Your favorite "YES-CLONE"

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   The first Starcastle is a very good symphonic prog album with a definite American rock sound similar to Yes meets Styx. Good stuff. Their second album was their best and for sure most consistant. The title song being a minor classic.

Poll Question: Which of these bands that sounded similar to Yes is your favorite?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Druid	2	[11.76%]
Starcastle	5	[29.41%]
Cathedral (Stained Glass Stories)	2	[11.76%]
Cherry Five	0	[0.00%]
Exodus	0	[0.00%]
Welcome	0	[0.00%]
England (Garden Shed)	1	[5.88%]
Blue Shift	0	[0.00%]
Big Picture	0	[0.00%]
The Flower Kings	5	[29.41%]
Flash	0	[0.00%]
Relayer	1	[5.88%]
Legacy	0	[0.00%]
World Trade	0	[0.00%]
You & I	0	[0.00%]
Banzai	0	[0.00%]
Alaska	0	[0.00%]
Mirthrandir	1	[5.88%]
Mutantes	0	[0.00%]
Other	0	[0.00%]
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dalt99 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 23 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 454	Topic: Your favorite "YES-CLONE" Posted: May 30 2005 at 03:31
	The first Starcastle is a very good symphonic prog album with a definite American rock sound similar to Yes meets Styx. Good stuff. Their second album was their best and for sure most consistant. The title song being a minor classic.

nousommedusolei Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 26 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 233	Posted: May 29 2005 at 19:49
	I picked up Starcastle's first album and thought it was all right. I don't listen to it much, though, it starts to bore me after a while.
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King of Loss Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 21 2005 Location: Boston, MA Status: Offline Points: 16473	Posted: May 28 2005 at 16:45
	The Flower Kings is definitely not a clone of Yes, they are actually very varied and creative. I'll say The Flower Kings because they are on the poll

starcastle38 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: May 20 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11	Posted: May 28 2005 at 15:16
	If you enjoy Yes run out and get the first two Starcastle albums (Starcastle and Fountains of Light) put it in your CD player and crank it up!! Their third album Citadel is very listenable but much more pop oriented. After that .......forget it.
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ak50324 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: May 26 2005 Status: Offline Points: 3	Posted: May 28 2005 at 02:02
	I said the flower kings cause they rock ...is that even posible for a band that sounds like yes?

dalt99 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 23 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 454	Posted: May 27 2005 at 22:17
	Very true, Greenback. Like I said in my opening statement, "When I say "clone" band I don't mean that they COPY Yes, just that they have a sound that is closely related to the sound of Yes." Don't get too technical, it's a generalization. If you like Yes, you will probably like most of these bands because they sound similar. I will have to check out Glass Hammer...

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	i do not believe all those bands are yes clones! i only know starcastle and it is quite similar, and glass hammer has some yes elements, but it is definitely not a clone.
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dalt99 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 23 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 454	Posted: May 27 2005 at 18:55
	Exactly, The Flower Kings have a similar symphonic sound but are definately not a "clone" of Yes. Starcastle, Cathedral, Druid and Blue Shift though are VERY similar to Yes. Cathedral has a bit of King Crimson sound too but the bassist and keyboardist are disciples of Squire and Wakeman. The music is not well worth listening too. I wish they were easier to find on CD though!

alchemist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 31 2005 Location: Colombia Status: Offline Points: 119	Posted: May 27 2005 at 18:26
	I have heard The Flower Kings, but I can't relate them much to Yes, well only the symphonicity (this isn't an invented word is it?) in the music...
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dalt99 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 23 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 454	Posted: May 27 2005 at 18:12
	OOOOH... If you haven't heard of these bands BUT you (not just you alchemist but anybody) really like 70's Yes and wouldn't mind listening to bands that sound similar then any of these are great. The best of these IMO are Cathedral, Starcastle, England, The Flower Kings, Welcome, You & I, Relayer, Druid, Cherry Five, Flash and Blue Shift. Course if you don't much care for 70's Yes (or don't like bands that sound similar to others) you probably won't enjoy most of these bands either LOL

alchemist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 31 2005 Location: Colombia Status: Offline Points: 119	Posted: May 27 2005 at 16:59
	Never heard of any of those bands.......
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dalt99 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 23 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 454	Posted: May 27 2005 at 16:26
	What? Nobody here has heard of Yes?

dalt99 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 23 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 454	Posted: May 27 2005 at 14:33
	I LOVE Yes and most of the bands that sound similar to them. When I say "clone" band I don't mean that they COPY Yes, just that they have a sound that is closely related to the sound of Yes. If you chose "Other" please let me know what you would have picked. I am always interested to know what bands have a similar sound to Yes especially any new bands.