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Although conceived by Anderson as being a Yes re-union, others in the band were keen to distance themselves from the "Yes" name. At the time, the name was co-owned by Howe, Alan White and Chris Squire (and, ironically, Anderson), as Squire and White were still continuing with Yes along with Trevor Rabin and Tony Kaye (Anderson was technically still a part of Yes as well), it was not possible for ABWH to use the "Yes" name anyway. Anticipating this problem, Jon Anderson suggested they call themselves "The Affirmative," but the other band members felt that was disingenuous. The name "No" was also suggested, but in the end, they decided to simply name themselves after the members of the band, in the vein of Emerson Lake And Palmer , despite the criticism that it made them sound like an accounting firm. When Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe toured, they titled their shows "An Evening Of Yes Music Plus", a name that was also used for their subsequent live album. ABWH were sued by Yes in an attempt to prevent any mention of Yes in the ABWH promotional material. This seems to stem from an agreement before the release of Yes's 90125 album between Yes, Howe and Wakeman over the use of the Yes name in the promotion of other activities. Eventually, ABWH and Yes resolved their differences and produced a Yes album titled '' Union '' that included recordings originally intended for separate albums by both groups. Several songs originally intended for the second ABWH album, tentatively titled "Watching the Flags That Fly", or "Dialogue", surfaced on the underground Yesoteric bootleg compilation, and are to be released on Jon Anderson 's "The Lost Tapes" box set in 2007. Fans tend to regard ABWH as Yes in all but name, and songs from the solo album have been included on subsequent Yes compilations. The band was satirized in the Dead Milkmen song "Anderson, Walkman, Buttholes And How!" {Link without Title} DISCOGRAPHY |
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