Member Since: 31/10/2007
Sounds Like: After Peter Banks found himself replaced in Yes by Steve Howe, he set
his sights on creating a new band. That band was Flash. The group formed
in 1971 when Banks recruited longtime associate Ray Bennett along
with Colin Carter and Mike Hough. Original Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye rounded out
the group. Flash had a sound that felt a lot like that of Yes on its first two
albums, but perhaps with a more pop-oriented texture. The group also had a more
free-form approach to its virtuosic jamming, seeming to prefer improvisation to
well-charted music. Flash's first album, a self-titled one, was released the
following year. Kaye did not stay around very long past that release
[resurfacing the following year in Badger]. Rather than replace him, the
group carried on as a four-piece. They released two more albums, In the Can
and Out of Our Hands in 1973. The group broke up shortly later, but a
live recording, Psychosync (originally a bootleg), was released by Voice
Print Records in 1997.
~ Gary Hill, All Music Guide
Record Label: Unsigned