About the Gottlieb Bros.
Douglas Gottlieb and Glenn Gottlieb, collectively known as the Gottlieb Bros., have championed progressive rock legends YES and their visionary artist Roger Dean for over four decades, establishing themselves as trusted contributors to the band's enduring legacy. Since their initial collaborations with the group in the 1980s, the brothers have provided design, photography, writing, and digital media—often in collaboration with Roger Dean—to create in-depth, expansive works that match the band's grand ambitions. Their work spans album and video package designs, tour merchandise, photography, biographical documentation, first-hand interviews, and the assembly of an astounding collection of ephemera and rare collectibles.
Born of a lifelong passion for YES's music, the Gottliebs' journey began as devoted fans before evolving into professional collaborators. "For us, YES has always been the band. There's YES, and then there's everyone else," they once remarked—a sentiment that has driven their meticulous approach to capturing the band's story. They began collecting Yes and Roger Dean memorabilia in the mid-1970s, and by 1980, they were chronicling Yes's live performances with an almost devotional intensity.
Their creative partnership with Yes reached new heights with projects like the limited-edition YES50 tour book—a 148-page opus celebrating the band's 50th anniversary. Designed to evoke the grandeur of YES music, the book combined rare photographs, retrospective essays, and intricate graphic design, solidifying the Gottliebs' reputation for contemporary media craftsmanship. In addition, the Gottliebs contributed to more recent albums like The Quest and Mirror to the Sky by providing design, photography, and, for the deluxe editions, expansive liner notes—notes whose depth is typically reserved for career-spanning retrospective releases. Beyond print, their expertise extends to digital content and video, ensuring that Yes's storied catalog remains accessible to both longtime fans and new audiences.
Today, Douglas and Glenn Gottlieb continue to innovate at the intersection of analog tradition and digital possibility with their Yesstuff book series. Their immense undertaking—high-resolution archival digitization of their massive collection—ensures that these treasures from Yes's legacy are preserved and made available to fans around the world in an attractive yet affordable format for years to come.