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
albums appeals guess music originally
I guess the idea of doing albums in their entirety, in sequence, appeals to people. I guess it's the memory of being able to hear the music in the way it was originally presented.
albums yes
Over the years, Yes actually made 20 albums of original studio material.
album format suited tied
Back in the day, the album was king in many ways. And, of course, we were very tied in with the birth of FM/college radio in the States, and what we were doing suited the format of those young radio stations.
album despite proud result
'Drama' was put together quickly; there were a lot of intense, 16-hour days. Despite the pressure, it was a lot of fun, and the end result was an album I'm very proud of.
album promoting spent studio
On our studio album 'Fly From Here' in 2011, we spent a year and a half promoting that around the world.
albums brand building creative music name seventies time
The Seventies were just an interesting time for us because we were building the brand of the name but also varying the style of the music on each of the albums we did. Very creative time of us.
album attempted music piece side taking
'Close to the Edge' is the album where we first attempted to do the extra-long-form piece of music, having one song taking up the whole side of a piece of vinyl.
album fit knew played recorded
'Close To The Edge,' we actually had played it from beginning to end before we recorded it in the studio. So we knew how long it was, and we knew it would fit on the album fine, so we didn't do any editing.
camping closes wrote
'Onward' was a song I wrote in Montreux, in Switzerland, when we were there camping out for the whole winter. In the summer, Montreux is a really, really big summertime-touristy, full-of-life kind of place. In the winter, it closes down.
history
The idea of 'Yes on Broadway' has come up. It would reflect the history of Yes.
grown obviously performance
There's always the joy of the performance and fine-tuning new interpretations. Over the years, we've all grown as musicians, so obviously there is a lot of subtlety that wasn't there in the first place.
anderson business jon music replace
You can't ever really replace Jon Anderson because he's been such a force in the music business.
accustomed
I guess I've become very accustomed to playing in the 7/4, which is something we've done quite a lot.
paul
Of course, Paul McCartney's sound is different from mine, but it's the way you hear things, really.