Chris Squire
Chris Squire
Christopher Russell Edward Squirewas an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was best known as the bassist and founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. He was the only member to appear on each of their 21 studio albums, released from 1969 to 2014...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth4 March 1948
band decide discussion extensive fame gonna hall members membership partly people yes
I think partly the problem with Yes - and I've had this discussion with people from the Hall of Fame in the past - is that it's going to be difficult to decide how many of the members of Yes you're gonna put in it and how many you're not because of the extensive membership of the band through the years.
band hall history huge jfk playing rock roll stadium touring yes
With how huge Yes was, especially in the '70s and '80s, as a touring band and actually playing at the JFK Stadium in Philadelphia to 130,000 people, which is the biggest-paying show ever in rock history, you would think we'd done enough for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
agreed billy covering deliver excellent experience guys job yes
The other guys and myself have agreed that Billy Sherwood will do an excellent job of covering my parts, and the show as a whole will deliver the same Yes experience that our fans have come to expect over the years.
bit course enjoyed great playing pull since standards time yes
It's been a long time since we've been out there playing new material, and we have really enjoyed that. Of course we still enjoy playing the Yes standards as well, but it's great to have a bit of a challenge and pull off new material.
default design fact yes
The fact I've been in every lineup of Yes has been more by default than design.
came fell people yes
Yes is what I like doing more than anything else. Somewhere along the way, as people came and went, it fell to me to kind of keep it going and oversee the spirit of the enterprise, as it were.
yes
In many ways, I think about the possibility that there could still be a Yes in 100 or 200 years from now, just like a live symphony orchestra.
vehicle yes
We started Yes as a vehicle to develop everyone's individual styles.
albums yes
Over the years, Yes actually made 20 albums of original studio material.
people yes
There's been talk of YES possibly doing something on Broadway in New York. People have approached me with that idea, and there are discussions about that.
album name worldwide yes
'The Yes Album,' of course, was the album that put Yes' name on the worldwide stage.
works yes
The way Yes works is when we have a new member come in, as in Jon Davison, it's appropriate that we see what differences we can get out of a new contributing member in order to keep Yes interesting.
good played radio second seen song strangely yes
Strangely enough, 'I've Seen All Good People' is, I think, the second most played Yes song on American radio after 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart.' And then I think 'Roundabout' is third.
album club dates dimension few harmonies people tracks yes
Not many people know this, but when Yes first started doing club dates back in 1968, '69, we did a few tracks from 'The Magic Garden' album in our set. We just loved the harmonies that the 5th Dimension had as well.