The Band Geeks is an American progressive rock group founded by Richie Castellano. They began by performing online covers of classic rock compositions. They have been touring since 2023 with Yes founder and vocalist Jon Anderson as “Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks” and collaborated with him on the 2024 album True. In May 2014, American musician and engineer Richie Castellano began a podcast called Band Geek with Richie Castellano. Band Geek started as an audio‑only podcast but evolved into a YouTube band featuring a rotating group of his friends and special guests, collectively known as The Band Geeks. The Band Geeks cover classic rock and pop songs and have often featured music by the band Yes. This brought them to the attention of founding Yes singer Jon Anderson, which led to Anderson and the Band Geeks — including Castellano, drummer Andy Ascolese, guitarists Andy Graziano and Rob Schmoll, and keyboardists Christopher Clark and Robert Kipp — touring the US together in 2023, performing a set of classic Yes songs. Castellano recalled that the combination of talents was a unique recipe for success: “If you can take a band that can sound like that, with Jon’s voice, that’s what people want to hear.”
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Roundabout
Owner of a Lonely Heart with Steve LaCerra
Close To The Edge
Hold The Line
Sledgehammer
Heaven and Hell with Emily Nacchio
Hold On featuring Emily Nacchio
Thriller
Ghostbusters
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