Yes (band)

The 1991 album remains a controversial work for many – but for most of the musicians from both sides of the Yes divide, the road trip was its saving grace

Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser cares so deeply for Yes that his band named an album after one of the prog giants’ songs

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

In 2019 he reincarnated 30-year-old demos with former Yes bandmates and a stellar supporting cast, offering positive and long-held opinions to a rapidly-changing world

Pop star made his life-changing decision at a Camel concert, before discovering the work of keyboard genius Wakeman via Yes

He once gatecrashed Chris Squire’s dressing room because he knew nothing about concerts. Later, when his own band were at their proggiest, he took everything he could out of opening on Yes’ Relayer tour of 1974

If Rick Wakeman’s son had taken an angrier attitude to being fired in 2011, their 2019 mini-album From A Page might never have been rescued from the demo stacks

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

The brief encounter wasn’t what anyone could have predicted – but it was enough to give the younger singer a tantalising idea.

The band suffered a few false starts before delivering a triumph with a daring album that explored a new kind of energy

The Yes powerhouse bassist had a unique talent for knowing where to be among a relentless band of virtuosos