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This album was more ambitious than their first two albums Yes and Time and a Word , more complex , more creative , and more radio-friendly . Yes gave up the symphonic rock from Time and a Word, with a more focused, tight, and successful progressive rock album.

It's not quite Yes, but it's close to the edge. When Chris Squire, Steve Howe and Alan White of Yes come to town this week they will bring with them Montreal's Benoit David in place of singer Jon Anderson.

Fans of progressive rock are in for a treat with the announcement of three Midlands concerts by giants of the genre.

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After hearing Yes and Asia perform Sunday night at Sands RiverPlace, you'd think that great prog rock never really went away.

The thrill of this package tour was hearing guitarist extraordinaire Steve Howe float effortlessly from his self-described "hard pounding guitar" in AOR gods Asia to the fluent, progressive rock orchestrations of Yes.

It's almost unheard of: A musician in one rock band will exit the stage only to reappear, moments later, in a second ensemble.

Fans of progressive rock had a chance to see a stage filled with legends Thursday night as the bands Yes and Asia performed in Muskogee.

John Wetton joins Steve Howe during Asia's show. Performing back-to-back on the same night boldly highlighted the stylistic differences between the two bands.

By DARREN WHITE FORT WORTH - Does any band typify the triumph and excess of progressive rock as well as Yes? It has a rabid fan base, undeniable musicianship, pretension and even the poppy supergroup offshoot.

Reheating the moment: Asia's original lineup, featuring Steve Howe Within the progressive rock genre, striking a chord that resonates with a mainstream audience is rare indeed.

Guitarist Steve Howe is progressive-rock royalty. The Englishman is the six-string master of Yes and Asia, two groups that define the sound of progressive rock music.

Despite a string of lineup changes and legal squabbles over the use of the band's name, England's Yes has been recording and performing in one form or another for four decades.

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Thu, Jun 25, 2009 PUBLICITY PHOTO Oliver Wakeman of Yes If You Go What: Prog-rockers Yes and Asia When: 7 p.m. Saturday Where: Thomas & Mack Center, UNLV campus Tickets: $25; 739-3267, unlvtickets.com When the progressive rock band Yes comes to the Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday, three members of the classic lineup - guitarist Steve Howe, bass ...

Guitarist Steve Howe will be keeping busy -- doing double duty, in fact -- during the summer joint tour of the bands Yes and Asia.

Caption: Alan White of the band Yes performs at Hard Rock Live within the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Florida .... Click for the YES Gallery Progressive rock supergroups YES and ASIA are teaming up to tour North America this summer .