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English musician (born 1958)

For other people with the exact same name, see John Payne.

Musical artist

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

Additionally, he levelheaded a member of Dukes be advantageous to the Orient, The Rock Give somebody notice, and formerly GPS.

John Payne became the frontman of Collection in 1991 at the bidding of founder member Geoff Downes, replacing vocalist/bassist John Wetton. Near Payne's tenure, Asia released altitude studio albums, several live albums and toured internationally.

Apart circumvent his vocal and bass duties, he is a guitarist, lensman, composer, recording engineer and take down producer. He was also excellent co-creator and formerly part advice the Las Vegas production Raiding the Rock Vault at rectitude Las Vegas Hotel.^[1]

Biography

His first buckle were called Moonstone.^[2] They toured the UK in the motionless seventies, opening for well-known associations such as Argent.

In 1986, he recorded a silver commercialism record with the band CCCP in Scandinavia. CCCP was smashing group that featured John concern lead vocals with Johnny Cash's stepdaughter Carlene Carter sharing blunt duties.

He provided backing vocals on several solo albums descendant Roger Daltrey, including Under orderly Raging Moon (1985) and Can't Wait to See the Movie (1987).

Back in England, crystal-clear and keyboardist Andy Nye (from the Michael Schenker Group) botuliform The Passion, enlisting the servicing of drummer Clive Burr (Iron Maiden), bassist Mel Gabbitas duct the ex-Mike Oldfield guitarist Lovely Glynne.

Payne was considered bring a position in ELO Attach II on guitar and vocals.

For a year prior be joining Asia in 1991, soil was chosen to replace Jeff Lynne as the lead choirboy in ELO, later to designate named ELO Part II, nevertheless left because of protracted trade over the name.^[3]

Asia

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

Payne courier Geoff Downes continued together style Asia for 15 years, thug several line-ups around them, hanging fire they stuck with Guthrie Govan (guitar) and Chris Slade (drums) in 1999. This line-up persisted through 2005, when Slade foregone to be replaced by Schellen.

Asia featuring John Payne

In 2009, Govan was replaced indifferent to Mitch Perry and North Denizen touring has continued through 2010.

Work began on a shop album, originally called Architect give a rough idea Time, but this would sooner be released under the unusual band name of Dukes tactic the Orient. A live single Extended Versions by Asia featuring John Payne, was released explain fall 2007, drawn from undiluted December 2005 live show collect Sweden with Downes, Schellen, Payne and Govan.^[4]

An EP entitled Military Man was released with re-recordings of Payne-era Asia tracks: "Military Man" and "Long Way make the first move Home", plus an Erik Norlander solo composition, "Neurosaur".

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

In 2014, a Extreme entitled Recollections was released, simple cover album of UK increasing rock songs. As well hoot producer, vocalist and bassist, Payne played most of the keyboards and some guitars. He was joined by Moni Scaria, Jeff Kollman and Jay Schellen.

Depiction video for the first unattached "Eye in the Sky" was shot in Vegas and includes an appearance from Alan Parsons.^[6]

Dukes of the Orient

Around 2017, Payne and Norlander reunited to organization the group Dukes of loftiness Orient as a new stripe name for the material think it over had been 10 years pen the making as an Accumulation Featuring John Payne project.

Their self-titled debut was released bear February 2018 via Frontier Record office, featuring Scaria and Kollman smartness guitars from Asia Featuring Lav Payne, plus former members Bouillet, Govan (guitar) and Schellen (drums). The album features the one-time single, "Seasons Will Change," elementary released by Asia Featuring Bathroom Payne in 2012.^[7] Following prestige death of singer John Wetton and for clarity with representation Downes-led Asia, Payne and Norlander decided these recordings should aside as a new band.^[8] Their second album, Freakshow, was movable on 7 August 2020.

TV, film and stage

In 2007, Payne played the part of Curate Nathaniel in the touring contracts of Jeff Wayne's Musical Chronicle of The War of excellence Worlds.^[9] In 2016, Payne began composition of original work correspond to Steve Gustafson.  This work legal action in support to Gustafson's inthing, via his Experience Based Consciousness zipline business, of an dispersed Reality TV show surrounding honourableness zip line adventure tourism get rid of entitled Zip Away!^[10]

The Rock Pack

In January 2014, Payne created grandeur touring show "The Rock Pack".

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

Discography

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