Yes

For Woody Cross and Dave Adler.  Thanks to Guillermo F. Vazquez Malagamba, Woody, and Ed for keeping me straight on the lineup from 1993 to the present.

Yes I (1968 - 1970)
  • Jon Anderson - vocals - b. October 25, 1944, Accrington, Lancashire, England - formerly with The Warriors and Gun.
  • Peter Banks - guitar - b. July 7, 1947 - formerly with The Syn.
  • Chris Squire - bass - b. March 4, 1948, London, England - formerly with The Syn.
  • Tony Kaye - keyboards - b. January 11, 1946, Leicester, England - formerly with The Federals.
  • Bill Bruford - drums - b. William Scott Bruford, May 17, 1948, Sevenoaks, England - formerly with Savoy Brown.
Albums:
  1. "Yes" (1969)
  2. "Time and a Word" (1970)
  3. "Beyond and Before: The BBC Recordings 1969-1970" (2-CDs) (1998)
Peter Banks later forms Flash.
Yes II (1970 - August 1971)
  • Jon Anderson - vocals
  • Steve Howe - guitar - b. April 8, 1947 - formerly with The Syndicats, The In Crowd, Tomorrow, and Bodast.
  • Chris Squire - bass
  • Tony Kaye - keyboards
  • Bill Bruford - drums
Album:
  1. "The Yes Album" (1971)
Tony Kaye joins Flash, Badger, Detective, and Badfinger.
Yes III (September 1971 - 1972) Albums:
  1. "Fragile" (1971) - Single: "Roundabout"
  2. "Close to the Edge" (1972)
  3. "Yessongs" (live) (2-CDs) (1973)
Bill Bruford joins King Crimson.
Yes IV (1972 - 1974) Album:
  1. "Tales from Topographic Oceans" (2-CDs) (1974)
Yes V(August 1974 - 1976) Album:
  1. "Relayer" (1974)
Patrick Moraz joins The Moody Blues.
Yes VI (1976 - March 1980) Albums:
  1. "Going for the One" (1977) - Singles: "Wonderous Stories", "Going for the One"
  2. "Tormato" (1978) - Single: "Don't Kill the Whale"
  3. "Yesshows" (live) (2-CDs) (1981)
Yes VII (May 1980 - April 1981)
  • Steve Howe - guitar
  • Chris Squire - bass
  • Alan White - drums
  • Trevor Horn - guitar/vocals - formerly with The Buggles.
  • Geoff Downes - keyboards - b. Geoffrey Downes - formerly with The Buggles.
Album:
  1. "Drama" (1980)
Group disbands.  Steve Howe and Geoff Downes form Asia.  Steve Howe later joins GTR.
Cinema (1983)
Yes VIII (1983 - 1987) Albums:
  1. "90125" (1984) - Singles: "Owner of a Lonely Heart", "Leave It"
  2. "Big Generator" (1987)
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe (1989 - 1990) Album:
  1. "Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe" (1989)
  2. "An Evening of Yes Music Plus" (live) (1994)
Yes IX (1991) Album:
  1. "Union" (1991)
Steve Howe rejoins Asia.
Anderson, Bruford, and Howe(1993) Album:
  1. "Symphonic Music of Yes" (1993) (with The London Philharmonic)
Yes X (1993 - May 1995) (reformed) Album:
  1. "Talk" (1994)
Yes XI(July 1995 - 1997) Albums:
  1. "Keys to Ascension" (2-CDs) (1996)
  2. "Keys to Ascension II" (2-CDs) (1997)
Yes XII (1997 - ? ) Albums:
  1. "Open Your Eyes" (1997)
  2. "The Ladder" (1999)
Yes XIII (1997 - 2001)
Yes XIII (2001 - Present) Album:
    "Magnification" (2001)
Compilations:
  1. "Yesterdays" (1975)
  2. "Classic Yes" (1981)
  3. "Yesyears" (4-CD box set) (1991)
  4. "Yesstory" (2-CDs) (1992)
  5. "The Very Best of Yes" (1993)
  6. "Friends and Relatives" (2-CDs) (1998)
Jon Anderson solo:
  1. "Olias of Sunhillow" (1976)
  2. "Short Stories" (1980) (with Vangelis) - Single: "I Hear You"
  3. "Song of Seven" (1980)
  4. "The Friends of Mr. Cairo" (1982) (with Vangelis)
  5. "Animation" (1982)
  6. "Private Collection" (1983)
  7. "The Best of Jon and Vangelis" (1984) (with Vangelis)
  8. "Three Ships" (1985)
  9. "In the City of Angels" (1988)
  10. "Change We Must" (1994)
  11. "Deseo" (1994)
  12. "Angels Embrace" (1995)
  13. "Toltec" (1996)
  14. "Earth Mother Earth" (1997)
  15. "The Promise Ring" (1997)
  16. "Page of Life" (1998) (with Vangelis)
  17. "The More You Know" (1998)
Steve Howe solo:
  1. "Beginnings" (1975)
  2. "The Steve Howe Album" (1979)
  3. "The Bodast Tapes" (1981)
  4. "Turbulence" (1991)
  5. "The Grand Scheme of Things" (1993)
  6. "Not Necessarily Acoustic" (1994)
  7. "Seraphim" (1995)
  8. "Voyagers" (1995)
  9. "Homebrew Volume 1" (1996)
  10. "Mothballs" (1998)
  11. "Quantum Guitar" (1998)
  12. "Pulling Strings" (live) (1999)
  13. "Portraits of Bob Dylan" (1999) - Bob Dylan tribute album.
Chris Squire solo:
  1. "Fish Out of Water" (1975)
  2. "Conspiracy" (2000) (with Billy Sherwood)
Rick Wakeman solo:
  1. "The Six Wives of Henry the VIII" (1973)
  2. "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1974)
  3. "Lisztomania" (1975)
  4. "Myths and Legends of King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table" (1975)
  5. "No Earthly Connection" (1976)
  6. "White Rock" (1977)
  7. "Criminal Record" (1978)
  8. "Best Known Works" (1978)
  9. "Rhapsodies" (1979)
  10. "1984" (1981)
  11. "The Burning" (1982)
  12. "Rock & Roll Prophet" (1982)
  13. "G'ole!" (1983)
  14. "Country Airs" (1986)
  15. "Family Album" (1987)
  16. "Cost of Living" (1987)
  17. "A Suite of Gods" (1988)
  18. "Zodiaque" (1988)
  19. "In the Beginning" (1990)
  20. "Silent Nights" (1991)
  21. "Time Machine" (1991)
  22. "Black Knights at the Court of Ferdinand IV" (1991)
  23. "2000 A.D. Into the Future" (1991)
  24. "Phantom Power" (1991)
  25. "The Classical Connection" (1991)
  26. "Aspirant Sunset" (1991)
  27. "Classical" (1991)
  28. "3 CD Box Set" (1991)
  29. "Wakeman With Wakeman" (1992)
  30. "Best Works Collection" (1992)
  31. "African Bach" (1993)
  32. "Crimes of Passion" (1993)
  33. "Rock n' Roll Prophet Plus" (1993)
  34. "Heritage Suite" (1993)
  35. "Private Collection" (1993)
  36. "Greatest Hits" (2-CDs) (1993)
  37. "Classic Tracks" (1993)
  38. "Word & The Gospels" (1994)
  39. "The Official Bootleg" (2-CDs) (1994)
  40. "Sea Airs" (1994)
  41. "Live at Hammersmith" (1994)
  42. "Romance of the Victorian Age" (1994)
  43. "Old Grey Whistle Test Series" (live) (1995)
  44. "Almost Live in Europe" (1995)
  45. "The Classical Connection, Vol. 1" (1995)
  46. "The Classical Connection, Vol. 2" (live) (1995)
  47. "Night Airs" (1995)
  48. "Cirque Surreal" (1995)
  49. "Piano Album" (1995)
  50. "Live on the Test" (1995)
  51. "The New Gospels" (1995)
  52. "Seven Wonders of the World" (1995)
  53. "Softsword (King John and the Magna Carta)" (1995)
  54. "Visions" (1995)
  55. "Keyboard Box Set" (1995)
  56. "Winterland 1975" (live) (1996)
  57. "King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents...Rick Wakeman In Concert" (live) (1996)
  58. "Fields of Green" (1996)
  59. "Aspirant Sunrise" (1996)
  60. "Aspirant Sunshadows" (1996)
  61. "Voyager" (1996)
  62. "Tapestries" (1996)
  63. "Simply Acoustic: The Music" (1997)
  64. "Voyage: The Very Best of Rick Wakeman" (1997)
  65. "Themes" (1997)
  66. "Light at the End of the Tunnel" (1997) (with Ajalon)
  67. "Tribute to The Beatles" (1998)
  68. "Master Series" (1998)
  69. "Natural World Trilogy" (1999)
  70. "Selections from Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1999)
  71. "Return to the Centre of the Earth" (1999)
  72. "White Rock II" (1999)
  73. "Stella Bianca Alla Corte Di Re Ferdinando" (1999) (with Mario Fasciano)
  74. "The Masters" (2-CDs) (1999)
  75. "Preludes to a Century" (2000)
Alan White solo:
  1. "Ramshackled" (1976)
Patrick Moraz solo:
  1. "Story of I" (1976)
  2. "Out in the Sun" (1977)
  3. "Patrick Moraz" (1978)
  4. "Future Memories" (1979)
  5. "Co Existence" (1980)
  6. "Music for Piano and Drums" (1984)
  7. "Timecode" (1984)
  8. "Human Interface" (1987)
  9. "Flags" (1988) (with Bill Bruford)
  10. "Windows of Time" (1995)
Trevor Rabin solo:
  1. "Trevor Rabin" (1978)
  2. "Face to Face" (1980)
  3. "Wolf" (1981)
  4. "Can't Look Away" (1989)

DVDs and Videos:
  1. "Yessongs" (1973) - VHS
  2. "Yessongs" (1973) - DVD
  3. "Live in Philadelphia" (1979) - DVD
  4. "YesYears" - VHS
  5. "Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe: An Evening of Yes Music Plus" (1994) - DVD
  6. "Keys To Ascension" (1996) - DVD
  7. "House Of Yes: Live From House Of Blues" (2000) - DVD
  8. "MusikLaden Live" (????) - DVD

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Last Revised:  September 3, 2001
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