Peter Banks (Yes, Flash)...R.I.P. |
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 12:21 | |
RIP
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horza
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 12:28 | |
Another member of the Prog family passes away.
R.I.P. Peter Banks 15 July 1947 8 March 2013 |
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Earendil
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 12:44 | |
Sad news. Part of him will live on forever in the music he created. Rest in peace, Peter Banks.
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Wanorak
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 12:45 | |
Very sad news. It would've been interesting to hear what Yes had've sounded like with him instead of Howe. A very talented guitarist.
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A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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The-time-is-now
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 13:19 | |
thx for these words RIP mister Banks. Really love Time and a word. Excellent combination of sounds between Peter and Chris. |
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One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
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darkshade
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 13:20 | |
Sad. RIP
To think, I never got the first 2 Yes albums. I'm going to have to get them now. Isn't he on any later Yes albums? |
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Larree
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 13:24 | |
Wow. Two days after Alvin Lee. R.I.P. Mr. Banks.
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rushfan4
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 13:28 | |
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cstack3
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 13:37 | |
Billy Sherwood posted this to his Facebook page:
Rest In Peace..... Peter Banks. Peter very recently played on the new "prog collective 2" project I'm writing/producing, as well as the "days between stations" record I worked on. As a Yes fan... this is sad news indeed. It was an honor to work with Peter on many productions. He will be missed !!! |
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Dellinger
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 14:08 | |
The first Flash album is very nice, and Tony Kaye also plays on that one. I found it at least as good as the first two Yes albums. |
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moshkito
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 15:03 | |
Hi,
With care ... rest well. Sherri ... smile please ... friends like you are too good to be true and you've done a lot as well!
Edited by moshkito - March 12 2013 at 15:07 |
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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Finnforest
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 15:48 | |
Is there any word on what killed him so young?
Love that first album and will be playing it soon. |
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 15:52 | |
^ Wiki and USAToday say heart failure.
I forgot to say: condolences to family and friends. Edited by Dayvenkirq - March 12 2013 at 15:53 |
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Chris S
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 15:58 | |
R.I.P Peter Banks
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...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
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octopus-4
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 15:58 | |
Another one is gone. In the last months Jon Lord, Kevin Ayers....
Howe started with YES trying to sound similar to Banks. Without him Howe would have been a different guitarist and YES would have been a different band. RIP
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half.
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cstack3
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 16:52 | |
George Mizer, his very longtime friend and manager, posted this to his Facebook page: Here is the latest news I received from police in London and the coroner : Cause of death is coronary heart disease, registered on the 7th march. No suspicious circumstances. ----- Only 65! Damn, what a loss, I kept waiting for Peter to gain some ground and record at least one more amazing record. The Billy Sherwood material will probably have some great Banks work on it. Edited by cstack3 - March 12 2013 at 16:58 |
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Progosopher
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 17:27 | |
Now that he has shed his mortal coil, he can travel astrally with greater ease. Travel long and far my brother, you will be missed. |
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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DaleHauskins
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 17:37 | |
British axeman Peter Banks,who played on the first two Yes albums,
passed away from heart failure last week. He was 65. Banks was a member
of the 1960s band The Syn which also included bassist Chris Squire.
When the band broke up in 1967 Squire and Banks went on to join psychedelic band Mabel Greer's Toyshop. After meeting Jon Anderson in a pub in 1968, Squire invited the singer to join MGT. When drummer Bill Bruford joined the group, a new band eventually emerged Yes with a lineup consisting of Anderson,Squire, Banks,Bruford and keyboardist Tony Kaye. But Banks wasn't destined to be a long-time Yes man. Having played on 1969's Yes and 1970's Time And A Word, Banks left after the second album and was replaced by Steve Howe. Shortly after leaving Yes, Banks founded the prog-rock band Flash, which released three albums. The guitarist also started a band called Empire. Banks' body was found after the guitarist failed "to show up for a recording session," according to Rolling Stone. Former Genesis guitarist, collaborator and friend Steve Hackett tweeted, "I'm sorry to hear of Peter Banks' passing a great pal and a great guitarist." --Jay Smith. http://www.melodicrock.com/ http://www.hitparade.ch/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40962&pages= Edited by DaleHauskins - March 17 2013 at 01:54 |
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ProgMetaller2112
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 17:48 | |
It only makes the song "Survival" even more special |
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War is peace.
Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
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cstack3
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Posted: March 12 2013 at 18:48 | |
This is some of his last recording, the song "Endless Journey" by the band "Ant Bee!" It's a fascinating read, please enjoy! Peter, you truly are an Astral Traveller now, man!
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