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- Jan 29, 2008
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The Anderson Wakeman Bruford Howe stuff had some awful drumming by Bruford ... The digital drums sounded like a cheap video game
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They should all suck it up, build a mega Yes with all the remaining members but hire Geddy, and go on tour.
The problem with all of this is there were 22 lineups for Yes. That's a pretty ridiculous number. The Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe lineup was some guys in Yes, missing Squire.
To quote my post and comment on Bruford's drumming seems to me you are assuming I consider ABWH a Bruford era of Yes. Which it is not. As soon as Bruford left for King Crimson, Yes' work and output became less enjoyable for me. I would not credit Bruford for that change, it just so happens I don't enjoy the Bruford-less albums nearly as much as I enjoy the ones he is on.
Kinda like 2 Great Whites , 2 LA Guns, etc . I believe LA Guns has the record for most members at 56 !
This sort of thing happens all too frequently. I seem to recall something similar with what's going around as Steppenwolf, and also a possible reboot of the Doors before Manzarek died that was quashed.
Well, IMO, two Yes's are better than no Yes's.
I became a die-hard Yes fan in 1971, and I've been a fan ever since. I finally got to meet and chat individually with Jon, Chris, Alan, and Steve in 2001 back when I was playing bass in a Yes tribute band. What an honor it was to meet and talk with them!
They could call themselves Yes, Maybe, No, Sort of, Kinda, or Somewhat. As long as these guys keep making music for our enjoyment, I'm happy!
I became a die-hard Yes fan in 1971, and I've been a fan ever since. I finally got to meet and chat individually with Jon, Chris, Alan, and Steve in 2001 back when I was playing bass in a Yes tribute band. What an honor it was to meet and talk with them!
They could call themselves Yes, Maybe, No, Sort of, Kinda, or Somewhat. As long as these guys keep making music for our enjoyment, I'm happy!
Would that mean there are actually 8 versions of the band Yes?
Vincent Furnier had this problem in the late 60s & changed his name to preserve the name of his band.
No! Geddy needs to start touring with The Who! Only he can do justice to Entwistle's bass lines! Dammit! Why won't he listen to me! Besides, the real Rush can never tour again, since John Rutsey died.
I saw Yes twice in the past few years before Squire died. The new singer is incredible. Listening to John Anderson at the RRHOF, I got the impression he lost some of his chops. However, I have little interest in Yes without Squire. I would have liked to have seen Wakeman with the Squire fronted band. My old GF said the current keyboard player, Geoff Downes, ruined the show for her. She is a trained pianist, so would know better than I.
To be honest, I think Journey's new singer is better than Steve Perry, and I saw Journey back in the 80's as well as a few years ago.
They were touring as Anderson, Rabin, and Wakeman, but then changed it to be "Yes - featuring Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman." I was surprised when I started seeing ads for tickets to their show with the Yes name a few weeks ago.
Personally, while I like those guys and their work, I don't think it's appropriate for them to use the Yes name, because of the principle of institutional continuity. I've made this point before in the never-ending threads about bands with only one original member, "are they really the band?" The answer is yes, they are, provided that there is a history of continuity in which old members gradually left the group and new ones joined over time so that it organically evolved into the membership it has now. That is the case with the Steve Howe-led version of Yes, and I don't think it's appropriate of Wakeman to dismiss it as a "tribute band." If Yes had broken up and twenty years later Steve Howe put together a roster of musicians who had never been in the band before to tour with him, then I would say it wasn't Yes, because it wouldn't have the continuity. But Howe's Yes is the group that has been releasing ongoing albums and touring on a regular basis. If some former members of the New York Philharmonic got together and gave a concert you wouldn't say you had seen the New York Philharmonic.
If you're Going for the One, this conversation could get Close to the Edge. Which is a Roundabout way of saying it could cause some Drama.
Maybe Anderson, Rabin, and Wakeman can steal Billy Sherwood and then everything would be right...according to ME...
Anderson,Bruford,Wakeman and Howe were the band Yes just minus Squire but the Yes album titled Drama did not include Anderson but the band name stuck to Yes. I think Squire owned the name.
Legal wranglings and nonsense aside, there were two founding members of Yes, Anderson and Squire. One of them died. The Howe version is a sad cover band in my eyes. I'm glad I got to see the real Yes a few times over the years.
