give me some Yes clones!
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Topic: give me some Yes clones!
Posted By: BruceBanner
Subject: give me some Yes clones!
Date Posted: May 25 2009 at 20:55
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I am in the mood for YES to have about 10 more albums between the Yes Album and Relayer. language isn't important. Just the airy vocals, aggressive lead rickenbacker bass, too much keyboard and airy vocals. right now I am jamming out to Druid and Akritas. THANKS! |
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: May 25 2009 at 21:00
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Yeah, uh...Starcastle should suit you.
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Posted By: BruceBanner
Date Posted: May 25 2009 at 21:19
| starcastle is perfect. keep them coming! I need at least 7 more! |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: May 25 2009 at 21:23
| Glass Hammer? I'm probably the wrong person to be answering this. |
Posted By: BruceBanner
Date Posted: May 25 2009 at 23:57
| keep them coming! |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 00:07
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Cathedral (US symph band, not the Neo one), True Myth, and Yezda Urfa at times |
Posted By: GentleGiant
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 00:17
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Welcome,Alaska,Blue Shift
------------- BeGiantForADay "This British band is just the cup of tea for aficionados who demand virtuosity,progress and originality in their mix." http://rateyourmusic.com/~GentleG |
Posted By: Failcore
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 00:21
| Spock's Beard - V has two Yes-like epics on it. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 06:29
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The Flower Kings Wobbler Beardish ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 07:15
How about some Yes zombies? 
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Posted By: BruceBanner
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 07:47
| YES zombies would be fine. I guess they would have light airy grunts and groans instead of vocals? |
Posted By: Captain Capricorn
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 07:55
| Yezda Urfa ...I wouldn't call 'em clones, but they certainly sound similar at times. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 12:23
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The music of Belgian prog band "Now" has a lot of Yes traits. Their album "Spheres" reminded me very much of "Going For The One" - era Yes.Yes, I know, that's after Relayer, but I just read a Spheres - review that's pointing out to earlier Yes - albums. So maybe...
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 15:10
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The Flower Kings are a great band in their own right, not Yes clones, but if you like Yes, you will love their music. How about Asia  ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 15:12
You'd be surprised.  |
lazland wrote:Posted By: rosenbach
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 16:01
| If language is not important yoy should check Espiritu: Crisalida from Argentina, not a clon but heavely influenced by Yes. Great album |
Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: May 26 2009 at 16:07
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The latest cd of Simon Says "Tartigrade" is especially, the 26 minutes epic, a copy of the gates of delirium. The bass player had confirmed himself that statement. There's some great Steve Howe style of guitar throught out the album.
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Posted By: Imadofus
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 19:06
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Bacamarte - Depois do Fim :]
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Posted By: cobb2
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 19:32
| The trouble with Yes clones is that they don't have the vision and genius to go with it. Your best bet is to find other progressive bands that have the vision and genius to pull of their own sound. |
Posted By: BruceBanner
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 20:31
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I know all about vision, and that's not what I am looking for. I just want to hear bands that heard YES, liked it and said, "we can do that", then gave it their best. I am under no delusion that I will find a great band, I'm just looking for those jokers who thought, "why not me". and before anyone get's upset with me for picking on bands, I am in a "clone" band, and my friends are in clone bands. |
Posted By: honganji
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 01:11
Step Ahead, Starcastle, Aleph are close to Yes, in my opinion. 
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Posted By: cobb2
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 09:51
Didn't mean to sound supercilious BruceB... I just thought you were looking for a band who could provide the goods as brilliantly as Yes did. Were you after the classic Yes sound or the newer sound such as the ladder? If the former, the only band I could recommend as coming close are Badger. If the latter try Pig Farm on the Moon- I can remember my kids calling out that I was playing Yes again when I put them on. ps. I play in a covers band myself.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 10:07
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Next up, when Yes clones attack!
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 10:10
Don't make him angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry. |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 08:24
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Kayak's first album,'See See the Sun' is a Yes from me. ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: BruceBanner
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 09:52
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I don't want you to get "CLONE" and "COVER" mixed up. My band does not play any covers, but when people hear us they say "that sounds a lot like"...and we say, "thank you, that's what we were going for". |
Posted By: BruceBanner
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 10:06
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OK HERE IS THE LIST WE HAVE COME UP WITH. here is your chance to make some last additions, or argue about removing some. I would love to have more for the list. I'll check all of these records out over the next week or two. Druid Akritas England - Garden Shed Starcastle Glass Hammer Cathedral (US symph band, not the Neo one), True Myth Yezda Urfa Welcome, Alaska, Blue Shift Spock's Beard - V has two Yes-like epics on it. The Flower Kings Wobbler Beardish Belgian prog band "Now" album "Spheres" Espiritu: Crisalida from Argentina Simon Says "Tartigrade" Bacamarte - Depois do Fim Step Ahead, Aleph Kayak's first album,'See See the Sun' |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 11:58
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The immaculate one off of Stanley Snail (aka Mike Keneally and Kevin Gilbert)?
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 12:07
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Moth Vellum! E ------------- 
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Posted By: BruceBanner
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 12:53
| Im listening to Cathedral now, it's like yes with Lake on vocals. The faux Steve Howe playing is remarkable. |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 12:56
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Chris Squire recorded a solo album that sounds very Yes-like : 'Fish out of water' The band England released in 1977 an album that sounds also a lot like Bruford-era Yes, 'Garden shed'.
The welsh band Magenta sounds like a band covering Yes songs. You could swear you hear Yes as the band backing the vocalist Christina Booth. Listen to their album 'metamorphosis'.
Pent**ter can also be compared to Yes, essentially in the vocal harmonies, but their music features also influences from more adventurous artists like Gentle Giant and Frank Zappa.
Babylon is another fine US band with a strong Yes-influence.
------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: BruceBanner
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 13:14
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f**k yes! Baylon, I have been trying all day to think of their name!!! thank you! I got that record a few years ago, all I could remember was they were from the south and that they were really good, and only had one record. (probably because they weren't a Tom Petty clone or a county band). England is on the list. Magenta, I saw a few years ago and disliked. they remind me of what a band playing on the "prog rock cruise" would be like. All unbuttoned shirts, white tennis shoes and bland as bland could be. I might be judging them too harshly, but I calls them like I sees them. Maybe I disliked them becuase I was there to see the garage prog of Hawkwind and the pure genious of Magma, and seeing what are probably Jon Anderson's accountants kids playing music, just wasn't what I was into at the time. I will admit that they are all far better musicians than I will ever be, and are more successful musically than I will ever be... maybe I'm just jelouse. Pent**ter looks like they might be a really cool band. I'll check them out wether they are Yes clones or not. thanks! |
Posted By: BruceBanner
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 13:15
| oh, and PS, I always think of that Chris Squire record a the "lost yes album". It really is very good, and I wish he had done more solo stuff back then. |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 14:44
Just ordered this one myself from CD Baby.  E -------------
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 16:26
=)) |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 16:29
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^ I don't know why but stars replaced the letters in my final post ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: BruceBanner
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 00:13
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I guess there is a curse word that we don't know about. penTUUATer |
Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 02:51
Heck YES!! (pun tragically intended) Thought that version of Khatru was hellacool (and eerily soundalike, I might add), and the insertion of the Bruford tune was totally nifty. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 11:39
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Atmosphera - Lady of Shalott A hard album to find but well worth the struggle. I was wowed by this band and this album to the extent of giving it 5 stars. While they sound very similiar to Yes they more than hold their own (Lady of Shalott is as much of a joy to listen to as any Yes album).
I hate the word "clone". -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: progrules
Date Posted: June 03 2009 at 10:16
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