European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 06, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Entertainment yes they re Back Art Rock pioneers face new Challenge % Ivoti m i it Ini us a to. a it �. It might a a a a of a Twili re a k jul i i Quot a Ltd to her. Re Utt a i tenth a i a to pfc �4 the Fhi or Uva the by a a Jill in itty her a t in Chin Uki Al play a it k. the Quot a it Pavny it a it it Tbs a a nit in h. Mumm at w in a we fun a who a a what a in a no Ftp m flu Camm of to a ghz it in 4 7 Yvan it it Foj a Vod Armari Quot it i wry the Nimfy <4 what Bappe a to j Rex. K n Roll Nim in who t twins to the end of hrs Itrat tar Quot t not that Wake Mart or the other yes Musio ans Are at the end of their Turners. In f a it Llna a recently Kex Kohl Oft a new one just six month4 ago men Foers of the old yes lineups joined forces with the members of an 80s version of the group in april they released an album titled Union and they re currently on the Road in Europe. The project is described by drummer Alan White As a Quot yes orchestra a the combined group includes two 7 keyboard players in Wakeman and Tony Kaye two drummers in White and Hill Bruford two guitarists in Steve Howe arid Trevor Rabin one Bass player and one Lead Singer a founding members Chris Squire and Jon Anderson respectively. V a with the current trend of revivals of classic Rock bands from the 70s a the who deep purple Aero Smith and bad company to name a few a yes reunion was. Almost to be expected. But says Wakeman yes in t just jumping on the reincarnation bandwagon. Unlike several of the bands who regrouped for a single tour he says yes is in it for the Long run. He says the group has , five album contract with Arista records. A. Quot we were Given the Opportunity to do a financial. Killing tour by saying this would be the yes Farewell a Lour Quot Wakeman says. Quot none of us wanted to do that. We All Felt that we would somewhat because we All knew there Yves certainly More music that had to come out of . says the Chanee to reunite was an 7 Olfer none of the band members could refuse. Quot the Opportunity to do something so big a it was t monetary it was a Challenge a Quot he says. Quot Money is always a consideration but i think it was t on everybody s mind at the time. It was the Challenge of doing the tour and playing with so Many talented musicians Quot. To be sure none of the yes members was exactly. A pulling in big Bucks when the Opportunity to reunite 1 came up. The original yes who achieved critical acclaim with a such huge orchestral works is Roi of Abri fun 1972, broke up in about. F r 0. During that time Anderson. Squire Kaye Bruford Wakeman Howe anti White had All been Iii and out of the band. In 1983, Anderson Squire White. newcomer Rabin joined Lou t s yes vision that released the album Whit h earned them the no. 1 hit owner i tonely f.h\trt. When the t 983 follow up a d to cent mor was t As stick Essul Antler son broke off and uru Ford Wakem an and Howe joined. A tour years later Anderson Brulotti Wakeman anti. Howe flit the Road Lor a tour bilk d As Quot an evening of yes music neither the tour nor tin album did 7 especially Well though. T a suits were tiled bul later dismiss Dand the Media had a heyday describing the War that the band members Par it ully Over the use of of it t v 4 Ltd v v v Art. A a. A a a its amp Ai a is a Batoff at s a it t 4&Quot % members of the United yes from left Tony Kaye Steve Howe Trevor Rabin Chris Squire John Anderson Rick Wakeman and Alan White. Drummer Bui Bruford is missing. A amps Anita Gosch the name a it was owned by Squire and the record t company a and the performance of old yes songs. Though Wakeman Quot it was t All Honey and roses Quot throughout the band s career he denies that the Battle was Between the musicians. A. Quot what you had was a War that was basically being raged Between managements Quot he says Quot we ail thought. The whole problem was actually stupid. We loved the press though we never had so much press in our . In the meantime Squire White Kaye and Rabin were in los Angelos working on a new yes album while. Anderson Bruford Wakeman and Howe europe1 recording their second album. Anderson paid a Friendly visit to the yes members in California and ended up laying Down some vocals for their album and Squire \ ended up adding his. Vocals to some Abwah tracks. That s when the record companies and managements. Of the two groups came up with the idea of combining Quot the two groups. The musicians decided to go along with in ,. A a Quot a Quot a a a a Quot Quot originally we weren t going to have anything to do. A with each other Quot says Wakeman. Quot it became logical for us to get together Whei we Abwah realized on tour that we were playing yes music and it was just confusing r r a besides lie says they figured the two separate albums probably would have sold just As Many combined As the reunion Alburn alone. A a the end result of All of this is that Union contains tracks from each of the separate albums As aided by members of the two former versions. A Wakeman the rest of the yes members fee certain that the new songs will enjoy just As much longevity As the tunes from 20 years ago. A a a a a a Quot yes always tried to make music that would last in time. In the Early clays the music we made was a Little before its time1 because we were adventurous Quot says. White. Quot and we can reach new Heights with new music because the band is never satisfied with enjoying what is. Now. A. A a. Quot we re always looking to the Quot Quot. Yos is touring Europe. Check listings in pages -t5-16for.times.and dates. Pop singles 1. 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