Yes pupils, followers or clones.
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Topic: Yes pupils, followers or clones.
Posted By: Tormato
Subject: Yes pupils, followers or clones.
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 16:24
I've been thinking in starting this thread for quite some time, because I think that a lot of people will smash me for doing it. Please don't be so hard on me. This is the first thread that I post, and I'm a sensitive, shy fellow .
I've collected any thing Yes has released, including most of their "Best of" compilations and "Anniversaries", and all their live albums. I have a lot of Wakeman, Howe and Anderson's solo albums, although they don't sound like Yes, but I like them. I also have a little of Brufford, solo and with King Crimsom and other bands. The point is that I really LOVE, ADORE or WORSHIP the sound of Yes, specially from The Yes Album through Drama, and now I've come to feel that I've got nothing else to collect in this field, so....(don't shoot!) I started to look for bands that have a similar sound, vibration or feel than Yes. And I don't care if you call them clones, as long as they give me more of that sound to which I'm so hooked. So far I have discovered Starcastle, Alaska, Druid, Multistory and Ring of Myth. Some, like Alaska are very cool and talented. Others not so much. Anyway, can you people recommend more bands that I can collect to put on my "Yes pupils" collection?.
Finally, I don't see anything wrong in admiring a band so much that you try to play like them. I think it's part of a process while developing your own style. I think that Yes deserves a lot of reverence. They created a school of sound, and those bands are students, not copies. ------------- I like Tormato, so shoot me! Every person in the world can't think the same. |
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Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 16:29
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Umphrey's McGee seems to borrow a lot from Yes, even though the lead singer sounds nothing like Jon Anderson, the guitarist is heavily influenced by Steve Howe.Look for the album The Anchor Drops. ------------- 
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 16:41
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Yezda Urfa. Voivod and Enslaved have both said themselves that they're influenced by Yes, but you might not be able to hear it. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 16:48
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Yes are my favourite band BUT...I find the "clones" disappointing, and nowadays though I still love Yes, I also like to strike out for "new" stuff - like The Mars Volta and Pure Reason Revolution. Sorry that doesn't answer your point really does it? Hope you find more of what you want - - but I hope you don't close yourself off to other things that are going on now.... |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 17:26
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The Flower Kings.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 17:28
^ what he said.... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Phil wrote:Posted By: Fragile
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 19:21
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Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 20:06
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Probably CHERRY FIVE album is worth checking out.
Hope reviews on this site will help you to make a decision. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 20:35
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I agree with Ed.
But to elaborate a little.
The Flower Kings are a great modern band. Everything they write is brilliant. They are HEAVILY influenced by Yes, but not really a copy cat. This band will give you a similar sound to yes, and many ideas used by yes, but with a more modern flare to it. Very good stuff. ------------- I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t. -Stone Beard |
Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 20:37
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Phish is another band with Yes influence.
They never actually covered anything by Yes, but some people have said that "You Enjoy Myself" sounds a lot like "The Fish", and they teased "Long Distance Runaround" during a vocal jam. -------------
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Posted By: AfanSpur
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 04:42
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Just give up now. I've searched high and low and no one compares. My simultaneous great and bad fortune was that Yes was the first prog band i heard. And as they are way out there as no 1 it was slightly down hill after that. These days i have given up comparing to Yes, it is futile, and it has allowed me to enjoy many bands on their own merits. ------------- There stands Olias to outward to build a ship Holding within all we hope to retain The frame will be so built to challenge the universe Clasped with the skins of the fish of the plain |
Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 07:55
You're right, though it's worth remembering there are other influences in music of Voivod and Enslaved. It's interesting that for instance Enslaved is (was?) black metal band. And they like/love Yes  Clones of Yes? I recommend all of you an excellent French band ATOLL, especially: “Musiciens –
Magiciens” [1974] ---> lots, lots of Yes. Just discover it!
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Posted By: XTChuck
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 10:59
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I'd suggest Badger's first album. Their second and final LP doesn't sound like the same band. I'd also suggest the first two albums by Flash.
Both of these bands have ties to Yes.
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Posted By: Heptade
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 14:29
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Starcastle is the ultimate Yes-clone...and they did it in the 70s! Pretty shameless, but good albums.
Druid was pretty damn close too. ------------- The world keeps spinning, people keep sinning And all the rest is just bullsh*t -Steve Kilbey |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 15:13
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Magenta's 'Seven' album has a bit of a Yes feel to it to my ears. |
Posted By: Tormato
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 15:42
Of course I'm also checking new or not so new stuff. Since I started to come to this place I'm spending more money than I did in a looong time, in buying music. I've discovered Radiohead's "Kid A" and the following album(didn't know the "creeps" were prog!), and Nightwish (once). curiously, I was fascinated by Nightwish's "Once" for a couple of weeks, I heard it a lot, and then suddenly, for no reason, I lost interest. Porcupine Tree is another that I owe to Prog Archives (In Absentia - Deadwing). And yes, I'm planning to search for The Mars Volta these days. And I bought Camel's "Snowgoose" and Caravan's "In the Land of Gray and Pink" due to the reviews. I'm very pleased of
being able to wide my horizon, since everything I knew before PA was Pink Floyd, Yes, ELP, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Rush and Kansas. It's just that I can't get enough of the classic Yes sound and feeling, I want more and I am sad when I think that what I've got is all that there is....
By the way, thank you all for your support on this. I know this thread made some people angry, and with a reason. It's true that supporting the clones does very little for the creative development of prog, but I think that you need some degree of creativity to play like Yes.
THANK YOU!!! Any more recommendations? All welcome  .------------- I like Tormato, so shoot me! Every person in the world can't think the same. |
Posted By: Tony Fisher
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 18:22
I think you're wrong, my friend. Druid are superficially like Yes in the bass tone, the high pitched vocals and slightly dreamy lyrics and that's it. The instrumental styles are NOTHING like Yes and the compositions very different. I saw them several times in 76/77, shared beers with them after gigs and got to know two of them quite well. They liked Yes, but never consciously set out to imitate them. They were admirers of many other bands as much or more than Yes. Listen to Toward the Sun and tell me one Yes track that sounds remotely like ANY of the tracks. I can't find even one. I like Yes very much but I also like Druid for their musicianship and musicality, not because they were a Yes clone. They were not and I feel to label them as such is a mistake. |
Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 18:23
I think Mr. Bungle is a perfect clone of Yes... not.  ------------- 
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Posted By: progadicto
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 18:31
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Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: August 30 2006 at 04:14
OK, Grobschnitt isn't a clone of Yes in 100%, it obvious. There are certain differences. However there are also similarities, for example - guitar on "Rockpommel's Land" sounds like guitar of Howe; wonderful atmosphere reminds me atmosphere of Yes. Cover of "Rockpommel's Land" reminds me works of Roger Dean. OK, it's not a music matter. By the way - don't you hear one big similarity (one moment) to "Gates Of Delirium" on "Rockpommel's Land"? |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: August 30 2006 at 04:24
I can think of a lot of reasons for losing interest in Nightwish. Kid A/Amnesiac are amazing though. Enjoy your new Yes clones! ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Zavgorodny
Date Posted: August 30 2006 at 04:52
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if you're serching for YES-clones and YES-likes, than it's NEKTAR.
that's if we talking about general approach to music, compositiong and so on, not of stage decorations or voice tembre.
check out 'Remember the Future' and 'A Tab in The Ocean'. 'Journey to the Center of an Eye' reported to be as good, but I never heard it, for shame. These two (three?) are the closest to YES that I ever heard. no virtuosity, but writing and co-playing is top-notch. ------------- yes, I know, my English is far from perfect. I comfortable with it. |
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: August 30 2006 at 06:54
OK,first of all,I ain't a YES-fan - I adore GENESIS,and I'm interested in GENESIS CLONES(have found dozens of them ).But I've found some YES-related bands ,which impressed me more than the Original One!!! 
MAGENTA "Seven" - !!!!!! AD INFINITUM "Ad Infinitum" - !!!!!! EPISODE "Into the Epicenter"/"Starlight Tales" TAI PHONG "Tai Phong"/"Windows" DRUID "Towrad the Sun"/"Fluid Druid" GLASS HAMMER "Shadowlands" K2 "The Book of the Dead" and yeah,you can always hear a lot of YES in ATOLL,GROBSCHNITT,YEZDA URFA,FLOWER KINGS,SPOCK'S BEARD etc btw,just listened to MINDGAMES' last album - very much YES-influenced,but great after all!!! |
Posted By: bundy
Date Posted: August 31 2006 at 02:52
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Acqua Fragile - Mass Media Stars
Glass Hammer -Chronomotree ------------- They who know do not speak! They who talk do not know! |
Posted By: Tormato
Date Posted: August 31 2006 at 15:34
Thank you. You guys are incredible. Do you have any idea of how many years it would have taken me to find out about all these by myself? Thanx again! ------------- I like Tormato, so shoot me! Every person in the world can't think the same. |
Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: September 02 2006 at 20:20
| Starcastle.There may be some purists choking when they are mentioned.But they are really good.Shortish(when compared to Yes) songs, but very tight. |
Posted By: Jay440
Date Posted: September 03 2006 at 20:56
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The Argentinian band Espiritu's album "Libre Y Natural" may have what you're looking for. The vocalist has a tone similar to Anderson's, but slightly nasal, and the lyrics are in Spanish. The track "La Fabrica Del Suenos" definitely has a Yes-like sound to it! |
Posted By: Big Ears
Date Posted: September 11 2006 at 09:24
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Listening to Yes led me to listen to the groups that influenced them (and vocal harmony groups) like the Beatles, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Four Preps, Fleetwood Mac, Byrds and Fifth Dimension. If you are open minded it's worth a try.
P.S. also David Crosby's early solo material, the Hollies too.
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