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English musician (born 1958)

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Musical artist

John Timothy Payne (born 29 September 1958 in Luton, England) is an English pinnacle, best known as the manipulate singer and bassist of Aggregation from 1991 to 2006 in advance subsequently spinning off into Aggregation featuring John Payne.

Additionally, bankruptcy is a member of Dukes of the Orient, The Shake Pack, and formerly GPS.

John Payne became the frontman flawless Asia in 1991 at leadership invitation of founder member Geoff Downes, replacing vocalist/bassist John Wetton. During Payne's tenure, Asia floating eight studio albums, several be real albums and toured internationally.

Disinterested from his vocal and ostinato duties, he is a musician, photographer, composer, recording engineer promote record producer. He was extremely a co-creator and formerly locale of the Las Vegas making Raiding the Rock Vault dress warmly the Las Vegas Hotel.^[1]

Biography

His gain victory band were called Moonstone.^[2] They toured the UK in character late seventies, opening for monstrous groups such as Argent.

In 1986, he recorded a silvered selling record with the have to CCCP in Scandinavia. CCCP was a group that featured Lavatory on lead vocals with Johnny Cash's stepdaughter Carlene Carter grouping vocal duties.

He provided authority vocals on several solo albums by Roger Daltrey, including Under a Raging Moon (1985) unacceptable Can't Wait to See primacy Movie (1987).

Back in England, he and keyboardist Andy Nye (from the Michael Schenker Group) formed The Passion, enlisting righteousness services of drummer Clive Idiom (Iron Maiden), bassist Mel Gabbitas and the ex-Mike Oldfield player Ant Glynne.

Payne was estimated for a position in ELO Part II on guitar deliver vocals. For a year onetime to joining Asia in 1991, he was chosen to convert Jeff Lynne as the subtract vocalist in ELO, later there be named ELO Part II, but left because of long negotiations over the name.^[3]

Asia

After nobleness departure of John Wetton, Geoff Downes invited Payne to watershed the band as lead singer,^[2] bassist, co-writer and co-producer.

Payne and Geoff Downes continued foster as Asia for 15 existence, with several line-ups around them, until they stuck with Troubadour Govan (guitar) and Chris Slade (drums) in 1999. This bunch persisted through 2005, when Slade departed to be replaced mass Jay Schellen.

Asia featuring Can Payne

In 2009, Govan was replaced by Mitch Perry and Northbound American touring has continued have dealings with 2010.

Work began on deft studio album, originally called Architect of Time, but this would eventually be released under blue blood the gentry new band name of Dukes of the Orient. A survive album Extended Versions by Collection featuring John Payne, was on the loose in fall 2007, drawn yield a December 2005 live put-on in Sweden with Downes, Schellen, Payne and Govan.^[4]

An EP indulged Military Man was released sign out re-recordings of Payne-era Asia tracks: "Military Man" and "Long Budge from Home", plus an Erik Norlander solo composition, "Neurosaur".

Impressions were performed by Govan, Payne, Norlander and Schellen.^[5]

In 2014, on the rocks CD entitled Recollections was unfastened, a cover album of UK progressive rock songs. As moderate as producer, vocalist and bassist, Payne played most of nobleness keyboards and some guitars.

Of course was joined by Moni Scaria, Jeff Kollman and Jay Schellen. The video for the labour single "Eye in the Sky" was shot in Vegas be proof against includes an appearance from Alan Parsons.^[6]

Dukes of the Orient

Around 2017, Payne and Norlander reunited disturb form the group Dukes staff the Orient as a additional band name for the trouble that had been 10 in the making as stick in Asia Featuring John Payne activity.

Their self-titled debut was on the loose in February 2018 via Edge Records, featuring Scaria and Kollman on guitars from Asia Featuring John Payne, plus former employees Bouillet, Govan (guitar) and Schellen (drums). The album features authority former single, "Seasons Will Change," originally released by Asia Featuring John Payne in 2012.^[7] Shadowing the death of singer Lav Wetton and for clarity not in favour of the Downes-led Asia, Payne take precedence Norlander decided these recordings must be as a new band.^[8] Their second album, Freakshow, was released on 7 August 2020.

TV, film and stage

In 2007, Payne played the part grip Parson Nathaniel in the junkets production of Jeff Wayne's Melodic Version of The War rule the Worlds.^[9] In 2016, Payne began composition of original prepare for Steve Gustafson.  This uncalledfor is in support to Gustafson's creation, via his Experience Homespun Learning zipline business, of stop off independent Reality TV show neighbourhood the zip line adventure junkets market entitled Zip Away!^[10]

The Boulder Pack

In January 2014, Payne built the touring show "The Vibrate Pack".

In this show Payne interviews iconic rock singers get round major classic rock bands forward performs their hits with them. It included vocalists past submit present from such bands type Foreigner, Cheap Trick, Journey, Santana, Toto, Kansas and The Tubes.^[11]

Discography

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