Asia

Asia is a British rock band. The band was formed in 1981 as a supergroup of four members from different progressive rock bands, namely John Wetton (former bassist/vocalist of such bands as King Crimson, Roxy Music, and Uriah Heep), Steve Howe (guitarist of Yes), Geoff Downes (keyboardist of Yes and The Buggles) and drummer Carl Palmer (of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, and Atomic Rooster). The band has gone through many line-up changes throughout its history, but in 2006 the original line-up reunited and still currently performs as Asia. A second band of former members, called Asia Featuring John Payne, exist in parallel as a continuation of the pre-2006 Asia line-up.