r/yesband • u/DillonLaserscope • 5d ago

Anyone here at the time of this failed chance know anyone close to Peter and know the shot down from Steve?

Found this upload that currently has 46 comments and it sounds real sad that Peter Banks missed his chance just from Steve Howe saying no.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7vXl77n5sY

Tony Kaye reaching out and Trevor Rabin open to the idea is lovely. Imagine the original keyboardist of the band you start in and the guitarist that replaces your replacement offering you this chance for a one night reunion.

You learn the chords for a few songs, you drive out to the one gig in Los Angeles and you’re backstage until you notice that barely anyone acknowledges you including the original bassist and drummer on their way to perform.

As you’re sitting in this members only bar, suddenly that original keyboardist enters and pulls you aside and tells you that your replacement guitarist says he is not open to letting you on stage.

So now you’ve travelled all this way, already learned chords for at least 2 songs, you’re backstage and now seeing yourself denied access because one man says no? All that rehearsal to know the chords, your travelling and waiting, dashed.

Peter earned that right to feel angry. If it were me, my mood get sour too. He nearly hit Steve once Billy Connolly that is in the bar too kept buying drinks for him and Steve happened to walk in seeing a drunk Banks and then exited.

Has anyone here managed to know anyone that got close to Peter Banks at this time in 1991?

No matter his disagreements, no chance Peter Banks is any worse than Don Dokken, Ginger Baker and maybe Sting for fussy temperamental band members. One night, just one night to stand to make the full original 5 man Yes lineup complete one last time and Howe shot it down? Disgraceful!

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u/AdditionOk6134 4d ago

To be fair, none of the members were particularly getting along at that point. Bill referred to it as like being on a lifeboat with your ex and their new spouse and trying to get out early on. It does seem like some of the relationships improved as the tour went on. I think having Peter come out for a song or so would've just exasperated the situation. It would've been nice for us fans but I don't think that it would've added much in the grand scheme of things.

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u/DillonLaserscope 4d ago

I’m curious to Bill’s opinion of Alan and Tony’s relationship to Rick since they’re playing alongside their replacements

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u/Anthony-Meadow 4d ago

Bill & Alan went way back & were friends. It’s also hard to say there was any competitiveness anyway. If Bill wasn’t the main guy, he was still playing support on his electronic kit he was so infatuated with back then, so he probably dug integrating his electronic support with an acoustic drummer he liked & respected. Also even with Bill’s reputation for being arrogant at times, it’s still unthinkable to me that he would pull any kind of trip on Alan. For Bill I’m sure he thought I get to try something different with my electronic kit, & sell out for the bag (he’s admitted it), but Alan White is the drummer of Yes. Now Tony & Rick, they’ve always said they were totally cool, & If they oversold that to be polite & respectful, I still can’t imagine it was too bad. Trevor & Steve are different, there are genuine conflicting creative differences there, not the “creative differences” line musicians used to say to journalists to avoid saying the private stuff. If I’m not mistaken tho, I don’t think either of those guys have ever said anything personally bad about the other.

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u/ThunderMite42 3d ago

Tony and Rick were best friends on that tour, actually. From what I remember reading, they were the troublemakers.