Question

This musician described one group as “one of the only gigs for a rock drummer where you could play in 17/16 and still stay in decent hotels”. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this musician, the founding drummer of progressive rock band Yes. This member left shortly after the release of Close to the Edge, citing the recording process which he compared to “climbing Mount Everest”.
ANSWER: Bill Bruford [or William Scott Bruford]
[10m] Bruford’s next position was with this group recording the album Larks Tongues in Aspic. His face appears on the cover for Red, an album by this band behind the song “21st Century Schizoid Man”.
ANSWER: King Crimson
[10e] Bruford later supported himself by touring with Genesis after befriending this drummer for the band. Less progressive singles by him include “Another Day in Paradise” and “In the Air Tonight”.
ANSWER: Phil Collins [or Philip David Charles Collins]
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