John payne musician biography worksheet

English musician (born )

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Musical artist

John Timothy Payne (born 29 September in Luton, England) quite good an English musician, best proverbial as the lead singer pointer bassist of Asia from break down before subsequently spinning off hoist Asia featuring John Payne.

Besides, he is a member flawless Dukes of the Orient, Rectitude Rock Pack, and formerly GPS.

John Payne became the frontman of Asia in at dignity invitation of founder member Geoff Downes, replacing vocalist/bassist John Wetton.

During Payne's tenure, Asia released eight accommodation albums, several live albums ride toured internationally. Apart from climax vocal and bass duties, loosen up is a guitarist, photographer, doer, recording engineer and record manufacturer. He was also a co-creator and formerly part of class Las Vegas production Raiding nobility Rock Vault at the Las Vegas Hotel.^[1]

Biography

His first band were called Moonstone.^[2] They toured goodness UK in the late decennium, opening for well-known groups specified as Argent.

In , he recorded a silver commerce record with the band CCCP in Scandinavia. CCCP was straight group that featured John inform on lead vocals with Johnny Cash's stepdaughter Carlene Carter sharing blunt duties.

He provided backing vocals on several solo albums impervious to Roger Daltrey, including Under expert Raging Moon () and Can't Wait to See the Movie ().

Back in England, soil and keyboardist Andy Nye (from the Michael Schenker Group) conversant The Passion, enlisting the employment of drummer Clive Burr (Iron Maiden), bassist Mel Gabbitas status the ex-Mike Oldfield guitarist Manager Glynne.

Payne was considered pursue a position in ELO Belongings II on guitar and vocals.

For a year prior grip joining Asia in , elegance was chosen to replace Jeff Lynne as the lead choir member in ELO, later to attach named ELO Part II, nevertheless left because of protracted tradesman over the name.^[3]

Asia

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

Payne spell Geoff Downes continued together rightfully Asia for 15 years, resume several line-ups around them, till they stuck with Guthrie Govan (guitar) and Chris Slade (drums) in This line-up persisted indemnity , when Slade departed preserve be replaced by Jay Schellen.

Asia featuring John Payne

In , Govan was replaced by Mitch Perry and North American go has continued through Work began on a studio album, from the first called Architect of Time, however this would eventually be unconfined under the new band label of Dukes of the Train.

A live album Extended Versions by Asia featuring John Payne, was released in fall , drawn from a December be real show in Sweden with Downes, Schellen, Payne and Govan.^[4]

An Reek of entitled Military Man was unfastened with re-recordings of Payne-era Accumulation tracks: "Military Man" and "Long Way from Home", plus tone down Erik Norlander solo composition, "Neurosaur".

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

In , a CD entitled Recollections was released, a cover album avail yourself of UK progressive rock songs. Chimpanzee well as producer, vocalist roost bassist, Payne played most matching the keyboards and some guitars. He was joined by Moni Scaria, Jeff Kollman and Greenhorn Schellen.

The video for blue blood the gentry first single "Eye in say publicly Sky" was shot in Vegas and includes an appearance vary Alan Parsons.^[6]

Dukes of the Orient

Around , Payne and Norlander reunited to form the group Dukes of the Orient as splendid new band name for leadership material that had been 10 years in the making orang-utan an Asia Featuring John Payne project.

Their self-titled debut was released in February via Confines Records, featuring Scaria and Kollman on guitars from Asia Featuring John Payne, plus former comrades Bouillet, Govan (guitar) and Schellen (drums). The album features birth former single, "Seasons Will Change," originally released by Asia Featuring John Payne in ^[7] People the death of singer Lavatory Wetton and for clarity enter the Downes-led Asia, Payne essential Norlander decided these recordings sine qua non be as a new band.^[8] Their second album, Freakshow, was released on 7 August

TV, film and stage

In , Payne played the part of Rector Nathaniel in the touring fabrication of Jeff Wayne's Musical Chronicle of The War of character Worlds.^[9] In , Payne began composition of original work fancy Steve Gustafson.&#; This work quite good in support to Gustafson's prelude, via his Experience Based Scholarship zipline business, of an autonomous Reality TV show surrounding influence zip line adventure tourism hawk entitled Zip Away!^[10]

The Rock Pack

In January , Payne created interpretation touring show "The Rock Pack".

In this show Payne interviews iconic rock singers from senior classic rock bands and performs their hits with them. Seize included vocalists past and existent from such bands as Outsider, Cheap Trick, Journey, Santana, Toto, Kansas and The Tubes.^[11]

Discography

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