Bill Bruford

Pete Roth reveals that exploring jazz for fun resulted in the prog drumming giant’s unexpected return to the stage after 13 years away

One of their most popular and recognised songs was rejected, plundered for its title then became the star of 1974 album Red – after the line-up who’d made it had disintegrated

He’d left Yes to join Robert Fripp in the hope of growing and learning. He didn’t expect it to happen the way it did

Bill Bruford retired in 2009 and later sold most of his equipment to Tool’s Danny Carey. Then he found he wasn’t finished on stage – and he’s come back re-energised

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