Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe.

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by Roger Lee

So, as far as I can tell, ABWH *IS* Yes, with the exception of a certain bass player.

Yeah, Chris Squire owns the name "Yes" since he's the only original member left by Drama. So when Anderson got tired of battling Rabin and tried to get back to a 70s lineup, Squire and White said no dice. So Anderson called the recently bandless Bruford and tried to become Yes, but were barred, so thus ABWH. Of couse, Jon persisted and we eventually got Union. There's a good story about Rabin and David Gilmour having supper in 1988 so they could complain to each other about the legal battles over the names of their respective bands' names. Then they both release albums in 1994 about communication and featuring Stephen Hawking references... Weird.

[kirk]

yeah, squire owns the name, and i believe
howe owns the roger dean logo.

you'll notice that if steve isn't present, either is roger dean.

when the relayer-era yes members all released
their first solo albums, howe's "beginnings"
was the only one to feature a dean cover.

dean painted the window of howe's health food store
"brownies" in the early 70's.

[teermin8r]

very interesting.

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by kirk
when the relayer-era yes members all released
their first solo albums, howe's "beginnings"
was the only one to feature a dean cover.

Huh, I never realized that. But isn't Olias of Sunhillow a Roger Dean cover? I always assumed it was....

[Yesspaz]

From AMG:
"If possible, pick up the LP version of this release, since the packaging is stunning and features terrific artwork by Dave Roe. "

Nope, not Dean. Good job Kirk...