Asia (group)

See also: Asia

Asia is a Supergroupe of Rock formed in 1981. They had their first great success with the album eponyme Asia, which includes the title " heat off the moment". One finds good titles like " there; Plate survivor" , " Wildest Dreams" or " Only time will Tell". In 1983, Alpha returns in the vats, " Don' T cry" fact of exploding charts" and " Open Your Eyes" follows closely. In 1985, the third opus of the group, heading Astra (recorded without Steve Howe, which joined at that time group GTR) does not meet hoped business success. The group lives sparely until the beginning of the year 1990 when it is presented under a new grinding: remain then of the historical formation only the keyboard Geoffrey Downes. The new singer-bass player who replaces John Wetton is John Payne, unknown of the general public hitherto. The group then records several albums of which the public repercussion does not have anything any more to see with the success of antan. In 2006, Geoffrey Downes " divorce" of John Payne and reforms the group under its formation of origin (with Wetton, Howe and Palmer) for a world tour entirely devoted to the titles of the first two albums. A new album studio is currently in preparation. John Payne, for its part, comforts himself with group GPS with the guitarist Guthrie Govan.

Geoff Downes keyboards and song (ex- Yes and The Buggles) - founding member
John Wetton low and song (ex- King Crimson, Uriah Heep, Brian Ferry and the U.K.) - founding member
Steve Howe - guitarist and song (ex- Yes) - founding member
Carl Micrometer caliper - battery (ex- Emerson, Lake & Micrometer caliper) - founding member

Mandy Meyer - guitar and song
Stalemate Thrall - guitar and song
Al Pitrelli - guitar
Michael Sturgis - battery
John Payne - bases and song
Aziz Ibrahim - guitar
Tomoyasu Hotei - guitar
Elliot Randall - guitar
Luis Jardim - percussions
Guthrie Govan - guitar
Chris Slade - battery (ex- AC/DC, ex-Manfred Mann)
Jay Schellen - battery

Discography

1982 : Asia (Downes, Wetton, Howe, Micrometer caliper)
1983: Alpha (Downes, Wetton, Howe, Micrometer caliper)
1985: Astra (Downes, Wetton, Meyer, Micrometer caliper)
1990: Then & Now (Downes, Wetton, Thrall, Micrometer caliper)
1992: Aqua (Downes, Payne, Howe, Pitrelli, Micrometer caliper)
1994: Aria (Downes, Payne, Pitrelli, Sturgis)
1996: Arena (Downes, Payne, Sturgis, Ibrahim, Randall, Hotei, Jardim)
1996: Filed 1 (Downes, Payne, Glynne, others)
1996: Filed 2 (Downes, Payne, Glynne, others)
1999: Rare (Downes, Payne, others)
2000: Will have (Payne, Downes, Howe, Crichton (guitarist of saga), Randall, Thrall, Govan, Slade, Sturgis, Colaiuta, Jardim, Levin)
2004: Silent Nation (Downes, Payne, Govan, Slade)
2006: The Final Collection
2007: Fantasia Live in Tokyo

Steve Lukather (guitarist of louse) took part in the song " Days Like These". Simon Philips (beater of louse) took part in the albums " Aqua" and " Aura"

External bonds

Asia - Official site of the group
Site of the fans of Asia

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