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Poll Question: Who is the closest to Yes in sound or spirit ?
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that band Druid are strongly influenced by Yes, they do sound like them, though i dont like to use that word "clone",  they may be considered as a clone band...

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Originally posted by tarkus2112 tarkus2112 wrote:

There is another band that sounds like Yes,they are called Alaska.
 
Surely not Bernie Marsden's band?
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Starcastle certainly SOUNDS like a Yes clone to me. I never could get into Glass Hammer - some of their stuff sounds like a cross between Yes and ... Manhattan Transfer. Yikes!
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Starcastle were total Yes clones....but I love them anyway.

Magenta is pretty heavily "influenced" by Yes as well....and guess what? Love what I've heard from them too! :)
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Points: 314 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 26 2008 at 22:48
Starcastle are great. I love their music. There are too many similar elements from their sound to Yes' sound not to consider them a clone. It is what it is and I like it,  so what does it matter if they are a clone or not?
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Let me see, bands that are influenced by YES but not really clones. I could say Queen, Boston, Supertramp, The Flower Kings, and I'm sure there are a lot of bands out there that adopted a part of the YES sound. Starcastle of course seemed to do the best mimic job though.
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most of the important U.S. symph bands were heavily Yes influenced, Cathedral - Yezda Urfa, HtM - but still had distinct sounds
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

most of the important U.S. symph bands were heavily Yes influenced, Cathedral - Yezda Urfa, HtM - but still had distinct sounds



 
Hell, even Dream Theater, Neil Morse, Rush to mention a few all admit openly to being heavily influenced by YES. There sound is unique in so many ways. They employ so many styles in their music all the way from clasical to pop, country and jazz and so on, where as bands like King Crimson who are tremendous in their own right tended to borrow more heavily from Jazz themes in much of their work. I think what YES brings to the table is a sound variety that few bands can match and so many bands love.
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Are many bands influenced by Yes but the one i consider almost a clone is Albatross. They release a single album in 1976 with the same name. I don't see this band here, so no vote.
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I agree with a few comments that Glass Hammer are a fine band with a Yes influence, but certainly not copyist.
I once bought a Starcastle album, must be 20 years ago, having heard of the very strong Yes influence. I got rid of it quickly though as it was an awful poppy effort, presumably one of their later albums. I think a Yes influence is a good thing though and I think I will have to invest in one of their earlier albums!!
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I remember I listened to the progarchives mp3 streaming and some of the above mentioned bands came up. I did not know what band it was, but with one track I had a feeling like "Failed, Yes!". It was Starcastle.

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Originally posted by Roj M30 Roj M30 wrote:

I agree with a few comments that Glass Hammer are a fine band with a Yes influence, but certainly not copyist.
I once bought a Starcastle album, must be 20 years ago, having heard of the very strong Yes influence. I got rid of it quickly though as it was an awful poppy effort, presumably one of their later albums. I think a Yes influence is a good thing though and I think I will have to invest in one of their earlier albums!!
 
That sounds like the horrific "Reel to reel" album, a total piece of loathesome s**t , unworthy of even a pop collection YUCK!
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For me bands like Druid (UK), Lift (USA) and Cherry Five (Italy) are more or less 'obviously Yes-inspired' but Starcastle is the ultimate Yes clone! I bought Starcastle their first album because of the 'typical symponic rock cover' when it was just released, I remember that I got irritated by the way this band sounded like Yes: the same bass sound, the same Minimoog flights, the same high pitched Jon Anderson vocals/vocal harmonies, only more polished and without the famous Yes virtuosity. Quickly I got rid of it, many years later I listened to it again at the home of a friend and now I had to laugh because of that obvious Yes cloning approach, is this a progress in appreciation LOL ?!
 
In Holland the first Finch is Yes inspired and Taurus was close to a Yes clone, about the USA I would like to mention Relayer (what's in a name Wink).
 
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