Yes (band)

He once gatecrashed Chris Squire’s dressing room because he knew nothing about concerts. Later, when his own band were at their proggiest, he took everything he could out of opening on Yes’ Relayer tour of 1974

If Rick Wakeman’s son had taken an angrier attitude to being fired in 2011, their 2019 mini-album From A Page might never have been rescued from the demo stacks

The then-unknown band lost their management, got hurt in a serious road crash and cut a dodgy deal – and that’s why they’re still around today

The brief encounter wasn’t what anyone could have predicted – but it was enough to give the younger singer a tantalising idea.

The band suffered a few false starts before delivering a triumph with a daring album that explored a new kind of energy

The Yes powerhouse bassist had a unique talent for knowing where to be among a relentless band of virtuosos

Yes guitarist Steve Howe picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance

Fronting Yes he was one of the architects of prog rock, and now he fronts his own band. But that’s only part of his wondrous story

80-year-old ex Yes singer recalls effectively passing in his wife’s arms – before a series of incidents returned him to health, creativity and a new appreciation of his past and future

Rick Wakeman, Roger Waters and Robert Fripp were among those listening when the BBC played the record in full in 1967 – and weren’t the only ones who experienced artistic epiphanies that night