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Christopher Russell Edward Squire (4 March 1948 – 27 June 2015) was an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist and a founder of the progressive rock band Yes. He was the longest-serving original member, having remained in the band until his death and appearing on every studio album released from 1969 to 2014.
Born in Kingsbury, London, Squire took an early interest in church music and sang in the local church and school choirs. After he took up the bass guitar at age sixteen, his earliest gigs were in 1964 for the Selfs, which later evolved into the Syn. In 1968, Squire formed Yes with singer Jon Anderson; he would remain the band's sole bassist for the next 47 years. Squire was widely regarded as the dominant bassist among the English progressive rock bands, influencing peers and later generations of bassists with his incisive sound and elaborately contoured, melodic bass lines. His name was associated with his trademark instrument, the Rickenbacker 4001.
In May 2015, Squire announced a hiatus from Yes after he was diagnosed with acute erythroid leukemia, and subsequently died on 27 June at his home in Phoenix, Arizona. The band's first show of their tour with Toto on 7 August 2015 marked the first Yes concert ever performed without Squire. From 1991 to 2000, Rickenbacker produced a limited edition signature model bass in his name, the 4001CS. Squire released two solo albums, Fish Out of Water (1975) and Chris Squire's Swiss Choir (2007), a Christmas album. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes in 2017.
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Albums
Run With the Fox Single
Fish Out of Water
Popular Songs
- I Could
- 1/2 a World Away
- The Wheel
- Premonitions
- There Is No End
- The Unknown
- Confess
- Conspiracy
- New World
- Wish I Knew
- Red Light Ahead
- Say Goodbye
- Man in the Moon
- Watching the World
- Lonesome Trail
- No Rhyme
- Love Conquers All
- You're the Reason
- The More We Live
- Violet Purple Rose
- Return of the Fox
- Past Three O'Clock
- Light in My Life
- Days of Wonder
- Silent Night
- Safe
- Fish out of Water Audio Commentary with Chris Squire
- Interview with Chris Squire
- Silently Falling
- You by My Side