World Trade is a

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band that features

Billy Sherwood William Wyman Sherwood (born March 14, 1965) is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, singer, record producer and mixing engineer. He is best known for his tenures in the English progressive rock band Yes as guitarist and keyboardist f ...

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and

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and Bruce Gowdy on

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. Yes's

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performed as a guest on their second album, ''Euphoria''.

History

The band was formed with Sherwood on lead vocals and bass, Gowdy on guitars,

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on keyboards and Mark T. Williams on drums. World Trade evolved from an earlier band, Lodgic, featuring Sherwood and Allison. Their 1989 eponymous debut was co-produced by

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. A second album followed in 1995 on

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, with Williams being replaced by

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. The album was produced by Sherwood. The band's sound had similarities to 1980s Yes and the album included two Chris Squire Experiment tracks with Squire making uncredited contributions on backing vocals. Because of the similarity between the two bands, Sherwood and Gowdy briefly worked together with Yes after vocalist

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and guitarist/vocalist

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left the band. However, both returned for the album ''

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'' before any material could be recorded with Sherwood and Gowdy. Sherwood and Schellen also recorded tracks for a series of

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s by Magna Carta. Sherwood has frequently collaborated with Schellen since. In the mid-2000s, Sherwood and Gowdy began work on a new World Trade album, but this was abandoned and material is planned on a release called ''Psy-Op''. After the group reunited in 2016, a third album was released in 2017 from Frontiers Records, titled ''Unify'' and featuring the original line-up of Sherwood, Gowdy, Allison, and Williams.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''World Trade'' (1989) * ''Euphoria'' (1995) * ''Unify'' (2017)

Guest appearances

*''Tales from Yesterday'' (1995), Yes tribute album *''Supper's Ready'' (1995), Genesis tribute album *''The Moon Revisited'' (1995), Pink Floyd tribute album

References

Sources

Billy Sherwood discography at Yescography
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