Yes



Then: Formed in 1968 by Jon Anderson and Chris Squire, Yes sought out to mix strong vocals with equally strong instrumentation in a time where neither were present in many bands. By 1980, the band had scored a #13 U.S. hit with "Roundabout" which could also sum up the band's ever changing line-up. The new decade started with the addition of Buggles duo Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes to the remaining Yes members Steve Howe, Chris Squire and Alan White releasing one album - Drama. Squire and Downes would form Asia while the remaining members formed a new Yes rerecruiting Jon Anderson on vocals, Trevor Rabin on guitar and Tony Kaye on keyboards. The new Yes (with Trevor Horn producing) came back strong in 1983 with a #1 U.S. hit "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" and a #24 hit with "Leave It" from the album 90125. The band returned after a long break with Big Generator in 1987 providing hits with "Love Will Find A Way" and "Rhythm Of Love." Afterwards an ongoing legal battle over ownership of the band name came to a head in 1989 when four members formed Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe. Their album makes the U.K. Top 20 and U.S. Top 30.

Now: Legal squabbles over the name, Yes, were settled in 1991. A composite Yes was formed with subsequent album Union with the line-up: Anderson, Howe, Wakeman, Squire, Kaye, White, Rabin and Bruford. The tour and album (U.K. #7/U.S. #15) prove to be a huge success. Bruford, Wakeman and Howe would again leave while remaining members release 1994's Yes album entitled Talk. It makes both U.K. and U.S. charts. Open Your Eyes followed in 1997 and the band's latest release, The Ladder, came out in 1999.