10 Weirdest Replacement Members In Rock History

5. Trevor Horn - Yes

If Yes is picking you to be in their band, you're going to need to play your ass off. Since these are the guys who pretty much invented the idea of long drawn out prog epics, they're not just going to settle on some beginner who just learned his craft a few albums ago. Except on paper, that's exactly what looks like happened when Yes lost Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman before their album Drama.

Seeing how they were two of the most proficient in the band, Yes actually went in the polar opposite direction and drafted in Trevor Horn to front the band, who's only claim to fame at this point was being the vocalist for the Buggles. Given the amount of alarm bells that should have been going off here though, Drama actually stood up as a surprisingly decent album, with the rest of the band mellowing out a little bit and making for a gradual mix of Trevor's sensibilities and the complexity that they were known for.

That didn't necessarily translate to album sales though, with most Yes fans being pretty indifferent to the results and Jon Anderson actually coming back into the fold after a while. After being dropped by his bandmates though, Trevor Horn actually found his true calling in production shortly afterwards, going on to produce Yes' breakthrough pop song Owner of a Lonely Heart. For the members that stayed the course though, twas the Buggles that killed the Yes star.