Asia is a British rock band. The band was formed in 1981 as a supergroup of four members from different progressive rock bands, namely John Wetton (former bassist/vocalist of such bands as King Crimson, Roxy Music, and Uriah Heep), Steve Howe (guitarist of Yes), Geoff Downes (keyboardist of Yes and The Buggles) and drummer Carl Palmer (of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, and Atomic Rooster). The band has gone through many line-up changes throughout its history, but in 2006 the original line-up reunited and still currently performs as Asia. A second band of former members, called Asia Featuring John Payne, exist in parallel as a continuation of the pre-2006 Asia line-up. Asia is a British rock band. The band was formed in 1981 as a supergroup of four members from different progressive rock bands, namely John Wetton (former bassist/vocalist of such bands as King Crimson, Roxy Music, and Uriah Heep), Steve Howe (guitarist of Yes), Geoff Downes (keyboardist of Yes and The Buggles) and drummer Carl Palmer (of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, and Atomic Rooster). The band has gone through many line-up changes throughout its history, but in 2006 the original line-up reunited and still currently performs as Asia. A second band of former members, called Asia Featuring John Payne, exist in parallel as a continuation of the pre-2006 Asia line-up. false 2025-11-07 18:52:52 1017 Aor Arena Rock Art Rock Hard Rock Pop Pop Rock Progressive Rock Rock Symphonic Prog Symphonic Rock 114001 8f695099-c714-4ad0-8888-36eca37fee84 /media/data/media5/Music/Asia/folder.jpg /media/data/media5/Music/Asia/backdrop1.jpg /media/data/media5/Music/Asia/fanart.jpg 1982 1983 1985 1990 1992 2000 2000 2006 2010 2012 2012 2014 2015 2021 2022 Asia