I was scanning some old Yes members interviews and found an interview with Moraz in 2000. Wow!
Moraz claims in the interview that he never got paid for the 65 shows he did with Yes in the 1970's. These shows were stadium shows that were mostly sellouts of between 75,000 and 130, 000. Moraz said he was entitled to 20% of the profits and received nothing.
Moraz goes on and says he was involved with quite a bit of the GFTO album but then when he was in Switzerland with the band working on the album he was unceremoniously fired leaving him and his infant child and the childs mother literally out in the cold with no money and freezing on the streets.
Moraz said he had moved on and he had talked with White, Squire and even Wakeman. He also in the 1980's was involved with Bill B. on a project.
He never mentions Anderson though other than a comment about his singing style. And he says little about Howe.
He does mention that he had seen a couple of Yes shows including the Masterworks and the Ladder show. He had positive things to say about the Ladder.
But what is interesting is it is clear Moraz was not invited by the band backstage or mentioned by Anderson during the shows Moraz was in attendance. And you know Moraz probably was right in front of the stage looking right at Anderson.
This is a story that has been ignored thru the years. The only conclusion that can be drawn is Anderson and maybe Howe had Moraz fired replacing him with Wakeman
I had heard stories decades ago that Howe did not like Moraz's playing style as he loved to go off script and play some songs with a different twist every night.
Moraz clearly wanted the story told and did the interview in order to get the story out.
No one connected with Yes has ever refuted the story to my best knowledge
Moraz claims in the interview that he never got paid for the 65 shows he did with Yes in the 1970's. These shows were stadium shows that were mostly sellouts of between 75,000 and 130, 000. Moraz said he was entitled to 20% of the profits and received nothing.
Moraz goes on and says he was involved with quite a bit of the GFTO album but then when he was in Switzerland with the band working on the album he was unceremoniously fired leaving him and his infant child and the childs mother literally out in the cold with no money and freezing on the streets.
Moraz said he had moved on and he had talked with White, Squire and even Wakeman. He also in the 1980's was involved with Bill B. on a project.
He never mentions Anderson though other than a comment about his singing style. And he says little about Howe.
He does mention that he had seen a couple of Yes shows including the Masterworks and the Ladder show. He had positive things to say about the Ladder.
But what is interesting is it is clear Moraz was not invited by the band backstage or mentioned by Anderson during the shows Moraz was in attendance. And you know Moraz probably was right in front of the stage looking right at Anderson.
This is a story that has been ignored thru the years. The only conclusion that can be drawn is Anderson and maybe Howe had Moraz fired replacing him with Wakeman
I had heard stories decades ago that Howe did not like Moraz's playing style as he loved to go off script and play some songs with a different twist every night.
Moraz clearly wanted the story told and did the interview in order to get the story out.
No one connected with Yes has ever refuted the story to my best knowledge
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