YES: DINOSAURS STILL ROAM THE EARTH
“Yes, we are five individuals. That’s what makes it what it is, how good it is and as complicated as it is. Each of us is integral in the eventual outcome. That’s why it takes so long. We all have to agree, or at least compromise, on what’s happening."
“Yes, we are five individuals. That’s what makes it what it is, how good it is and as complicated as it is. Each of us is integral in the eventual outcome. That’s why it takes so long. We all have to agree, or at least compromise, on what’s happening."
The speaker, ladies and gentlemen, is silver-haired Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye, perched in his luxury suite at Hollywood’s glamorous Bel Age Hotel. Welcome to Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous. I’m your host, Robin Leech (sic), here to interview the members of Yes on their first studio album in five years, Big Generator (or 90522-1)— and I don’t know why . . .
Yes, I do. Since reforming in 1983 for 90125 and its hit single, “Owner Of A Lonely Heart,” these art-rock veterans have undergone a facelift Elizabeth Taylor might envy. Regrouping with original members bassist Chris Squire, keyboardist Kaye, singer Jon Anderson, longtime drummer Alan White and newcomerguitarist Trevor Rabin, Yes shucked its Roger Dean world of fairies and Ancient Ones for a hard-edged, modern technopop sheen, aiming squarely at a brandnew MTV market.