Chris Squire. He was the heart of Yes and it was like that link to my past was severed.
The remaining band can never truly be Yes, to me, without Squire.
The recent passing of Chris Cornell (Audioslave, Soundgarden, solo artist) really hit hard. I had been listening to him throughout most of his career and enjoyed his solo work immensely. His passing was way too soon.
Yeah ,that one was like what the hell.
Me too. I knew with Chris Squire gone, there wouldn't be a true YES left behind. Squire was such a huge presence in the band, physically, creatively, and emotionally. There's no replacing him! Plus, I was looking forward to some type of (re)union with the band, when they were inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame. And then Squire passed before that could happen. So, I was sad for that, and sad that I wouldn't see YES perform together again, in what would probably be the last time, in a configuration that resembled YES of old. Just a shame he's gone! R.I.P. Fish.
What a monster bass player!
I completely get that. For me it was a tossup between him and Greg Lake. I really liked Lake's work with King Crimson and later with ELP.
Lake said something once about the two of them: “I used to live with Chris Squire, in a flat in London,” Lake says. “People used to think that Yes and ELP were always at each other’s throats. But it’s not true. We sort of had a friendly rivalry. They used to call us ‘Henderson, Snake and Charmer,’ and we used to call them ‘Maybe.' … I’m very close to Chris, and I’ve known him all my life.”
Here, here.God, there are so many.
Peter Steele (Type O Negative)
Layne Staley (Alice In Chains)
Merle Haggard
Glen Campbell (just yesterday)
Scott Weiland
Nick Menza (Megadeth)
Chris Cornell
I could go on for awhile, but losing my rock and roll hero Lemmy really sucked. Yeah he was 70, but he was my guy.
Here, here.
May I add Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash?
He was so much more than just the guy who sang the theme to The Dukes of Hazzard.