{"id":647,"date":"2015-06-29T21:10:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T21:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/?p=647"},"modified":"2015-06-29T21:10:01","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T21:10:01","slug":"mike-lepond-on-the-passing-of-chris-squire-of-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/news\/mike-lepond-on-the-passing-of-chris-squire-of-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike LePond on the passing of Chris Squire of Yes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Symphony X bassist Mike LePond reflects on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/6612940\/chris-squire-yes-bassist-and-co-founder-dies-at-67\" target=\"_blank\">the passing of Chris Squire<\/a>, bassist of Yes, saying &#8220;Chris Squire wasn&#8217;t a big influence on me, but he was easily one of the best bassists I have ever heard. When I first heard &#8220;Roundabout&#8221;, I was blown away by his style. Even their poppier songs, like &#8220;Owner of a Lonely Heart&#8221;, had amazing bass lines. He was a true giant of the bass world.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Symphony X bassist Mike LePond reflects on the passing of Chris Squire, bassist of Yes, saying &#8220;Chris Squire wasn&#8217;t a big influence on me, but he was easily one of the best bassists I have ever heard. When I first &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/news\/mike-lepond-on-the-passing-of-chris-squire-of-yes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":648,"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions\/648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symphonyx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}