JAM Magazine Photo Gallery
Asia
November 19, 2012
Variety Playhouse
Atlanta, GA USA
Photos by Chris Eason
Asia are an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1981. The most commercially successful line-up was its original which was a supergroup of four members of different progressive rock bands of the 1970s, including lead vocalist and bassist John Wetton of King Crimson, guitarist Steve Howe of Yes, keyboardist Geoff Downes keyboardist of Yes and The Buggles, and drummer Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Their debut album, Asia, released in 1982, remains their best selling album that went to number one in several countries.