Roger Dean

…of Yes’s relationship with artist Roger Dean, whose album covers and stage designs defined the group’s visual style. Their sound, which featured Anderson’s falsetto vocals and Howe’s complex guitar supported by Squire’s bass and Wakeman’s multilayered keyboards, further developed with Close to the Edge (1972) and Tales from Topographic Oceans…

…went along with this music—especially Roger Dean’s elaborate designs for Yes—also appealed to artistically inclined teenagers and young adults. Early 1970s shows by Genesis were especially visually oriented, with lead singer Peter Gabriel dressed in a bewildering array of fanciful costumes and arriving on stage from above, courtesy of opera-style…