Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe.

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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.