RIP Chris Squire

Really sad news. Yes were one of my very favourite bands & Chris Squire was the lynchpin of the group, a superb bass guitarist.

RIP Steve...

Yet another great musician goes To the Pearly Gates.

RIP

A true musical giant, and a big loss for music in general.

Very sad news.

Seems like recently quite a number of great musicians passed away. Sad or perhaps it's just the fact that these are artists we know as they are from our generation or our generation +1 or 2 ....

Introduced to the The Yes Album over 40 years ago, along with Fragile and Close To The Edge they have remained constants in my music collection ever since.

Many artists would wish they had the talent to create a body of work of such complete artistry which will still be revered another 40 years hence.

Well done Chris - RIP.

Indeed, i'm sure his life will be remembered as one of a great entertainer and talent fulfilled.

When I was about 14, in 1975, Yes were my favourite band. Anderson, Howe, Wakeman, Squire and Bruford were like gods to me. Now I'm 54, 67 seems like no age. I don't listen to Yes any more, but there's no denying that Chris Squire was a great musician and another loss to music.  RIP. 

very sad

RIP

Awful but somewhat anticipated.

Thank you Chris and RIP.

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Very sad news, RIP

This is very sad news.  Of course we heard he was sick a few weeks ago, but this seemed sudden.

My eyes and ears really opened up to "rock music" when I entered college (university) in 1977.  I immediately made a few close friends who knew a lot more about rock music than I did.  Yes was one of those first bands they exposed me to.  I fell in love with Yes, and have continued to listen to them to this day.  (They drive my wife crazy, so I listen when she's not in the room etc.)

I'm playing quite a little Yes marathon tonite.  "To Be Over" is on right now.

I am thankful for the memories, and thankful that his music survives him.

Very sad. Yes Songs is one of my must listen to albums every now and then. Had the pleasure of seeing them live a few times. My first concert was for the release of Relayer at Stoke City football ground ( the clubs old ground I believe). It rained which meant in those days they had to cut their set short but it was a great event a number of other bands played during the afternoon, Gryphon, the Sensational Alex HarvEU Band, Ace on the 17 May 1975. 

To think that Yes seemed to spend their entire lives on tour. A big thank you to Mr Squire.

I've always enjoyed Yes and thought 'progressive' was an entirely apt description of their music. No boundaries, complex, not fully appreciated until after repeated listens, and tends to make you think about each member's contribution to the overall composition.

Sad indeed as CS was but 67 years old.

The second album I ever bought was The Yes Album, in 1971. My second concert ever was at the Gaumont in Southampton on the Fragile tour (October 1971).  I've been a lifelong fan.

So long Chris, and thanks for all the music.

Thanks Chris R.I.P.

One of my favourite bass players, he had a sound all his own, and like other experts played it at times like a lead guitar.

Fortunately the music lives on.

Very sad news. The first album I ever got was Going For The One, when I was 14. It was a Christmas present. I still play it regularly. I saw Yes play in 1984 in the Boston Garden, a hockey rink, and it was one of the most stunning concerts I’ve ever been to. More recently, I saw them play in the Moore Theatre, here in Seattle, in 2013, on my 50^th birthday, as it happens. They played The Yes Album, Close To The Edge and Going For The One straight through – the perfect nostalgia trip.

Apart from the tragedy of his premature and somewhat sudden death, it also means the end of Yes, in a certain sense. He was a co-founder, and the only continuous member during their 47 year history. But as others have said, the music will endure.

Just caught this sad news. One of my favourite prog bands at the time so sad for Chris to pass at such a relatively young age. Thank you for the music Chris R.I.P. 

Acred,

I was at that concert. I remember the roadies fighting to keep the kit covered by plastic sheets in an attempt to keep the rain out but unfortunately the weather won. Still I thoroughly enjoyed the day even though I had seen Yes and Gryphon just a few weeks earlier in Liverpool where both groups were superb.

It is sad that Chris died so young. I'll be listening to a few of his albums tonight and thinking of his colleagues, friends and family.

RIP.

Too sad, One of the most harmonic and tuneful bass players in rock. RIP!

I have only just heard this news. So sad. And only 67. Yes was a cornerstone of my musical upbringing. I love all their early albums. What a great legacy of music he created. That will live on long after we have all gone to join him.

RIP Chris Squire. 

Very saddened by the news Chris has left us !

grew up listening to the Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge and all the other great music of Yes..a magical bass player one of the best ..you will be greatly missed.

love must go out to his wife and family.

RIP Chris.

One of the obituaries I read led me to this gem.

Nine minutes - showing why Chris Squire was such a great bass guitarist, and a master of his craft.

Chris Squire - The Fish 

I sort-of grew out of Yes a while ago, but I have been listening to the music this last week, and really enjoying it. I'm rather gratified that his death was so very widely reported globally, particularly in a week of such an extraordinary amount of other news. 67 is far too young, although it sounds as though his family had a chance to say goodbye. 

I am currently working in Hong Kong and one of my friends here last week got one of those phone calls we all dread, and can only imagine. His dad and step-mum were on holiday on Tunisia. They didn't make it. What an awful week it has been.