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Yes - The Yes Album (Super Deluxe version) packshot

"Where all this repackaging and repurposing is headed is anyone's guess, but we're surely beyond the point of diminishing returns": The Yes Album (Super Deluxe Edition)

By Fraser Lewry published

Yes's breakthrough album has been effectively re-repackaged, again: there's plenty of greatness included, but when is enough enough?

Bill Bruford

“I was interested in being on stage with people who are not only comfortable with not knowing what’s going to happen next, but would rather not know”: Bill Bruford’s journey through jazz and prog

By Johnny Sharp published

The groundbreaking drummer’s bid to find a balance between Yes, King Crimson and Genesis on one hand, and his Earthworks project on the other

Yes onstage at Madison Square Garden in 1978

“The world of music was going through some serious changes and we were not embracing them”: how Yes’s Going For The One and Tormato almost ended things for good

By Chris Roberts published

Punk rock, flying fruit and rollerskating accidents – how Yes went from triumph to disaster at the end of the 1970s

Yes in 1980 with new singer Trevor Horn and keyboard player Geoff Downes

“With British crowds, it was: ‘We want Jon! Get Jon back!’ People were aggressive about it”: how Yes faced down the haters and made the classic Drama album

By Chris Roberts published

Replacing Jon Anderson and Rick Wakemen with Buggles duo Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes was controversial – but it resulted in one of their most underrated albums, Drama

Yes - Yessingles

“There’s some good music, of course, but most of it was reshaped for expediency rather than for aesthetic reasons”: Yes compilation Yessingles

By Mike Barnes published

Selection was made to fit on an LP, but as the band have released 41 singles so far, it’s only part of the story

Yes in 1974 with an inset of the Relayer album sleeve

“Keith Emerson said, ‘Why do I need to join Yes when I have ELP?’”: the story behind Yes’ delirious Relayer album

By Chris Roberts published

Rick Wakeman was out, new boy Patrick Moraz was in, and Yes were about to make their most underrated album of the 70s

Steve Howe

“Chris and Jon often didn’t get on… I didn’t want to be the leader, but to be a strong voice on the team, brave enough to speak up”: Steve Howe learned to play peacemaker in Yes

By Chris Roberts published

Guitarist aimed “to be useful” in a band he believed had something to say

Keith Emerson onstage

"The psychedelic scene was largely over by the summer of 1968, but that spirit of musical adventure was still running rampant": A beginners' guide to the origins of prog rock

By Hugh Fielder published

Where on earth did progressive rock come from?

Trevor Rabin

“There was quite a lot of pressure. Those demands have bordered upon insult – largely from my wife”: Trevor Rabin’s return to action with Rio

By Dave Ling published

Former Yes man didn’t think about pleasing the band’s fans with his first vocal-led release since 1989

Yes

Remastered Super Deluxe Edition of The Yes Album due in November

By Jerry Ewing published

New Yes box set features rarities, two previously unreleased concerts, and a new Dolby Atmos mix by Steven Wilson

Trevor Horn

"We’d been working on it for two weeks… Mike Oldfield had wiped it. There was no undo button. I was in shock. It was the only time it’s ever happened to me in 40 years": Trevor Horn's lows and highs

By Daryl Easlea published

Known as ‘the man who invented the 80s,’ producer and musician Trevor Horn always enjoyed sneaking prog into the mainstream

Kirk

"If it wasn't for early prog, heavy metal would sound different today": Metallica's Kirk Hammett on discovering prog rock

By Paul Brannigan published

It took a while for Kirk Hammett to properly listen to prog rock, but once Metallica's guitarist dived in, he went deep

Nuno Bettencourt

“When we talk about progressive rock, the most important part of that is the ‘rock’”: Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt on how Yes and Genesis delivered “simplexity”

By Grant Moon published

Guitar icon hails bands including Rush and King Crimson, who delivered music that was “hard and heavy enough, but they took some risks outside the box”

Tony Kaye

"The Dark Side Of The Moon has already been done and so has The Six Wives Of Henry VIII! And I had no clue what else to write about!" Tony Kaye on why it took him so long to record his first solo album

By Malcolm Dome published

Former Yes keyboard player Tony Kaye's first ever solo album, 2021's End Of Innocence, was inspired by the 9/11 tragedy

Segments of the sleeves of five underrated prog album

The most underrated albums by 10 major prog bands

By Classic Rock published

Showing a little love for the overlooked classics by prog giants Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Rush and more

Yes

Yes singles collection to be released on vinyl in October

By Jerry Ewing published

Yessingles, a collection of the prog legend's single releases, will be released on vinyl in October

Bill Bruford and Lesley Judd with a Simmons drum kit

"It allows me to have a much broader palette": Watch Bill Bruford introduce TV viewers to electronic drums back in 1985

By Fraser Lewry published

Presenter Lesley Judd gets up close and personal with then-King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford as he introduces the drum kit of the future

Trevor Rabin

Trevor Rabin to release first vocal-led solo album for over 30 years

By Jerry Ewing published

Trevor Rabin signs a deal with InsideOut Music and will release Rio in October

Yes

“A reunion is something I'm absolutely resistant to”: how Yes weathered a decade of turmoil to return with their finest album in years

By Grant Moon published

Yes men Steve Howe and Jon Davison look back at the band’s turbulent recent history – and what the future may hold

Freddie Mercury and Steve Howe

“I thought I’d bitten off more than I can chew”: how Yes guitarist Steve Howe accidentally ended up playing on a Queen hit single

By Dave Everley published

Yes guitarist Steve Howe was having lunch in Switzerland when he was roped into appearing on Queen’s 1991 single Innuendo