John Payne is a British musician who was lead singer and bassist of Asia from 1992 to 2006 and from June 2007 with Asia Featuring John Payne. When asked to join Asia by Geoff Downes, he had to learn the bass guitar fast, including all of Asia's hits. While Payne was in the band, they released over 15 albums. He is also a guitarist, composer and record producer.
His first band was called Moonstone. They toured the UK in the late seventies, opening...
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John Payne is a British musician who was lead singer and bassist of Asia from 1992 to 2006 and from June 2007 with Asia Featuring John Payne. When asked to join Asia by Geoff Downes, he had to learn the bass guitar fast, including all of Asia's hits. While Payne was in the band, they released over 15 albums. He is also a guitarist, composer and record producer.
His first band was called Moonstone. They toured the UK in the late seventies, opening for well-known groups such as Argent.
In 1986, he recorded a silver selling record with the band CCCP in Scandinavia. CCCP was a group that featured John on lead vocals with Johnny Cash's stepdaughter Carlene Carter sharing vocal duties.
He provided backing vocals on several solo albums by Roger Daltrey, including Under a Raging Moon (1985) and Can't Wait to See the Movie (1987).
Back in England, he called his own band to life. The Passion consisted of Payne, the keyboardist Andy Nye (from the Michael Schenker Group), drummer Clive Burr (Iron...
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