Why wasn't Steve Howe on 90125 & Big Generator?

chrisjin · Post by **chrisjin** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:17 am

I think I'm a reasonably big Yes fan, but not to the point where I research for information about individual members. That being said, why wasn't Steve Howe part of 90125 & Big Generator? Were there personal issues between certain members, or did he have other obligations, or what? I don't think any of his solo releases coincided with those two Yes releases, so why was he absent?

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:30 am

Asia. He wanted to try a rock band.

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:31 am

YES as a whole broke up in 1980. Steve was a faithful member until the whole band broke up. Only then did Steve go to different groups, although he had done some solo work while a member of YES is the 1970s. He was just doing other things of a more straight-rock nature with the "supergroup" Aja, and locked-up under a tight contract for the two Aja albums and associated touring, when members of YES decided to reform during the period of those two albums, and was prevented from joining them right then. Steve also did a third album with GTR later, and of course the period "apart for awhile" from Chris with ABWH late in the 90s.

chrisjin · Post by **chrisjin** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:34 am

Ahhhh, Asia - I completely forgot about them. Now that I think of it there was GTR, too.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:00 am

There is no one single member of Yes who appears on all of the lps ...

xsubs · Post by **xsubs** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:30 am

Squire

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:42 am

Umm, are you sure Jeff? If it is "all the LPs meaning LPs by the band YES", find me a YES LP that Chris Squire is not on. I know, there are other names describing a lot of the other members, like ABWH, but is there even one album titled as by the band YES that Chris is not on?

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:33 pm

"Squire"

"I Am the "Yesman", goo goo g'joob."

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:37 pm

Personally, I have always wanted to know what John's next line meant, you know, the one that goes "Semolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower".....

lionheart · Post by **lionheart** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:58 pm

Although I think Steve Howe is a fantastic guitarist, I think 90125 and Big Generator are very good records, and Trevor Rabin is exactly what Yes needed during that point in their career. I did see GTR live when they toured, and it was a trip to see Steve Hackett and Steve Howe on the same stage together. They sounded great, too.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:19 pm

Elys, email sent.

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:30 pm

Wow, John, thanks! That's a bizarre story about Lennon indeed!!

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:43 pm

...it was a trip to see Steve Hackett and Steve Howe on the same stage together. They sounded great, too.

I feel exactly the same way about seeing Bill Bruford and Phil Collins playing together the two nights in a row I saw Genesis during the Trick Of The Tail tour in the mid '70s.

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:01 pm

Man, those first 2 Asia LPs were monsters! Both stay in my rotation.

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:28 pm

Elys: check your e-mail.