More quintessential prog band: Yes or King Crimson?

for me? YES

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King Crimson was putting out better stuff much longer than Yes

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Yes had a lot of lineup changes, and probably shouldn´t have done some of those later albums.

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Yes' vocals never appealed to me,

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Coolidge was a big time fan of Yes. He would listen to them constantly. I used to give him crap about Jon Anderson's whiny voice. To this day I can't listen to more than one Yes song at a time because I don't care for the vocals.

YES.....they were amazing live as well

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Coolidge was a big time fan of Yes. He would listen to them constantly. I used to give him crap about Jon Anderson's whiny voice. To this day I can't listen to more than one Yes song at a time because I don't care for the vocals.

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This is the main reason I can't stand Rush

KC Timeline

King Crimson's history is nothing but lineup changes-of course with the exception of Robert Fripp. Fripp is KC.

BTW, I like both equally. Yes is more melodic while KC is a bit more experimental.

In the Court of the Crimson King (October 1969) really kickstarted prog rock but there were several prog/experimental albums before that (Zappa -Hot Rats, The Nice-The Nice, Yes-Yes, Tony Williams Lifetime-Emergency, Soft Machine-Soft Machine) among others.

I like both bands a lot, but nothing stirs my soul like Discipline and In the Court of the Crimson King. Both are masterpieces IMO.

I think Yes reached higher highs, but also lower lows (IMO of course)...so while I'd give the nod to Yes, I fully admit they've had some bigger duds in their catalog than King Crimson did.

I've read a few bios about Yes over the years, and I've concluded that they might've had some of the worst band management around, from both their record labels and own handlers. For years, they succeeded in spite of it, but all the behind-the-scenes decisions since the Union tour finally destroyed any momentum they had left. The Union album itself was another management frickup, but the tour actually righted that wrong somewhat, only for them to interfere again and splinter everything. I guess my point is, Yes might've been looked at much differently, had their last 20-something years not been such wasted opportunities...

Yes