Bill Bruford

Acting

Bill Bruford

Born

1949-05-17 (77)

Place of birth

Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Known for

Acting

Credits

24 titles

William Scott Bruford (born 17 May 1949) is an English former drummer and percussionist who first gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. After leaving Yes in 1972, Bruford spent the rest of the 1970s recording and touring with King Crimson (1972–1974), Roy Harper (1975), and U.K. (1978), as well as touring with Genesis (1976). In 1978, he formed his own group, Bruford, which was active until 1980. During the 1980s, Bruford returned to King Crimson for three years (1981–1984), collaborated with several artists (including Patrick Moraz and David Torn), and formed his own electric jazz band Earthworks in 1986. He then played with his former Yes bandmates in An…

Known for

Yes: Their Fully Authorised Story poster
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The Story of Yes is as controversial as their music. The twists and turns of the band's career is now told for the first time in a series of exclusive interviews with Yes members past and present for this definitive and fully authorized documentary. Praised and criticized for defining progressive rock, Yes have been surprising and delighting worldwide audiences for over five decades. On record and on stage, Yes created a fresh sound and striking visuals, blending genres and using state of the art technology to push boundaries, winning legions of new fans with each album.

Yes: Their Fully Authorised Story

2007

In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50 poster
7.2

The film explores the “acute suffering” and transcendent glory experienced by current and former members of King Crimson, allowing the audience an intimate and sometimes uncomfortable insight into the musicians’ experience as they confront life and death head on in the world’s most demanding rock band.

In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50

2022

Prog Rock Britannia poster
7.6

Overview of Prog Rock history in the UK: Documentary about progressive music and the generation of bands that were involved, from the international success stories of Yes, Genesis, ELP, King Crimson and Jethro Tull to the trials and tribulations of lesser-known bands such as Caravan and Egg.

Prog Rock Britannia

2009

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe In The Big Dream poster
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A look into the band formed by the four members of progressive rock group Yes.

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe In The Big Dream

1989

Yes: Classic Artists poster
9.0

The story of Yes is as controversial as their music. The twists and turns of band's career is now told for the first time in a series of exclusive interviews with Yes members past and present for this definitive and fully authorised documentary.

Yes: Classic Artists

2007

No artwork available
10.0

Voiceprint's researchers were able to secure rarely seen film footage that had only been previously seen either on TV or in extract on video. Although the history of Yes is well documented elsewhere, it is worth reminding ourselves of the history and background to the production that we can now view it for the first time on DVD. The performances featured on this DVD demonstrate the beginnings of the journey and the creativity of a band that has been so influential in the development of a genre that has defied time and generation so as to become the soundtrack and vision in so many lives. This musical release from the '70s progressive rock band Yes features live performances and music videos of several of the band's hits, including "Astral Traveller," "Everydays," "Then," and "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed."

Yes: Rock Of The 70's

2009

Film credits

2020s · 2 titles

2010s · 3 titles

Yes: Close to the Edge poster
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Released on November 11th 2013 on Panegyric Recordings, ‘Close to the Edge’ will be the first in a new series of expanded YES editions. In keeping with earlier releases in this series, Steven Wilson’s approach to this album for new stereo & 5.1 mixes is to faithfully retain the spirit & sounds of the original album mix, while applying modern mix techniques to bring further clarity to the individual instrument, vocal & overdubs for each track. The songs, instantly familiar to a multitude of Yes fans, remain so, with the new mixes – especially in 5.1 form – providing a greater sense of space for each voice to be heard, Anderson’s voice seems to join the listener in the room, Howe & Wakeman’s solos glisten with clarity & Bruford/Squire remind all that they were unmatched as a rhythm section during that period.

Yes: Close to the Edge

2013

King Crimson: Live in Argentina, 1994 poster
9.5

While a return of King Crimson had been planned as early as 1990, it was only in 1992 that the idea of a double trio line-up emerged as the ideal and it took until 1994 to get all the necessary musicians and plans sufficiently in place. The new band recorded the mini album “VROOOM” in the Spring of 1994 and, following further rehearsals in the summer and early autumn, performed a series of concerts in Argentina, including a run of shows at Teatro Broadway, Buenos Aires in October.

King Crimson: Live in Argentina, 1994

2012

Yes - Union Live poster
7.0

Recorded on 8 August 1991 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. An amazing document of the Union Tour that united nearly every band member from the seventies and eighties renditions of the band on stage.

Yes - Union Live

2011

2000s · 6 titles

Yes: Their Fully Authorised Story poster
NR

The Story of Yes is as controversial as their music. The twists and turns of the band's career is now told for the first time in a series of exclusive interviews with Yes members past and present for this definitive and fully authorized documentary. Praised and criticized for defining progressive rock, Yes have been surprising and delighting worldwide audiences for over five decades. On record and on stage, Yes created a fresh sound and striking visuals, blending genres and using state of the art technology to push boundaries, winning legions of new fans with each album.

Yes: Their Fully Authorised Story

2007

Prog Rock Britannia poster
7.6

Overview of Prog Rock history in the UK: Documentary about progressive music and the generation of bands that were involved, from the international success stories of Yes, Genesis, ELP, King Crimson and Jethro Tull to the trials and tribulations of lesser-known bands such as Caravan and Egg.

Prog Rock Britannia

2009

Yes: Classic Artists poster
9.0

The story of Yes is as controversial as their music. The twists and turns of band's career is now told for the first time in a series of exclusive interviews with Yes members past and present for this definitive and fully authorised documentary.

Yes: Classic Artists

2007

No artwork available
10.0

Voiceprint's researchers were able to secure rarely seen film footage that had only been previously seen either on TV or in extract on video. Although the history of Yes is well documented elsewhere, it is worth reminding ourselves of the history and background to the production that we can now view it for the first time on DVD. The performances featured on this DVD demonstrate the beginnings of the journey and the creativity of a band that has been so influential in the development of a genre that has defied time and generation so as to become the soundtrack and vision in so many lives. This musical release from the '70s progressive rock band Yes features live performances and music videos of several of the band's hits, including "Astral Traveller," "Everydays," "Then," and "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed."

Yes: Rock Of The 70's

2009

YES: Fragile poster
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Limited CD/Blu-Ray edition. Fragile is the fourth in a series of remixed and expanded Yes Classics. The album has been mixed for 5. 1 Surround Sound from the original multi track studio masters by Steven Wilson and is fully approved by Yes. The CD features a completely new stereo album mix by Wilson plus six additional tracks and four newly mixed from multi-track We Have Heaven (full mix), South Side of the Sky (early version), All Fighters Past (previously unreleased), We Have Heaven (A-capella) mixed by SW + Roundabout (rehearsal take/early mix) and Mood for Another Day (alternate take of Mood for a Day ). Blu-ray (All region) features 5. 1 PCM Surround Sound and High Resolution Stereo mixes (24bit/96khz) and in DTS-HD MA 5. 1 (24bit/96khz). Blu-ray also features the original album mix in a hi res flat transfer from the original stereo master tape source (24bit/192khz). Also features the six additional tracks. Exclusive features include full album instrumental mixes by Steven Wilson.

YES: Fragile

2002

No artwork available
NR

Footloose In NYC gives the viewer the whole Earthworks experience with live concert footage as well as exclusive interviews and backstage footage.

Bill Bruford's Earthworks ‎– Footloose In NYC

2002

1990s · 4 titles

King Crimson: Deja VROOOM poster
7.7

A live performance of King Crimson's "double trio" formation, from Tokyo, Japan, recorded October 5-6, 1995. The "double trio" formation was: Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew (guitars), Tony Levin and Trey Gunn (basses, Warr guitar, Chapman Stick), Bill Bruford and Pat Mastelotto (drums).

King Crimson: Deja VROOOM

1999

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe: An Evening of Yes Music Plus poster
8.3

One of the most convoluted chapters in the history of progressive rock titans Yes -- and there are many -- is Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe. In 1989 vocalist Jon Anderson, drummer Bill Bruford, keyboardist Rick Wakeman, and guitarist Steve Howe released the gold-selling Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe album (complete with Roger Dean cover art) and embarked on a tour called "An Evening of Yes Music Plus." The Evening of Yes Music Plus DVD, directed by Jim Yukich, was filmed at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA -- the exact date is not listed in the credits -- and it presents a nearly equal blend of songs from the new album and Yes classics.

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe: An Evening of Yes Music Plus

1993

Yes - Union Tour Denver poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yes - Union Tour Denver

1991

YesYears poster
NR

A film largely from the backstage of Yes' Union tour. The concert footage is interspersed with a narrative of Yes' history, told in the words of various band members. (Everyone but Banks, Moraz, Horn and Downes are present). As a reunion show, it's a strange affair, as you get to see the different configurations of Yes (Kaye and Wakeman, Rabin and Howe, White and Bruford) interacting with each other. Still, the emphasis is on the individuals themselves, and there are plenty of good stories here.

YesYears

1991

1980s · 6 titles

1970s · 3 titles