JON ANDERSON SAYS YES LEFT HIM, CLOSE TO THE EDGE

Jon Anderson, who is currently on a hugely successful solo acoustic tour, says Yes left him Close To The Edge of death and moved on without him.

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• Jon Anderson
• Yes
• Close To The Edge
• Rick Wakeman
• Steve Howe
• Chris Squire
• Fragile
• Yours Is No Disgrace

[kpl1228]

when did he become the foreman at a steel mill?

[Tippersnore]

We all still love you Jon, and you will always be Yes for most of us no matter how many lead singers Squire finds to try and imitate you!

[mikedrud]

Actually, the narrator is wrong on one point. Anderson did leave Yes in the late '80s, but then he and several members did ABWH and then Yes reformed in 1991 and did Union and the subsequent world tour in the round (which I saw!). Then there were seemingly endless permutations of the band throughout the 1990s.

[GoobieDoober]

I will never see Yes without Jon there. And I lost a lot of respect for the rest of the band when they just threw him to the wayside.

[loganaveri]

The interview was at the ArtsQuest facility (SteelStax) in Bethlehem, Pa. Behind Jon is the former blast furnaces of Bethlehem Steel. There is an indoor cafe and outdoor stage. Nice place for concerts.

[Lengsel7]

Jon just talking about whatever, sounds ten times better and more musical--and more like YES, than Steve, Chris, and Alan with that fruity imposter/wannabe all together on stage.

I'd rather listen to Jon read the phone book, than have to sit through an entire song of "Benoit Balls"-David.

As for hiring a replacement that looks like Jon at 30, Jon looks VERY good. Probably because he knows when to slow down. Chris and Steve? Well, just...not so good.

[vivelavidarocka]

Until Jon doesn't rejoin the band, what we fans have is just Karaoke Yes.

A singer without lyrics writing skills, is just pathetic.

[38chinadoll]

@bobbydimarzio

I agree. What part of the midwest or Boston or New York or L.A. does he sound like he's from? Jon has obviously seen better days, but few have accomplished what he has in his career. And, right now his biggest accomplishment is the evident grace that he has when others would be bitter or petty. Jon, once great, always great!

[JohnGLewis1964]

Jon sung on the 2nd side of King Crimson's 3rd album, Lizard.

He was outstanding.

[BerserkaViking]

Jon. Yes. No Jon. No.

[MrTMarshy]

This is just MAD. No one can replace Jon Anderson!

[Bietel]

@PhilK112 Even better than The Who, in that respect. And they never found a better name in all those years, either :-)