In the 1980s Yes took two of the most intriguing detours any major band has ever taken. First, they split with two of their highest-profile members – singer Jon Anderson and keyboardist Rick Wakeman – and replaced them with synthpop duo Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes, aka The Buggles. Second, they regrouped as an enormous US AOR/prog band forged in the contemporary UK pop scene to deliver classic album 90125.
But before that, the drama that was to become 1980 album Drama had to be played out; and it started in Paris in 1979, as some of those who were there told Prog in 2018.
