PROFILE
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Trevor Rabin was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on the January 13, 1954.
All bands mentioned are South African based until 1979.

                               
        NAME UNKNOWN (1966-67)            THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN (1966-67) 
      -----------------------             ---------------------        
      |          |          |             |         |        |      NOT Robert Fripp's band!
    OTHERS     DEREK      TREVOR        RONNIE     NEIL    ALAN
               RABIN      RABIN        FRIEDMAN    CLOUD ROSENBERG
             (Trevor's   (age 12)      (age 12)   (age 11) (age 10)
              brother)    guitar         bass      drums   guitar
              drums         |             |         |        |
                            +-------------+---------+--------+
                                          |
                                   CONGLOMERATION (1968-71)
                               -------------------------------
                               |          |         |        |
                            TREVOR     RONNIE     NEIL      ALAN
                            RABIN      ROBOT      CLOUD   ROSENBERG
                            vocals,  (FRIEDMAN)   drums    guitar
                            guitar      bass        |        |
                               |          |         |        |
                   +-----------)----------)---------+        +-----> Peach (1981)
                   |           |          |
                   |     +-----)----------+
                   |     |     |          
                   |     |     +----------+
                   |     |                |
                   |     |           RABBITT (1972) studio band, recorded 'Locomotive Breath' single         
                   |     |     -----------------------------------------          
                   |     |     |          |         |        |         |          
                   |     |  TREVOR      ERROL     FRANSUA   LOU      CEDRIC
                   |     |  RABIN     FRIEDMAN     ROOS    FORER     SAMSON
                   |     |  vocals,    guitar    keyboards  bass     drums
                   |     |  guitar    (Ronnie's              ^
                   |     |     |       brother)              |
                   |     |     |                             +-----SUCK
                   |     +-----+----------+
                   |                      |
                   |                  FREEDOMS CHILDREN (1973) recorded 'State Of Fear' single
                   |           -------------------------------  
                   |           |          |         |        | 
                   |         TREVOR     RONNIE    COLIN    BRIAN
                   |         RABIN      ROBOT    PRATLEY  DAVIDSON
                   |         guitar      bass     drums    vocals
                   |           |          |                  |
                   |           +----------+                  +----> LANCASTER BAND and other
                    |           |
                   |           | Various sessions including                             
                   |           | Margaret Singana's 'Where Is The Love' (1976)
                   +-----------+--------------+
                                              |
                                           RABBITT (1975-1976) Boys Will Be Boys & A Croak And A Grunt In The Night
                               --------------------------------
                               |           |         |        |        Recorded 2 highly successful albums and a
                             TREVOR     RONNIE      NEIL     DUNCAN    4-track EP single 'Morning Light'.
                             RABIN      ROBOT       CLOUD    FAURE
                             vocals,     bass       drums    vocals,
                             guitar,       |         |       guitar,
                             keyboards     |         |       keyboards
                               |           |         |        |
                               |           +---------+--------+------> Rabbitt - Rock Rabbitt (1977) with Aiden 'Dooley' Mason.
                               |                                       Duncan Faure joined Bay City Rollers in 1979, then Karu.
                               |                                       Neil Cloud released a solo album 'St Cloux' in 1978.
                               +-----------+  
                                           |  
                                      JULIAN LAXTON BAND (1976-77)
                               ------------------------------------------
                               |           |         |        |         |
                             TREVOR     JULIAN     KEVIN    EUGENE    ARTHUR
                             RABIN      LAXTON     KRUGER   HAVENGA   STEAD  
     Trevor played various    bass      guitar     drums    vocals   keyboards -----> Public Image Limited (1983), Shania Twain (2000)
     jazz and rock sessions    |           ^         |
     in 78-79, moved to UK,    |           |         +------> HOT RS (with Dan Hill, Ren& Ve Veldsman & Trevor Rabin), Kariba and hundreds of sessions
     recorded 3 solo albums    |           +-------Freedoms Children, Hawk
     'Trevor Rabin' aka        +-----------+
     'Beginnings', 'Face to Face'          |                                                                                                            
     and 'Wolf', played on various         |                                                                                                                
     sessions, moved to LA              CINEMA (1982) [NOT the SA group of the same name!]       p         
                              ----------------------------------                                 .
    Trevor considered the     |            |          |        |   Recording sessions            a
    option of joining Keith TREVOR      CHRIS       TONY     ALAN  during 1982 with              s.
     Emerson and Jack Bruce RABIN       SQUIRE      KAYE     WHITE Trevor Horn producing.        9
     in a trio and also of  vocals,      bass      keyboards drums 2 tracks released on
     joining Foreigner      guitar,        |          |        |   'YesYears' boxset 1991        s 
                            keyboards      |          |        |                                 3.
                              |            |          |        |                                 0
                              +------------+----------+--------+                                  
                                           |
                                       YES (1983-1988) '90125', '9012Live-The Solos', 'Big Generator'
                              --------------------------------------------                                                              
                              |            |          |        |         |                                                                   
                            TREVOR      CHRIS       TONY     ALAN       JON                                                      
                            RABIN       SQUIRE      KAYE     WHITE    ANDERSON          
                            vocals,      bass      keyboards drums     vocals 
                            guitar,        |          |        |         |
                            keyboards      |          |        |         | 
                              |            |          |        |         | via ANDERSON BRUFORD WAKEMAN HOWE
   Trevor released solo       +------------+----------+--------+         +--------------------------------+
   album 'Can't Look Away'    |            |                                                              |
   in 1989                    |            YES (1990) short-lived line-up, never recorded                 |
                              |            --------------------- - - - - - - - - -                        |
                              |            |          |        |         |       |                        |
                              |         CHRIS       TONY     ALAN      BILLY   BRUCE    Bruce & Billy were|
                              |         SQUIRE      KAYE     WHITE    SHERWOOD GOWDY    both from WORLD   |
                              |          bass      keyboards drums    vocals,  guitar   TRADE             |
                              |            |          |        |      guitar                              |
                              |            |          |        |         |                                |
                              |            +----------+--------+---------+                                |
                              |            |                                                              |
                              |            YES (1990-91) a few sessions including 'Love Conquers All'     |
                              ---------------------------------- - - - - -                                |
                              |            |          |        |         |                                |
                            TREVOR      CHRIS       TONY     ALAN      BILLY                              |
                            RABIN       SQUIRE      KAYE     WHITE    SHERWOOD                            |
                            vocals,      bass      keyboards drums     vocals,                            |
                            guitar,        |          |        |       guitar                             |   Billy Sherwood and Jimmy Haun had been bandmates in LODGIC.  
                            keyboards      |          |        |         |                                |   Their only album, "Nomadic Sands," was released by A&M in 1985.
                              |            |          |        |         |                                |   -- Raymond H. Riethmeier, March 2000
                              +------------+----------+--------+---------+--------------------------------+  
                                           |
                                       YES (1991-92) 'Union', World Tour                                studio sessions
  Trevor appears    -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  on 4 tracks on    |         |            |          |        |         |         |         |           |         |         |         |         |
  'Union'         RICK      TREVOR      CHRIS       TONY     ALAN       JON      STEVE      BILL       BILLY     JIMMY      TONY    JONATHAN   OTHERS 
                WAKEMAN     RABIN       SQUIRE      KAYE     WHITE   ANDERSON    HOWE      BRUFORD    SHERWOOD   HAUN       LEVIN    ELIAS
                keyboards   vocals,      bass      keyboards drums    vocals     guitar     drums      vocals,   guitar     bass    keyboards
                            guitar         |          |        |         |         |                   guitar,
  In 1993 Trevor played on    |            |          |        |         |         |                   keyboards
  2 tracks on the Paul Rodgers|            |          |        |         |         |                     |            
  tribute album 'Muddy Water  +------------+----------+--------+---------+---------)---------------------+
  Blues'                                   |                                       +------------+
                                       YES (1994) Talk                       on tour            |
                              -------------------------------------------- - - - - -            |                                    
                              |            |          |        |         |         |            |
                            TREVOR      CHRIS       TONY     ALAN       JON      BILLY          |
  In the mid/late 90s, ELP  RABIN       SQUIRE      KAYE     WHITE    ANDERSON  SHERWOOD        |
  approached Trevor about   vocals,      bass      keyboards drums     vocals    guitar,        |
  working together but he   guitar,        |                   |         |      keyboards       |
  was too busy with the    keyboards       +-------------------+---------+---------)------------+
  'Glimmer Man' soundtrack    |           +
                              |        |                                            
  TREVOR RABIN         9      V         |
  Solo, session work and soundtracks...|
  'Glimmer Man', 'Con Air', 'Armageddo|
  'Jack Frost', 'Enemy of the State',  |
  'Deep Blue Sea,   'Whispers', 'The Sixth   |
  Day', 'Remember The Titans', 'Gone in |
  60 Seconds', 'Texas Rangers', 'Rock  |
  Star', 'American Outlaws', 'Black    |
  Sheep' & 'Bad Company,  'T    Banger Sister
      '901     'Bad Boys II', 'Kangaroo      
  Jack., 'Torque', 'The Great Raid'.
      
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