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
works yes
The way Yes works is when we have a new member come in, as in Jon Davison, it's appropriate that we see what differences we can get out of a new contributing member in order to keep Yes interesting.
funny given means music nice people personal work
Being called a 'music legend' is a very funny thing. It's nice to know that my work has been appreciated and that people have given me that status. On a personal level, however, I can't think about it too much. It means a lot... but then it doesn't.
great horn relationship work
I would work with Trevor Horn any day of the week. I have a great relationship with him.
basic modern roll sounds studio work
I like working with modern sounds in the studio as much as I'm happy to work with a basic rock n' roll format.
hated session work
I couldn't get session work because most musicians hated my style.
best british-musician came course four hard possible sure worked
I know I always worked hard on making sure we came out with the best possible product and of course we were working with four other people, you have to balance that as well.
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.
albums yes
Over the years, Yes actually made 20 albums of original studio material.
band certain guy left majority name people quite time
Over the years, there have been challenges about who can use our name. It's quite simple: A majority of people left in the band at a certain time own the name. It's not like I'm the guy who has the name under my own contract.
anderson classical jon liked music orchestral time
Jon Anderson and I, we really liked a lot of classical music, and we wanted to get some orchestral arrangements going on 'Time And A Word.'
howe paul simon steve
Steve Howe met Paul Simon and said that Paul was very approving of our version of 'America.'
good steve underrated
Steve Hackett is a very underrated writer and actually a very good singer.
band decide discussion extensive fame gonna hall members membership partly people yes
I think partly the problem with Yes - and I've had this discussion with people from the Hall of Fame in the past - is that it's going to be difficult to decide how many of the members of Yes you're gonna put in it and how many you're not because of the extensive membership of the band through the years.
becomes studio throughout
Usually, when we go out, it's because we made a new studio album, and that becomes the focus of the tour throughout the world for a year or so.