anyone know what happened to the 70s rock band, "YES"?

Answer 1

Yes are an English progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. Despite many lineup changes, occasional splits and many changes in popular music, the band has endured for over 35 years and still retains a strong international following. Their music is marked by sharp dynamic contrasts, often extended song lengths, and a general showcasing of its members' instrumentalism. The music of Yes is among the most ambitious musically of the progressive rock genre (which is sometimes characterised as being an Avant-garde movement in music). Yes manages to use symphonic and other so called "classical" structures with their blend of musical styles - including some innovations - in a happy constructive "marriage" of music.

Yes in the 21st Century
Sherwood was relieved of his duties prior to the 2000 Masterworks tour, which featured a revival of the Moraz-period extended piece "The Gates of Delirium" (from the album Relayer). Khoroshev was fired from the band after the tour due to a cloud of controversy over his backstage conduct including a sexual assault charge, just before the recording of the 2001 orchestral release Magnification. This album marks the only Yes album without a full-time keyboardist. The band was not only backed by a 60-piece orchestra, but specific parts and arrangements were written by notable film composer Larry Groupe and performed by the orchestra, sounding as if the orchestra was a permanent band member. On tour, however, the band hired keyboardist Tom Brislin to augment the orchestra since the orchestra alone could not faithfully reproduce some of the classic Yes keyboard material.

Fans short-changed in 1996 were delighted as Rick Wakeman announced his return to the group on April 20, 2002, and a world tour for Yes followed, including a return to Australia after more than 30 years. The classic lineup enjoyed a somewhat revitalized presence in the public consciousness, especially during the celebration of their 35th anniversary in 2004. Reacting to an online survey of popular Yes songs to play, the band added "South Side of the Sky" to the touring set list, a surprise given that it was rarely played before, even on the original Fragile tours.

This revitalization showed itself during a show in New York's Madison Square Garden. Near the end of the song "And You and I" where Howe finishes his pedal steel part, before the last few acoustic notes, the band was overwhelmed with thunderous applause. It lasted so long that by the time it subsided, the roadies had already removed Howe's guitar - Wakeman then had to play the last bit with Anderson singing.

In later legs of the tour, the band performed some songs in acoustic style towards the later part of the tour, after doing a live-via-satellite concert as part of the Yesspeak documentary's premiere.

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.

Since 2005, Yes has been on indefinite hiatus; band members are pursuing varied solo projects. Alan White has formed a new group, White, featuring Geoff Downes of Asia (and Yes' 1980 lineup); their debut album, also called White, was released on April 18, 2006. Chris Squire joined a reformed version of Syn, one of his pre-Yes groups from the 1960s, in 2004. Plans for a joint tour by White, Syn and Steve Howe, which would have included the Yes members (with the singer from White) performing songs from Drama, were cancelled as a result of visa problems for English members following the July 2005 London bombings. Later, on May 16, 2006, Squire announced that he had left Syn, though by that time, Alan White had joined the band. On the same day, the original members of Asia, including Howe and Downes, announced that they will be reuniting for a 25th anniversary tour.

In October 2005, Jon Anderson indicated that it was unlikely that Yes would tour in 2006 but that new studio work in early 2007 was "probable."

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Answer 2

If I had time, I would look it up but I will wait for someone else to do it. I remember back in '72, before running road races, I would sing to myself:

Close to the edge
Down by the river


Seasons will pass you by

I still sing that out loud sometimes because I now sing in public.

If they haven't brought out some type of reunion or best of live CD, yet they will probably do it soon, and we will see them all over TV, I hope.

BTW, I have been spending too much on CDs lately since they keep bringing out great compilations of 70 and 80s music plus live concert versions of the major groups. I am watching a great DVD of Jimi and the Band of Gypsies and I keep listening to new CDs by Joe Cocker, Aerosmith, (but I wouldn't buy anything else by the Stones since who hasn't heard it all before a million times?)

My current favorites are Natalie Merchant, Ry Cooder, David Bowie, and different groups with Neil Young and Graham Parsons. lol rkl

Answer 3

The band is still around, although the members have changed over the years. VH1 did a really good documentary on the band ...

Answer 4

[Answer above is a copy and paste from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_(band)]

This site is a continually updated news site about YES:-

http://www.topix.net/who/yes

Answer 5

I think the "Just Say No" campaign may have done them in.

Answer 6

"NO"