Just In:Chris Quire Rushed to the Hospital in a critical condition
Chris Squire, the bass guitarist and co-founder of 1970s British progressive rock band Yes, has died at the age of 67, his bandmates have said. Current Yes keyboardist Geoffrey Downes tweeted: “Utterly devastated beyond words to have to report the sad news of the passing of my dear friend, bandmate and inspiration Chris Squire.”
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It’s with the heaviest of hearts and unbearable sadness that we must inform you of the passing of our dear friend and Yes co-founder, Chris Squire,” said a statement on the band’s official website. Squire said in May that he had been recently diagnosed with acute erythroid leukemia, which would force him to miss the band’s summer co-headlining tour with Toto.
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When singer Jon Anderson and self-taught bassist Squire met in London in 1968, Yes was born. After opening for Janis Joplin at London’s Royal Albert Hall, they signed to Atlantic Records a year later, which was their big break. Later that year, they published their first album, Yes, and their first song, Sweetness.
Owner Of A Lonely Heart, their iconic single, was included on their 1983 album 90125. Although it only peaked at number 28 in their native nation, that went on to become a US number one hit in January 1984. In 1975, Squire also put out a solo album titled Fish Out Of Water.
In 1975, Squire also put out a solo album titled Fish Out Of Water. Heaven & Earth, the group’s most recent studio album, was released the previous year. The only member of the group to appear on all of the studio albums was Squire, who was born in Kingsbury, north-west London.
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