Peter Banks Empire – The Mars Tapes (2014)
Peter Banks Empire is a lost treasure from a time when prog badly needed something to restore its creative momentum.
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Mabel Greer’s Toyshop, “Electric Funeral” from New Way Of Life (2015): One Track Mind
A Yes pre-cursor group, Mabel Greer’s Toyshop has returned — with a whole new set of connections to the legendary prog amalgam.
Chris Squire looks back on Yes’ coke-addled years: ‘Blame the Eagles’
Yes was “strictly a pot and hash band,” Chris Squire insists, until a fateful 1973 U.S. tour featuring the Eagles as their opening act.
Jon Anderson compares Yes guitarists Steve Howe and Trevor Rabin: ‘We wrote together like brothers’
Jon Anderson’s lengthy tenure in Yes gave him a broad perspective on its most famous guitarists, Steve Howe and Trevor Horn.
Trevor Rabin Clears the Air on Yes’ ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’: ‘I’ve Bitten My Lip for a Long Time’
Trevor Rabin song became Yes’ biggest hit, but also a point of contention.
It’s time for prog fans to forgive Rolling Stone magazine
Mike Tiano explores an enduring rift that should have been over long ago.
‘Beautiful and so thrilling’: Jon Davison has found a creative spark with Yes’ Steve Howe
They wrote two songs together on Yes’ new album, with more to come.
Why Yes Completed ‘Heaven and Earth’ Without Roy Thomas Baker: ‘All Fair in Love and War’
Roy Thomas Baker earlier helmed failed Yes sessions prior to 1980’s ‘Drama.’
Steve Howe’s The Grand Scheme of Things underscored his wider impact on Yes: ‘I’m getting chills up my spine’
This dextrous, often overlooked project showcased Howe’s lyrical gift.
Heaven and Earth appears to have divided Yes’ fanbase like no album since 1973’s Tales from Topographic Oceans
Mike Tiano on whether this polarizing Yes album is a detour or a new path.
