to old and new Yes fans, their eponymous 1989 album featured "Brother of Mine," a popular MTV video in its own right, and went gold in the United States.Howe has stated publicly that he was unhappy with the mix of his guitars on the album (a version of "Fist of Fire" with more of Howe's guitars left intact eventually appeared on the In a Word box set in 2001).Yes men take part in the recording sessions.After the album's release, legal battles (sparked by Atlantic Records) soon followed over the title of ABWH's tour, An Evening of Yes Music Plus, the live recording of which featured Bruford colleague Jeff Berlin in Levin's bassist spot, who was forced to sit out for two weeks due to illness.In addition, the live sessions were augmented by second keyboardist Julian Colbeck and guitarist Milton McDonald.The tour alternated between music from AWBH and vintage Yes classics, and each night opened with short solo stints from all four Yes members.Hodgson enjoyed working with the group but thought it unwise to attempt to pass off the music as Yes.This would lead to the end of Yes having new albums released by Atlantic Records after more than 20 years of their initial recording contract.Throughout early 1991, phone calls were made, lawyers soothed, and agreements were struck, with Yes West joining ABWH for the Union album.Anderson, Squire, Howe, Rabin, Kaye, Wakeman, Bruford, and White, but the album itself proved less than the sum of its parts.ABWH compositions, while Trevor Rabin and Chris Squire contributed four songs (including a Billy Sherwood collaboration).Bruford has disowned the album entirely, and Wakeman was reportedly unable to recognise any of his keyboard work in the final edit.When the tour was over in 1992, Bill Bruford and Steve Howe recorded an album of Yes instrumental music reinterpreted by an orchestra for RCA Victor, which featured Jon Anderson's vocals on two of the songs.Entitled The Symphonic Music of Yes, the album offered some fresh sonic presentations of Yes masterpieces; it remains debatable, however, whether or not the concept warranted the length of the actual finished recording.String arrangements were done by David Palmer, and the record was produced by progressive rock legend Alan Parsons.After the release of this album, Bill Bruford chose not to remain involved in future Yes possibilities.Yes was back to its popular 1980s lineup of Anderson, Squire, Rabin, Kaye, and White.In 1994, Yes released Talk on Victory Music, one of the group's poorest selling releases.Neither the record label nor US radio stations provided much promotion for "The Calling," perhaps their strongest single since "Owner of a Lonely Heart."Jon Anderson and Trevor Rabin's collaboration resulted in a remarkable fusion of 'old' and 'new' Yes.Union's "The More We Live" with Squire, joined as a sixth member.Return To The Dark Side Of The Moon in 2006).As the band formed a brief contract with CMC International Records, the resulting live recordings were released, together with new music, on the Keys to Ascension albums.The band was disappointed the new material wasn't released as a single studio album, which had the working title of 'Know.Wakeman left the group yet again before the release of Keys to Ascension 2 after a Yes tour was planned without his input, and because of his frustration over the decision to bury the Keystudio studio tracks on redundant live albums.Billy Sherwood immediately joined Yes on keyboards and guitar.The tour that followed featured only a few pieces from the new album, and mostly concentrated on the revival of classic Yes material such as "Siberian Khatru."Yes music, was considered an exciting development by many fans.The tour also featured keyboards from Russian keyboard player Igor Khoroshev, who had played on a few of the Open Your Eyes tracks.The 1999 tour resulted in a live DVD of the performance at the Las Vegas House of Blues.Khoroshev was fired from the band after the tour due to a cloud of controversy over his backstage conduct including a sexual assault charge, just before the recording of the 2001 orchestral release Magnification.On tour, however, the band hired keyboardist Tom Brislin to augment the orchestra since the orchestra alone could not faithfully reproduce some of the classic Yes keyboard material.Rick Wakeman announced his return to the group on April 20, 2002, and a world tour for Yes followed, including a return to Australia after more than 30 years.The classic lineup enjoyed a somewhat revitalised presence in the public consciousness, especially during the celebration of their 35th anniversary in 2004.Reacting to an online survey of popular Yes songs to play, the band added "South Side of the Sky" to the touring set list, a surprise given that it was rarely played before, even on the original Fragile tours.Wakeman then had to play the last bit with Anderson singing.One report said that Anderson needing time to rest, under doctors' orders, and that Wakeman declined to join in because of Anderson's absence.In 2005, DJ Max Graham sampled and remixed Yes' "Owner of a Lonely Heart", credited to Max Graham Vs.The song reached the Top 10 on the UK Singles Chart.Since 2004, Yes has been on indefinite hiatus.While Howe, Squire, Wakeman and White have all expressed an interest in recording and touring, Anderson has been firmly opposed.White has formed a new group, White, featuring Downes.Yes groups from the 1960s.Plans for a joint tour by White, The Syn, and Steve Howe, which would have included the Yes members (with the singer from White) performing songs from Drama, were canceled as a result of visa problems for English members following the July 2005 London bombings.White joined the band for a tour in 2006.Anderson and Wakeman toured together in October of 2006, and the setlist for most shows featured Yes material along with songs from both their solo careers, and at least one ABWH song.In February 2007, Jon Anderson said on Philadelphia's Radio WPHT 1210 AM that Yes will possibly reunite in 2008 for a 40th anniversary tour and that Roger Dean is creating artistic projections for the shows.This page was last modified 18:23, 29 December 2007.See Copyrights for details.Charts
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