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History. Formation. 1981-1985: "Heat of the Moment" and early success. 1985-1991: Astra, breakup and new lineups. 1991-2006: Downes/Payne era. 2006-2013: "Original Asia" reunion. 2013-2017: Howe's retirement, Gravitas and hiatus. 2017-2018: Wetton's death and tour with Journey. 2019-present: Lineup changes, tour with Yes, and 40th Anniversary Tour.
- Asia Discography
This article presents the discography of British progressive...
- Steve Howe
Stephen James Howe (born 8 April 1947) is an English...
- Omega
Production. Omega was recorded from October 2009 to February...
- John Wetton
John Kenneth Wetton (12 June 1949 – 31 January 2017) was an...
- Days Like These
"Days Like These" is a song by British rock band Asia,...
- Gravitas
Gravitas is the thirteenth studio album by British rock...
- Sam Coulson
Sam Coulson (born 9 February 1987) is an English guitarist,...
- Billy Sherwood
William Wyman Sherwood (born March 14, 1965) is an American...
- Heat of The Moment
Background. Singer John Wetton said, The lyrics are an...
- Pat Thrall
Patrick Eric Thrall (born 26 August, 1953) is an American...
- Asia Discography
Gravitas is the thirteenth studio album by British rock group Asia, released in 2014. It is the group's final studio album with vocalist/bassist John Wetton before his death in 2017 and the only one to feature guitarist Sam Coulson.
- 2013
- Progressive rock
- 19 March 2014
Musician, songwriter, singer and “top bloke” (as Geoff Downes describes him), John Wetton lived a truly extraordinary life. In this book some seventy-plus people who knew and worked with John, from Family, King Crimson, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, Roxy Music, U.K., Asia, the John Wetton solo band and beyond, pay tribute to that fact.
Asia featuring John Payne is a British–American rock group band formed in 2007 following a schism in the lineup of Asia. The band is a continuation of singer and bassist John Payne 's career as the band's frontman from 1991 to 2006, performing songs recorded before and during this time. In December 2017, Payne and keyboardist Erik Norlander ...
- 2007–present
Mar 19, 2014 · Asia’s post-reunion music grew incrementally in terms of both confidence and stature, from their 2008 comeback Phoenix – the first to reconvene the dream team of bassist/vocalist John Wetton, Howe, drummer Carl Palmer and keyboard wizard Geoffrey Downes – and up to 2012’s sorely under-rated 30th anniversary set XXX, which offered one of their most exquisite compositions in Face On The ...
- Dave Ling
This is the sound Asia became renowned for over the years and with Gravitas, it is clear they haven’t fallen too far from the tree. This becomes apparent with album opener and first single Valkyrie. Chugging guitar riffs, a powerful drum pattern and the constant ringing of rock organs all get thrown in to the mix to brew up that familiar ...
Asia biography Founded in London, UK in 1981 - Hiatus between 1986-1989 - Still active as of 2018 ASIA were formed by Steve HOWE (YES), John WETTON (KING CRIMSON, URIAH HEEP, UK ETC.), Geoff DOWNES (YES, BUGGLES) and Carl PALMER (ELP). They were of course immediately dubbed a "supergroup" (in the way as CREAM, EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER etc. were).
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