Yes -Flay From
Heve -(Full
Album)
.mp4
Yes
Yes concert
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Yes in concert,
1977
Left to right:
Steve Howe,
Alan White,
Jon Anderson,
Chris Squire,
Rick Wakeman
Background information
Also known as Yes! (
Summer 1968-early
1969),
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1988-1990; not officially)[1]
Origin London, England
Genres
Progressive rock, symphonic rock, art rock, psychedelic rock, experimental rock
Years active
1968–81,
1982–2004, 2008–present (hiatus 2004–08)
Labels Atlantic, Atco, Arista,
Victory,
Sanctuary,
Eagle,
Frontiers
Associated acts
The Syn,
The Buggles, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe,
Cinema,
XYZ,
Asia,
U.K.,
Moraz/Bruford,
Conspiracy,
Circa,
Yoso,
Mystery,
Glass Hammer,
Jon and Vangelis
Website www.yesworld.com
Members Chris Squire
Steve Howe
Alan White
Geoff Downes
Jon Davison
Past members See Former members
Yes are an
English rock band who achieved success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. They are distinguished by their use of mystical and cosmic lyrics, live stage sets and lengthy compositions, often with complex instrumental and vocal arrangements.
The band's current line-up since
February 2012 consists of singer Jon Davison, guitarist Steve Howe, bass guitarist Chris Squire, keyboardist Geoff Downes, and drummer Alan White.
Squire formed Yes in 1968 with singer Jon Anderson. Squire and guitarist
Peter Banks had played together in The Syn and then
Mabel Greer's Toyshop.
Anderson and later drummer
Bill Bruford joined a line-up of Mabel Greer's Toyshop, which evolved into Yes. Keyboardist
Tony Kaye completed the first Yes line-up. Their early sets were a mix of original material and cover versions.
The
1970s saw Yes release the albums that are widely viewed as their creative peak:
The Yes Album,
Fragile (both in
1971),
Close to the Edge (
1972),
Tales from Topographic Oceans (
1973),
Relayer (
1974) and
Going for the One (1977). For most of this period, the band included Anderson, Squire,
Howe (who replaced
Banks in
1970), Rick Wakeman on keyboards and Bruford, or later Alan White, on drums; Kaye and
Patrick Moraz each play keyboards on one of these albums. After the public and critical failure of
Tormato (1978) and the rise of punk rock, Anderson and Wakeman left the band in
1980; Squire, Howe and
White recorded
Drama with Downes and new vocalist
Trevor Horn, both also members of The Buggles. The band disbanded at the beginning of
1981, with Howe and Downes subsequently creating Asia.
Yes reformed in 1982 with Anderson, Squire, White, a returning Kaye, and singer and guitarist
Trevor Rabin, adopting a more pop rock sound. Their sales peaked across the decade with
90125 (
1983), which spawned the US number one single "
Owner of a Lonely Heart", and
Big Generator (
1987). The tour in support of
Union (
1991), which amalgamated members of Yes and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, was a commercial success that featured an eight-man line-up (instead of a quintet). Subsequent albums and
singles have sold less well.
The band toured almost constantly between
1997 and 2004, including both 30th and
35th anniversary shows, also releasing the albums
Open Your Eyes (1997),
The Ladder (
1999), and
Magnification (
2001) during this period. After a four-year hiatus, Yes resumed touring, replacing Anderson with
Benoît David and Wakeman with his son
Oliver Wakeman due to health issues. In
2011 they released
Fly from Here featuring Downes, who returned on keyboards after 30 years.
The following year
David left the band due to illness and was replaced by Jon Davison, also of Glass Hammer.[2][3] The band's twenty-first studio
album Heaven & Earth, their first album with Davison, was released in July 2014.
Yes are one of the most popular, influential and critically acclaimed acts in the history of the progressive genre, and have influenced bands such as
Dream Theater and
Rush.[4] Nine of their twenty studio albums have reached the top ten in either the UK or the
US charts, with two reaching the number one spot in the UK. They have sold 13.5 million certified units in the US.[5] Though considered an
English band, Yes have also had
Swiss,
South African, American,
Russian, and
Canadian members.
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- published: 24 Jul 2014
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