By the time Geoff Downes first joined Yes in 1980 – he left the following year, but later re-joined in 2011 – he already had a successful musical career behind him as a member of The Buggles, co-writing their best-known hit, Video Killed The Radio Star, a number 1 hit in October 1979.
Yet prog was his first gateway into music and remains one of his biggest musical loves and inspirations. As the keyboard player of Yes, he’s immersed himself in the scene and the sound that influenced him as a musician more than any other and which also gave birth to many of his favourite bands and albums.
