Yes (band)
In honour of the band's 40th Anniversary, Yes had announced a 2008 world tour, entitled Close to the Edge and Back. Unfortunately, the tour was cancelled on June 4 due to Anderson's health problems. Per the press release, "Yes frontman and founding member Jon Anderson was admitted to the hospital last month after suffering a severe asthma attack. He has now been diagnosed with acute respiratory failure and was told by doctors this weekend that he needs to rest and not work for a period of at least six months or suffer further health complications. Upon receiving this news the band has determined that their tour plans need to be put on hold."
The tour had been planned to feature Anderson, Squire, Howe, and White, and to also include Oliver Wakeman sitting in on keyboards, in lieu of his father, Rick (who bowed out on the advice of his doctors.)[4]
The band had prepared four new "lengthy, multi-movement compositions" for the tour which are "very, very different," although no plans for releasing recordings of this material have been made. [5]
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Discography
| Year | Album | RIAA Certification | BPI Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Yes | — | — |
| 1970 | Time and a Word | — | — |
| 1971 | The Yes Album | Platinum | — |
| 1971 | Fragile | 2x Platinum | Platinum |
| 1972 | Close to the Edge | Platinum | Platinum |
| 1973 | Tales from Topographic Oceans | Gold | Gold |
| 1974 | Relayer | Gold | — |
| 1977 | Going for the One | Platinum | Gold |
| 1978 | Tormato | Platinum | Gold |
| 1980 | Drama | — | Silver |
| 1983 | 90125 | 3x Platinum | Gold |
| 1987 | Big Generator | Platinum | — |
| 1991 | Union | Gold | — |
| 1994 | Talk | — | — |
| 1996 | Keys to Ascension (also live) | — | — |
| 1997 | Keys to Ascension 2 (also live) | — | — |
| 1997 | Open Your Eyes | — | — |
| 1999 | The Ladder | — | — |
| 2001 | Magnification | — | — |
For more info on albums, singles and live albums, see the article Yes discography.
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Personnel
| Year | Lead vocals | Guitar | Keyboards | Bass | Drums |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968–1970 | Jon Anderson | Peter Banks | Tony Kaye | Chris Squire | Bill Bruford |
| 1970–1971 | Steve Howe | ||||
| 1971–1972 | Rick Wakeman | ||||
| 1972–1974 | Alan White | ||||
| 1974–1976 | Patrick Moraz | ||||
| 1976–1980 | Rick Wakeman | ||||
| 1980–1981 | Trevor Horn | Geoff Downes | |||
| 1981–1983 | Group disbanded | ||||
| 1983–1989 | Jon Anderson | Trevor Rabin | Tony Kaye | Chris Squire | Alan White |
| 1990–1992 | Trevor Rabin Steve Howe |
Tony Kaye Rick Wakeman |
Alan White Bill Bruford |
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| 1993–1994 | Trevor Rabin | Tony Kaye | Alan White | ||
| 1994–1995 | Trevor Rabin Billy Sherwood |
Tony Kaye | |||
| 1995–1997 | Steve Howe | Rick Wakeman | |||
| 1997 | Steve Howe Billy Sherwood |
Billy Sherwood | |||
| 1997–2000 | Igor Khoroshev | ||||
| 2000 | Steve Howe | ||||
| 2001–2002 | |||||
| 2002–2004 | Rick Wakeman | ||||
| 2004–Present | Group "on hiatus" | ||||
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Trivia
- "Owner of a Lonely Heart" appeared in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
- In 2005, DJ Max Graham sampled and remixed Yes' "Owner of a Lonely Heart", credited to Max Graham Vs. Yes. The song reached the Top 10 on the UK Singles Chart.
- The 1983 album 90125 was never intended to be a Yes album according to its principal composer, performer and producer Trevor Rabin. It was to be the debut of a new band called "Cinema". However, after the recording was finished, the record company decided to market it under the name Yes, against Trevor's protestations.[6]
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References
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- ^ Mojo Magazine Nov 1994 '1-2-3 and the Birth of Prog'; The Illustrated History of Rock ' Clouds by Ed Ward'
- ^ Yes: Yes : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone
- ^ http://chrissquire.com/cs_newsmain.html
- ^ http://yesworld.com Yes Tour Planned for 2008
- ^ Yes Reveals 'Very Different' New Material
- ^ http://www.scoremagacine.com/Entrevistas_eng_det.php?Codigo=19
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External links
- Yesworld: The Official Yes website
- The Official Yes MySpace
- Wikia has a wiki on this subject: Yesclopedia
- 1983 audio interview with Trevor Rabin, Alan White, Chris Squire, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman
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