Chris Squire
Chris Squire
Christopher Russell Edward Squirewas an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was best known as the bassist and founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. He was the only member to appear on each of their 21 studio albums, released from 1969 to 2014...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth4 March 1948
exciting freshness member sad sort
Yes's whole career was never really planned in any sort of way. It's always sad when a member leaves, but it's exciting when someone new comes in, and that regenerates the freshness of the band.
vehicle yes
We started Yes as a vehicle to develop everyone's individual styles.
enjoyable longest music piece
We did do the whole of the live suite from 'Fly From Here,' and that was very enjoyable to do. In fact, that is actually our longest piece of music, I think, that we'd ever done.
depends personally prefer promoters sell various
It depends on various things like if the promoters want to have a break so they can sell more T-shirts and booze, then they ask if we can do an interval. I personally prefer not to do that. Once you get onstage, I like to stay there.
asked bassist bought imported john picked store third
I think the first three Rickenbacker basses were imported around 1964. Pete Quaife, the bassist for The Kinks, bought one. Then John Entwistle from The Who bought one. As for the third one, I asked the manager of the store if I could get an employee discount. He said I could, and so I picked up that one.
british-musician
You're only as big as your last hit.
british-musician good pull
Pull the good out of it and not worry about the drawbacks.
except few occasions played
I have never played anything live - except for a few special occasions - from 'Fish Out of Water.'
hope
I hope, after I'm gone, there will still be a Yes.
fan marquee
I was a big Who fan when I was 15, 16 years old, and I used to go watch them play at the Marquee Club in London as often as I could.
former member object
I wouldn't object to working with any former member of Yes, really.
design
I've been called the journeyman. It's really more by default than it is by design.
yes
In many ways, I think about the possibility that there could still be a Yes in 100 or 200 years from now, just like a live symphony orchestra.
default design fact yes
The fact I've been in every lineup of Yes has been more by default than design.