A month after publicly announcing that it would begin a treatment to combat leukemia suffering, bassist Chris Squire died the night before last, at age 67, in Phoenix, Arizona. “Totally devastated beyond words to report the sad news of the death of my dear friend, bandmate Chris Squire and inspiration,” he tweeted keyboardist Geoff Downes and thus confirmed the death of the founder of Yes and the only member of group participated in all studio albums since his first recording in 1969.
A year before that debut, Squire formed Yes with singer Jon Anderson, in London, and quickly joined the project guitarist Peter Banks, keyboardist Tony Kaye and drummer Bill Bruford. Throughout the long and successful career of progressive rock band there were countless member changes, but Squire remained firm in his position and placed her under the service of Yes for nearly half a century. The bassist also co-wrote several songs, including “Starship Trooper”, “Owner of a Lonely Heart”, “I’ve Seen All Good People” and “Heart of the Sunrise”.
In 2012, the musician joined the former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett (who had once shared the group GTR) to form the Squackett project. In May this year announced that because of his illness, he would not be part of the tour of European summer and so for the first time, Yes would act without him. .
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