Asia

Style: Progressive Rock / Hard Rock

Origin: United Kingdom ( England )

Years Active: 1981 - 1986 ; 1989 - active

Current line-up:

Billy Sherwood - bass / vocal ( Yes, Circa, Billy Sherwood )
Sam Coulson - guitar

Geoff Downes - keyboard ( Yes, Geoff Downes )

Carl Palmer - drums ( ex-Emerson Lake & Palmer, ex-The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, ex-Atomic Rooster, ex-Qango )

Past members:

John Wetton - bass / vocal R.I.P. ( ex-John Wetton, ex-UK, ex-King Crimson, ex-Uriah Heep, ex-Wishbone Ash, ex-Renaissance )
Greg Lake - bass / vocal R.I.P. ( ex-Greg Lake, ex-Emerson Lake & Palmer, ex-Emerson Lake & Powell, ex-King Crimson, ex-Ringo Starr )
John Payne - bass / vocal ( John Payne, GPS )
Steve Howe - guitar ( Yes, Steve Howe, ex-Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe )

Guthrie Govan - guitar ( Guthrie Govan, The Aristocrats, GPS )

Mandy Meyer - guitar ( Krokus, Unisonic, ex-Gotthard )

Pat Thrall - guitar ( ex-Hughes/Thrall, ex-Pat Travers Band, ex-Meat Loaf, ex-Glenn Hughes, ex-Praxis )
Al Pitrelli - guitar ( Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Van Helsing's Curse, ex-Megadeth, ex-Alice Cooper, ex-Widowmaker, ex-CPR, ex-Danger Danger )
Vinny Burns - guitar ( Vinny Burns, Burns Blue, Dare, ex-Ultravox, ex-Ten, ex-Bob Catley )
Aziz Ibrahim - guitar ( ex-The Stone Roses, ex-Simply Red )
John Young - keyboard ( John Young Band, ex-Qango, ex-Fish )
Mike Sturgis - drums ( Redtenbacher's Funkestra, ex-Psycho Motel, ex-Wishbone Ash )
Chris Slade - drums ( AC/DC, CS/SC, Miwa, ex-Uriah Heep, ex-Michael Schenker Group, ex-Manfred Mann's Earth Band, ex-Vengeance )
Jay Schellen - drums ( GPS, Unruly Child, ex-Circa, ex-Hurricane )


Main discography:
[ 1982 ] Asia
[ 1983 ] Alpha
[ 1985 ] Astra
[ 1990 ] Then & Now
[ 1992 ] Aqua
[ 1994 ] Aria
[ 1996 ] Arena
[ 1999 ] Rare
[ 2000 ] Aura
[ 2004 ] Silent Nation
[ 2008 ] Phoenix
[ 2010 ] Omega
[ 2012 ] XXX
[ 2014 ] Gravitas