"Yes" will be touring under a different name

What a lucky guy! He does really sound like Anderson too. Still, I know that won't convince a lot of Hardcore fans.

At least "In The Present" isn't calling itself Yes. I suppose we can be thankful for that

Good idea, let's hope the Yes fans still come out in droves to support them. It's music world's dirty secret that the "franchise" means more to most fans than the actual act. Foreigner with just Mick Jones, Floyd without Waters, the Stones without Jones; but the most dedicated just care about the name, the team, if you will. Just like you cheer for the Montreal Canadiens even though the player line-up may change from game to game.
And for those who think it a bit much, I'm sure there's Anthony Phillips, Tony Kaye, Phil Shulman, Greg Lake/Ian MacDonald fans who will claim that Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant, and King Crimson were no longer Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant or King Crimson once those members left. All other departures, substitutions, replacements just make for a modified version of a musical group. Sometimes to our liking, sometimes not.
As an aside, check out how Bobby Ingram came to "own" the rights to the band name Molly Hatchet, despite only having joined in 1985 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Hatchet). For those with limited attention spans when it comes to southern rock bands, just skip to the 1990s paragraph.
Then wonder if a prog band could keep a following after doing that.

febus wrote: IN THE PRESENT????  i don't know from a marketing standpoint   DRAMA would have been better or even better like AWHB....Could have been simply  HOWE WAKEMAN SQUIRE WHITE featuring D. Benoit!

Toaster Mantis wrote: debrewguy wrote: And for those who think it a bit much, I'm sure there's Anthony Phillips, Tony Kaye, Phil Shulman, Greg Lake/Ian MacDonald fans who will claim that Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant, and King Crimson were no longer Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant or King Crimson once those members left. I don't think so in the case of King Crimson at all. For most of their career it's been pretty damn clear that KC is Robert Fripp's project above all.

Well, the real name shold be: Squire White Wakeman Howe - is not that obvious??

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SouthSideoftheSky wrote: Toaster Mantis wrote: debrewguy wrote: And for those who think it a bit much, I'm sure there's Anthony Phillips, Tony Kaye, Phil Shulman, Greg Lake/Ian MacDonald fans who will claim that Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant, and King Crimson were no longer Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant or King Crimson once those members left. I don't think so in the case of King Crimson at all. For most of their career it's been pretty damn clear that KC is Robert Fripp's project above all.   The influence of Greg Lake and Ian McDonald on the debut album was pretty major I would say. This also explains why King Crimson never made an album anywhere near as good as the debut ever again. Look at the songwriting credits for the debut.

I've found some of the different eras have excellent albums that match up to Court. But with so many irritated fans of other bands with shifting membership, it's strange that KC never got any flak for the revolving door, despite losing more than a few great musicians.

 How many of these threads do we need ? Anyway, as I said on anoher thread that I can't be bothered to search for at least when Yes did Drama, which is my favourite album from the band, the wrote new material which gave that new incarnation some sort of new identity. Likewise with Crimson.