Claiming Peter Banks - Tribute Trailer, March 7, 2021.

[@kintronico]

Peter was an awesome guitar player, underrated because he plays his own way but definitely amazing. He deserves to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the other guys in Yes.

[@iconoclast5278]

Not to have been included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the other guys in Yes was truly bizarre. Then you look at the 'The Biggest Rock Hall Snubs' and he stands besides a lot of other great musicians, who for same strange reason have not been accepted.

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

i think PB Beats all the "other guys in Yes".... to me yes ran out of steam soon after the discorde. and when Bill B escaped.... yecchizilch. sorry not sorry no offense plz.

[@iconoclast5278]

@@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491 You have posted on the wrong thread, what you have said doesn't relate to anything here.

[@fernandoperdomomusic]

So honored to be a part of this doc

[@michaelhalas4287]

I was fortunate to meet Peter back in 1998 at the "Yestival" in Cherry Hill, NJ. Very nice guy!!

[@supposableproductions]

Many more folks were interviewed for the film and will be in the final version of the film.

[@martynproctor1576]

Saw him do an improvisation gig at the Robin 2 with an audience of around 25-30 people. Very talented guy & although I wished a few more were in the audience I enjoyed listening to a great night of music

[@kevinlewis1017]

Oh wow can't wait for this Peter one of the best ever. A groundbreaker nobody sounds like Peter.... nobody... before or since

[@rickyman2307]

Watched Peter at Skegness when I was about 15, I remember this great Flash evening well. I stood at the foot of the stage with my keyboard mate another Peter, I was literally stood at the foot of Pete Bank’s pedal board and the way he used that Fender volume pedal which also if you turn the top of the pedal left and right it does tone too it was amazing, such a unique sound and the Cry Baby and the tremolo. Now, these days I am closer to 70, I have adopted a lot of Peter Bank’s style of guitar playing over the years and using the Fender chrome volume/tone pedal most of the time through the latest 6-line patches. Those first two albums, Yes and Time and a Word plus Something’s Coming are so damn good. Peter Banks was a total individual with such a lot of creativity not just guitar playing but contribution to making a good song. I sometimes wonder if Yes lost there way after Peter left the band or what ever really happened, I know some fans might disagree with me, a bit of a disappointing band really as albums progressed into the 80’s. Anyway Mr Banks a fantastic guitarist and such a pleasant fella.👍🏻

[@muckamuckofgleep]

Me too Ricky Man ! I saw Peter with Yes in '69 at an open air free concert on London's Parliament Hill - great performance - and those 70's Flash albums inspired me to buy a '75 Greco SA-700 'Banks replica' non-varitone ES-345 guitar. Hope this film from Supposable Productions sees the light of day before too long.......

[@progrockerNZ]

Well done. Been looking forward to this for years. Amazing and interesting guitarist to listen to.

[@kirkknighton2687]

Can't wait to see the entire film! Interesting that Peter was considered a "go his own way, never the same way twice" sort of guy and was sacked from Yes for it. Because Bill Bruford was exactly that as well and quit the band. Would Bill have been fired had he not quit? I know they begged him to stay when he announced he was leaving after recording their masterpiece CTTE. Bill also said that the last thing he'd say to his bandmates before going out on stage was " I'm not going to play anything like you expect" ( or something like that ), just to keep them on their toes. He was at heart a jazzer; I think Yes, once they hit it really really big after Fragile and CTTE, would have been obliged to play it "safe" and play their hits exactly the same as the album night after night. That kind of things happens to most bands once they hit it big. So Alan White comes along and has none of the Bruford "go my own way" attitude, does exactly what Jon and Chris want, and he stays in the band for the rest of his life. ( And in my opinion Yes lost its musical edge after Bill left. Alan's drumming is dull and predictable compared to Bill. ) Had Peter stayed, and had Bill stayed...maybe Yes would have been a very edgy jazz/rock band with great vocals to boot. Interesting -and sad - that Peter and Bill never played together after they were in Yes! And of course it is an ongoing travesty that Peter Banks was left out of the HOF while all the other founders were in.

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

yep a perfect cluster 100% screw of a very reasonable top musician kali yuga

[@fabrikk60]

I view Bill Bruford as the King Crimson drummer, not the Yes drummer. That honour goes to Alan White. Alan's drumming on "Relayer" is far from "dull and predictable". And did you ever hear the "Levin Torn White" album? Alan could play avant jazz stuff when he wanted to. But Alan is first and foremost a *rock* drummer, which ultimately served Yes better over the long term.

[@JasonSmith-jr7jh]

@@fabrikk60 Very well stated, and I agree. How could one think the drumming on Sound Chaser is 'dull and predictable' (especially live)? And his drumming on DRAMA was 🔥! I'm a BIG Bruford fan, but man... come on! Listen to Alan's drumming on Lennon's INSTANT KARMA (those crazy fills). It's the OPPOSITE of 'Dull and predictable'!!

[@fabrikk60]

Two Peter Banks sets I bought in 2021 were "Empire: the Complete Recordings" (3 CD set), and "Harmony in Diversity", a *6-CD* set of improvisational instrumental music. Both are available from The Peter Banks Musical Estate.

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

definitely intrigued by this.

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

follow thru buddy YOU ARE SO LUCKY

[@MagickBalls]

I just stumbled onto this. Back in the days of Yahoo Groups, I helped Peter; The Official Peter Banks Mailing List. Looking back it was way cool to be able to inner-act with the man. Peter had a good sense of humor. Good memories! Claiming Peter Banks -- very cool! PLEASE keep me in the loop as to when released, etc... -- Gary "Uncle G" Brown

[@gordiannot77]

Flash❤️

[@leonardoledesma6396]

Peter Banks visited Lima, mu hometown, and he actually married Ceci here. He was a true guitar hero, no doubt about it, but he didn't get the recognition he deserved. He gave Yes its name, its first logo, the tendency to play long instrumental sections and its first elaborated guitar sound.

[@11BravoSicilian]

Before there was Steve Howe there was Peter “The Mod Prog” Banks

[@clintbahr]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@EduardAntoniu]

Assisted him via email mid-April '08 to upload videos on the then MySpace, at the request of a then mutual friend. Previously, he'd been looking for music collaborators "If you got whatever it takes" but somehow his phone number got screwed in posting. Eventually, a respectable dame found him and asked "Why are all these people telling me they got whatever it takes, while looking for you?".

[@FoxgloveStudiosSA]

No comment from Steve Howe?

[@progrockerNZ]

And yet the person who was instrumental in getting Peter sacked from Yes is. Go figure.

[@garyvanleeuwen8954]

He was given that Ric guitar by his predecessor?..??

[@MrKayley10]

@@progrockerNZ Steve had nothing to do with the decision to fire Pete, that was down to Jon and Chris. Steve was merely the replacement.

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

i understand Howe Refused to share thr stage with PB...... bad karma kids .

[@MrKayley10]

@@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491 why?

[@chrismannion3418]

Any news on the film?

[@supposableproductions]

Hi Chris - we are trying to raise funds to move forward with editing and post-production

[@ericsakk1097]

Please. Everyone stop. Yes exponentially increased when Steve Howe entered the band. There was a noticeable, cataclysmic shift in the music of Yes that reached HOF notoriety due to the Yes album. Peter was a great, amazing guitarist who helped to start Yes. Thanks to Peter and all the best to his fans. But, please, HOF requires so much more than just musicianship. Yes would never achieved HOF status without Steve Howe. There is nothing to reclaim here. If you want to honor Peter Banks, then so be it. His talent is well deserving of notice on KZbin. I do not know of many guitarists who can hold a candle to his prowess. But. please, it is not possible to define an HOF moment given his musical status from that time period. This thread must stop.

[@EloyGijon67]

I dont know what guy they r talking about. Architect? of what? Banks was even a substandard player, fully overrated, not underrated. His sound was a regular mod one as he said. Nothing much. Troublesome and depressing, he was sacked for a reason or five from groups, like Yes for instance. He only produced easy riffs as a rhythm guitar player. He wasnt a lead guitar player, so I doubt many people making comments know the difference. Hackett is a real generous guy talking nicely here. Hackett was the genius and the creator of something new.

[@itayshani3614]

Come on, Eloy, what an exaggeration. Wasn't a lead guitar player? Have you listened to the jazzy pieces from Yes's first album? Or to the rocking pieces from Flash? I understand your argument that he might not be as good or important as the movie might imply (none of us have seen it yet, right?), but you are definitely being way too harsh. Don't worry. Steve How got the gig.