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“It’s like Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. We can’t live with each other and we can’t live without each other”: the tangled history of Rick Wakeman and Yes

Keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman’s history with Yes goes back to the early 70s – but there have been plenty of bumps along the way

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“When the mood took them, the prog legends of the 70s could write simple but catchy music with aplomb”: The 40 greatest Yes songs ever

When 50,000 Prog magazine readers voted on the band’s catalogue, the resulting chart contained a few surprises

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“I used to wake the engineer up to try again; he went home because it was driving him crazy. And I was angry because I didn’t know how to stop trying”: Jon Anderson recalls the “state of madness” that gave us Olias Of Sunhillow

Yes singer pushed far beyond his comfort zone for 1976 debut solo record, and when it was finished the world – and his bandmates – seemed underwhelmed. Was it worth the effort?

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“Here was fresh music, well-presented in high quality, and I didn’t have to sit around in a rehearsal room for months deciding on the sandwich order”: The joy and pain of Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe’s only album

United under Jon Anderson’s vision, four ex Yes members regrouped to make the 1989 record that looked both forward and backward

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Listen to the brand new Jon Anderson single Shine On

Jon Anderson will release new album TRUE, recorded with touring band The Band Geeks, in August

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Jon Anderson teases fans with new video clip of Soon

Jon Anderson will release new album TRUE, recorded with touring band The Band Geeks, in August

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“Perpetually overlooked… the right album at the wrong time. It’s fascinating to hear Jon Anderson’s voice sounding rather throaty and, well, dirty”: Yes’ Talk 30th Anniversary edition

An untitled Trevor Rabin instrumental and an incredible 10-minute demo of Endless Dream crown the bonus elements of the 1994 ‘Yes West’ record

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"Sounding as pristine today as it did in 1994": Trevor Rabin and Jon Anderson shine on their final Yes album together, Talk

Overlooked and undersold Yes gem Talk gets a welcome multidisc reissue

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“A funny crossover of styles… interesting, but only partially successful”: Jon Anderson’s In The City Of Angels reissue

Former Yes singer thinks his voice didn’t cross over to pop as well as Phil Collins’ did - but it’s strong enough on this 1988 title

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Jon Anderson announces he will release a new album in August

Jon Anderson has recorded new album TRUE with touring band The Band Geeks

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"Our style has always been defined by the fact that we sound a little like Pink Floyd, Genesis and Marillion." Mystery and the making of One Among The Living

Best known as Jon Anderson’s replacement in Yes, Benoît David rejoins cult Canadian proggers Mystery, as they prepare to release the strongest album of their career.

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“The fans understood I was the price they had to pay to hear the band they loved, so they put up with me. It’s not like you’re joining the Sex Pistols”: Trevor Horn on fronting Yes – and how it later made 90125 possible

Producer recalls making his colleagues feel “embarrassed and amused at the same time” as he begged them not to give up on Owner Of A Lonely Heart

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"We get halfway through, just before the solo, and all the power goes off on stage": The night a furious Ray Davies cut a Yes set short before aiming blows and kicks at Rick Wakeman

In late 1971, Yes and The Kinks hooked up for a short run of shows in New York, but brotherly love between the bands was in short supply

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Jon Anderson's In The City Of Angels to get another reissue

Jon Anderson's fifth studio album, 1985's In The City Of Angels, saw him working with most of melodic rock band Toto

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Jon Anderson announces Yes: Epics, Classics and More tour: new music on the way

Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks are currently putting the finishing touches on a new album

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"I still think I’m part of Yes": Jon Anderson teases the possibility of a reunion with former Yes bandmates Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman

Jon Anderson suggests that the door may be open for playing again with some old friends

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“I just knew Trevor Horn as a pop producer. When he turned up with a guitar, I said, ‘Is that a prop, or are you going to use it?’ We just didn’t hit it off”: How Yes’ 90125 became a triumph – despite starting with “the worst jam in history”

After Drama resulted in the band’s complete collapse, a massive revamp seemed the only hope for any kind of future. But that epic challenge resulted in an equally epic album

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"We would go out and he really never wanted anybody to know that he was a musician": The troubled life and lonely death of Peter Banks, the man once called "the architect of prog"

Guitarist Peter Banks gave Yes their name, designed their logo, and played on their first two albums – yet when he died, there was no money for his funeral

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“To play music, you have to understand it. I didn’t understand Topographic Oceans. That’s why I hardly played on it": Rick Wakeman and Yes - firings, hirings, curry, catastrophe and chaos

Best of 2023: When Vangelis nearly joined Yes and other tales from topographic oceans…

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Prog's ultimate Christmas Tracks Of The Week

It's your chance to choose your favourite prog Christmas song in this week's seasonal poll

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“There’s usually a pile of songs, some to use now and some years from now… On this album the first chords are from something I wrote 30 years ago”: The patience of The Flower Kings’ Roine Stolt

With Look At You Now on release, he’s looking forward to completing another project with Jon Anderson and maybe - just maybe - a Transatlantic reunion

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“As hard as it was, and it was hard, nobody wanted to bottle out. We just knew we had a big landscape we could explore”: How Tales From Topographic Oceans became the most arduous project in Yes’ history

Used as a byword for musical over-indulgence, 1973 album fought its creators every step of the way – right down to its master tapes nearly being crushed by a bus

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“The guitar is such an interesting instrument; it can be a sound palette, create harmonies and be presented in endless ways”: Trevor Rabin breaks down the tales and tools behind some of his greatest guitar highlights

The six-string wizard (and songwriter) behind Owner of a Lonely Heart shares the stories behind six classic Yes tracks and six tracks from his masterful new album, Rio

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“The disc of unreleased live material truly captures the excitement of this line-up in full flight”: The Yes Album Super Deluxe Edition

Extended third LP, their first with Steve Howe, illustrates the amazing connection between musicians at the top of their game

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I was pretty much ordered to go and play with Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes and John Wetton. I was told that if I didn’t, I’d be dropped”: Trevor Rabin’s challenging road to Yes

From a dalliance with NWOBHM and Asia to sudden career jumps across the ocean, he’s always been far more interesting and varied than many realise

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