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Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes
replace Jon and Rick. Drama is released
in August, hitting number 18 in the U.S. and number
2 in the U.K. A tour with this lineup immediately follows,
including three sellouts at New York's Madison Square
Garden where Yes breaks Led Zeppelin's
record for the most sellouts ever at the historic venue.
The third show there is broadcast live on FM radio. In November
the tour moves to England. That month the live album
Yesshows is released. It reaches number
43 in the U.S. and number 22 in the U.K. |
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Yes officially
breaks up. Trevor Horn went on to be a successful
producer, and Steve would contribute to albums produced
by Horn in the mid-80s. These included The Pleasure
Dome (1984) and Liverpool
(1986) by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and Propaganda
(1985) by Secret Wish. |
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Steve is voted Best Overall
Guitarist in Guitar Player magazine
for the fifth year in a row. For this he was inducted
into GP's Hall of Fame. At that stage
he was the only one in that category—as well as
the first rock guitar player—to achieve that. |
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Steve guests on the Dixie
Dregs album Industry Standard, performing a
duet with their guitarist Steve Morse. |
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Steve joins forces with other
prog rock alumni John Wetton, Carl Palmer, and Geoff
Downes to form ASIA, The self-titled
debut shoots up U.S. and U.K. charts with a world tour
following.. Meanwhile a new edition of Yes forms without
Steve. |
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Asia’s
second album, Alpha is released. John
Wetton suddenly leaves the band, with Greg Lake (ex
of Emerson Lake and Palmer) is brought in to replace Wetton for the band's
ASIA IN ASIA show for MTV in December. |
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