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Don't quite understand why Yes is doing a new album with the fill in guy and Jon anderson has scheduled shows with Rick wakeman> Sounds like it could be another Styx situation going on, who knows maybe the new guys will bring life to this band.

Yes has been doing stuff like this since the late 70s. It used to be hard to follow who was in, who was out and which group was the real Yes, beyond just holding on to the name at that particular moment.

Honestly, I miss Trevor Rabin on guitar in this band alot.

Yeah, they've done this before. In the 90s, they had the band going under the name Yes and then what was basically the classic Yes lineup ABWH (Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe) both going at the same time. Then they did the "Union" album and tour, which was basically a combination of both bands.

I far prefer the band's music with Steve Howe. Rabin is no doubt a great guitarist but they were more commercial while he was in the band and it just didn't work after the "90125" album, in my opinion.

They always have a revolving cast of people. This will only be the second Yes record without Jon Anderson. The problem I have with it is that they hired a sound-a-like singer. When they got Trevor Horn for the Drama record he did not sound like Jon Anderson and the result was a really good record. Possibly my favorite Yes record. Now the negative is that most fans feel that Horn was not very good on the Anderson's material live. I have never heard any recordings so I can't personally say, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Anderson still does dates, but only a few at a time and only a couple times a year. His health will not allow him to tour for long periods.

Hollywood wrote:They always have a revolving cast of people. This will only be the second Yes record without Jon Anderson. The problem I have with it is that they hired a sound-a-like singer. When they got Trevor Horn for the Drama record he did not sound like Jon Anderson and the result was a really good record. Possibly my favorite Yes record. Now the negative is that most fans feel that Horn was not very good on the Anderson's material live. I have never heard any recordings so I can't personally say, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Anderson still does dates, but only a few at a time and only a couple times a year. His health will not allow him to tour for long periods.

I don't know about singing, but Trevor Horn is one brilliant and amazing producer. All of Seal's best work was done with Trevor, his first four albums. Although, they did get into a fistfight and halt production once. LOL

I like Yes in small doses...can be a little hard to follow for me sometimes...give me a greatest hits CD and I'm good...

Pelata wrote:I like Yes in small doses...can be a little hard to follow for me sometimes...give me a greatest hits CD and I'm good...

Same here -- I always found a lot of it too self-indulgent for me and I couldn't relate to it. I do love some of their work, and followed a lot of side-projects by Yes alumni for a while, but that was mainly stemming from my interest in ASIA. I had ABWH, GTR, and some others. The less melodic it was, the less I was interested. ASIA to me was more my taste -- outstanding musicians who kept the indulgence in check for the sake of the music. Probably no surprise that 90125 was my favorite Yes album, then.

Come to think of it, I did have an interesting Yes collector's set on cassette. It was a big flat box with Roger Dean artwork, and it had a big booklet with the history of Yes and 4-6 cassettes with the history of their music. The history was an excellent read, but the earliest music was pretty hard to listen to for me.

Rip Rokken wrote:

Pelata wrote:I like Yes in small doses...can be a little hard to follow for me sometimes...give me a greatest hits CD and I'm good...

Same here -- I always found a lot of it too self-indulgent for me and I couldn't relate to it. I do love some of their work, and followed a lot of side-projects by Yes alumni for a while, but that was mainly stemming from my interest in ASIA. I had ABWH, GTR, and some others. The less melodic it was, the less I was interested. ASIA to me was more my taste -- outstanding musicians who kept the indulgence in check for the sake of the music. Probably no surprise that 90125 was my favorite Yes album, then.

Come to think of it, I did have an interesting Yes collector's set on cassette. It was a big flat box with Roger Dean artwork, and it had a big booklet with the history of Yes and 4-6 cassettes with the history of their music. The history was an excellent read, but the earliest music was pretty hard to listen to for me.

I've never understood the whole "self-indulgent" reasoning as to why any particular kind of music is good or not. After all, one could take the backgrounds of the individual musicians that made up the original Asia lineup and say that they were being self-indulgent by creating music that is obviously more commercially oriented than what those musicians had made up to that point. Don't get me wrong, I love Asia, especially the early stuff but I just don't get the self-indulgent reasoning since Asia's music is also that way, just in a different manner.

Hollywood wrote:When they got Trevor Horn for the Drama record he did not sound like Jon Anderson and the result was a really good record. Possibly my favorite Yes record. Now the negative is that most fans feel that Horn was not very good on the Anderson's material live. I have never heard any recordings so I can't personally say, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Funny, because when I first heard "Drama", I didn't realize it wasn't Jon Anderson at first. Horn isn't a dead ringer for him but he does sound a good bit like him. That album was a big step up from "Tormato", though. That's for sure.

SF-Dano wrote:Honestly, I miss Trevor Rabin on guitar in this band alot.

Agreed - where's Trevor's next rock album!? Guess he's making too much money with the soundtracks

An interview from earlier this month.

http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/201 ... vor-rabin/

New Albums


Arlene: What about the record that you’re currently working on with your Yes compatriots, Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman?

Trevor: We haven’t started yet. But Jon, Rick, and I are really itching to do it.

Arlene: How are things coming along with your new, greatly anticipated solo record?

Trevor: I’m very happy with my solo album. It should be out in the next couple of months. It’s all instrumental, and I had a blast doing it.

Lou Molino III, is on drums. My son Ryan, plays drums on two tracks. He’s brilliant, and he’s very busy with his band, Grouplove. Also, he’s busy songwriting and producing.

Arlene: I hear there’s a lot of Dobro on the new album, which is my favorite instrument. What artistic direction and style of music is the focus of your new record?

Trevor: A lot of bluegrass, jazz, and a bit of, not sure what to call it!

Arlene: Your lead vocals are as exquisite as your guitar playing. Will you be singing on your new solo record?

Trevor: I will definitely be doing a vocal album next, and thanks.

Arlene: Will you be touring in support of your solo album, time and schedule permitting around your film scoring?

Trevor: I hope to. I played with Yes recently at The Greek Theater in L.A. and enjoyed it. So, time permitting, I hope so.

Maybe they should change the name of the band to
"Maybe"

SF-Dano wrote:Honestly, I miss Trevor Rabin on guitar in this band alot.

ditto

SF-Dano wrote:Honestly, I miss Trevor Rabin on guitar in this band alot.

I prefer the Trevor Rabin version of Yes too. Steve Howe is an amazing guitarist, but I prefer the more staight rock sound they had during the "80's.

yulog wrote:Don't quite understand why Yes is doing a new album with the fill in guy and Jon anderson has scheduled shows with Rick wakeman> Sounds like it could be another Styx situation going on, who knows maybe the new guys will bring life to this band.

I can't explain it but your avatar fills me with a strange sense of relief when I see it.

I'm a massive Yes fan, but I wasn't really interested in this record until I found out Trevor Horn is producing. That could be interesting, at the very least. Wish Rabin was still involved though.

WalrusOct9 wrote:I'm a massive Yes fan, but I wasn't really interested in this record until I found out Trevor Horn is producing. That could be interesting, at the very least. Wish Rabin was still involved though.

I have not heard this, but it is excellent news. Where did you find that info?

Don wrote:An interview from earlier this month.

http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/201 ... vor-rabin/

New Albums


Arlene: What about the record that you’re currently working on with your Yes compatriots, Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman?

Trevor: We haven’t started yet. But Jon, Rick, and I are really itching to do it.

Arlene: How are things coming along with your new, greatly anticipated solo record?

Trevor: I’m very happy with my solo album. It should be out in the next couple of months. It’s all instrumental, and I had a blast doing it.

Lou Molino III, is on drums. My son Ryan, plays drums on two tracks. He’s brilliant, and he’s very busy with his band, Grouplove. Also, he’s busy songwriting and producing.

Arlene: I hear there’s a lot of Dobro on the new album, which is my favorite instrument. What artistic direction and style of music is the focus of your new record?

Trevor: A lot of bluegrass, jazz, and a bit of, not sure what to call it!

Arlene: Your lead vocals are as exquisite as your guitar playing. Will you be singing on your new solo record?

Trevor: I will definitely be doing a vocal album next, and thanks.

Arlene: Will you be touring in support of your solo album, time and schedule permitting around your film scoring?

Trevor: I hope to. I played with Yes recently at The Greek Theater in L.A. and enjoyed it. So, time permitting, I hope so.

I wonder if that's the son that shot his mother with an air rifle. I don't know if Trevor Horn has more than one son. I know Trevor's wife was in a coma for years. I don't know if she is still in a coma or dead, but such a tragic accident.

Trevor Rabin is the one being interviewed, not Trevor Horn.

any one causually reading these freaks talk about Yes.. just check out Rabins .. Cant Look Away .. album ..

its brillaint .. the happy version of Late Night .. .. good stuff.. ,.. freaks are good folks too. ..

larryfromnextdoor wrote:any one causually reading these freaks talk about Yes.. just check out Rabins .. Cant Look Away .. album ..

its brillaint .. the happy version of Late Night .. .. good stuff.. ,.. freaks are good folks too. ..

Yes is my fave. band and I owned Can't Look Away the day it came out.....very good album.