Asia was a fantastic supergroup that combined the best of progressive and pop-rock sounds in their 1980s heyday. An unexpected arrival in the group in the 1990s was new vocalist/bassist John Payne, who helped to take the group in a new direction, even in a time when their style of ...

    In the early 1980s, Asia proved to be the perfect balance of pop and prog. The supergroup combined the talents of John Wetton (King Crimson, UK), Geoffrey Downes (Yes, Buggles), Steve Howe (Yes), and Carl Palmer (Emerson Lake and Palmer, Arthur Brown), and they recorded some of the ...