batsbrew
WOW, thanks for all the cool replies folks..
and i dig comparisons because they're useful to putting ideas into words.....
but would someone please take the time,
to find just ONE example of a 'YES' tune, that sounds like this?!
LOL
just one.
seriously, i just don't hear it, at all.
and everyone else seems to hear it...
i figure i'm just missing a whole batch of tunes where they changed their style or somthing....
i'd love to hear it, so i'm not missing it.
not a rant..
and to be fair, i quit listening to yes when they got into the rabin years, probably actually quit listening as far back as "Drama".

Your vocal stylings sound similar to Jon Anderson, i.e. your phrasing, your lyrical vocabulary level, your tenor range, your frequent doubling/harmonies style, etc.  Your instrument parts (like Yes) are edgy and aggressive, and have odd/challenging time signatures and rhythms, in a "progressive rock" kind of way, not a "metal" way.  I just skimmed the "Union" album and several of the songs seemed to have that same feel to them.  I think most of Yes's catalog, especially from the '80s and beyond, is similar.

Warren
thanks man....
the spooky lead, that was fun to track...
i was standing right next to my cab, stacked high, you get at a certain point next to it when it's loud, where you can just feel the notes coming thru the neck of the guitar.

wookie
thanks for the listens and comments, at all sources!
heheh
 

AT
aconite.
LOL
i shoulda just said 'wolfs bane', but that's even harder to rhyme!!


clean
thanks mark, i appreciate it
 

Walt - stein (apologies to frank-stein)
ok, i'll have to listen to some of their later stuff,
honestly, about the only thing i remember hearing of their later stuff was the owner of the lonely heart stuff, and based on that, i don't hear any resemblance at all...
but what you are saying makes sense, so i get that part.......
appreciate your attempt to clue me in!
heheh