Yes founder Peter Banks dies at 65.

Bugman · Mar 12, 2013

R.I.P. Mr. Banks.

http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=795628

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ChosenofMystra · Mar 12, 2013

RIP....I was always a big fan of Yes. True pioneers in progressive rock 🙁

TklDuo-Drew · Mar 12, 2013

Peter Banks was a good guitarist, but he didn't play on those above posted videos. He was the guitarist on the first Yes album, the second-"Time and a Word", then left after that. Although Steve Howe is a good guitarist too.

Drew

Bugman · Mar 12, 2013

TklDuo-Drew said:
Peter Banks was a good guitarist, but he didn't play on those above posted videos. He was the guitarist on the first Yes album, the second-"Time and a Word", then left after that. Although Steve Howe is a good guitarist too.

Drew

Yes, I was aware of that. Just posted some music from the band that I enjoyed.

TklDuo-Drew · Mar 12, 2013

I see.......continue to rock on!

Drew

Bugman · Mar 12, 2013

TklDuo-Drew said:
I see.......continue to rock on!

Drew

I didn't find any suitable clips from his time with Yes. If you know of any, please post them. It would be appreciated. 🙂

venray · Mar 12, 2013

I have seen Yes in concert over 25 times since 1972...We will be seeing them for the first time without Jon Anderson next month...

RIP Pete...

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venray · Mar 12, 2013

coldneck · Mar 13, 2013

Bugman said:
I didn't find any suitable clips from his time with Yes. If you know of any, please post them. It would be appreciated. 🙂

That's because there aren't any.

Here's the backstory via Wiki:

In January 1968, bassist Chris Squire joined the rock band Mabel Greer's Toyshop,[6] with singer and guitarist Clive Bailey, drummer Bob Hagger, and guitarist Peter Banks.[7] They played at The Marquee club in Soho, London where Jack Barrie, owner of the nearby La Chasse club, saw them perform. "There was nothing outstanding about them", he recalled, "the musicianship was very good but it was obvious they weren't going anywhere".[8] Barrie introduced Squire to singer Jon Anderson, a worker at the bar in La Chasse, who found they shared interests in Simon & Garfunkel and harmony singing. That evening at Squire's house they wrote "Sweetness", which was included on the first Yes album.[9] In June 1968, Hagger was replaced by Bill Bruford who had placed an advertisement in Melody Maker.[7][10] Meanwhile Banks left Mabel Greer's Toyshop to join Neat Change,[7] and classically-trained organist and pianist Tony Kaye, of Johnny Taylor's Star Combo and The Federals, became the keyboardist.[11] The nascent band rehearsed in the basement of The Lucky Horseshoe cafe on Shaftesbury Avenue between 10 June and 9 July 1968.[12][13][14]

Banks returned and became the fifth member, replacing Bailey as guitarist, on 26 July 1968. After renaming themselves as Yes! at Banks' suggestion,[7] the first gig under the new brand followed at a youth camp in East Mersea, Essex on 4 August. Early sets were formed of cover songs from artists such as The Beatles, The 5th Dimension and Traffic.[15] On 16 September, Yes performed at Blaise's club in London as a substitute for Sly & the Family Stone, who failed to turn up. They were well received by the audience, including the host Roy Flynn who became the band's manager that night.[16] That month, Bruford decided to quit performing in order to study at Leeds University.[17] His replacement, Tony O'Riley of The Koobas, struggled to perform with the rest of the group on-stage.[17] After being refused a year's sabbatical leave, Anderson and Squire convinced Bruford to return for Yes' supporting slot for Cream's farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 26 November.[17]
Jon Anderson in 1973.

After seeing an early King Crimson gig in 1969, Yes realised that there was suddenly stiff competition on the London gigging circuit, and they needed to be much more technically proficient, starting regular rehearsals.[18] They subsequently signed a deal with Atlantic Records, and released their self-titled debut album that August.[19] Compiled of mostly original material, the record includes renditions of "Every Little Thing" by The Beatles and "I See You" by The Byrds. Although the album failed to break into the UK album charts, in his positive review for Rolling Stone magazine, Lester Bangs complimented the album's "sense of style, taste, and subtlety".[20] Melody Maker columnist Tony Wilson chose Yes and Led Zeppelin as the two bands "most likely to succeed".[21]

Following a tour of Scandinavia with The Small Faces, Yes performed a solo concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 21 March 1970. The second half consisted of excerpts from their second album Time and a Word, accompanied with a 20-piece youth orchestra.[22] Banks, who was dissatisfied with the idea of recording with an orchestra and the sacking of Flynn earlier in the year, left the group in May, two months prior the album's release.[19][23] Banks later claimed he was fired by Anderson and Squire, and that Kaye and Bruford had no prior knowledge that it would be happening.[18]

Interesting!!! to say the least.

I just love these really old bands ... for REAL!!

Bugman · Mar 13, 2013

That is indeed intresting, coldneck. Thanks for posting it.

Saeria · Mar 15, 2013

venray said:
I have seen Yes in concert over 25 times since 1972...We will be seeing them for the first time without Jon Anderson next month...

They are touring again? I have never seen them live.

kopfhorer · Mar 16, 2013

I saw Yes once in the mid-70s when they had that elaborate Roger Dean-designed illuminated stage set. It was a trip without drugs...

As for Mr. Banks, 65, damn, he was just a rugrat...

venray · Apr 8, 2013

Yes founder Peter Banks dies at 65.

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