FLASH

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ORGINALLY LEAD GUITARIST WITH YES, BANKS QUIT BAND BECAUSE HE FELT THEIR PERFORMANCE WERE BECOMING MECHANICAL. DURING EIGHTEEN MONTHS DRIFTED IN-TO SEMI-OBSCURITY, APART FROM THREE MONTHS SPELL WITH BLODWYN PIG REPLACING MICK ABRAHAMS.

TOWARDS END OF 1972, FORMED FLASH. OTHER THREE MEMBERS WERE VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN, ALTHOUGH BENNETT HAD PLAYED WITH A BAND CALLED GUN WHO BEFORE HE JOINED, HAD A CHART HIT WITH "RUNNING WITH DEVIL".

MUSICAL STYLE OF FLASH IS NOT DISSIMILAR TO YES, WITH COMPILCATED STRUCTURES AND CAREFULLY ARRANGED HARMONIES. SELF TITLED DEBUT (1972), IN THE CAN (1973), OUT OF OUR HANDS (1973). FLASH HAVE BEEN HONOURED BY GIBSON GUITAR FOR THEIR ALBUMS.