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John Kenneth Wetton (12 June 1949 – 31 January 2017) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. [1] Although he was left-handed, he was known as a skilled right-handed bass player and had a booming baritone voice. [ 2 ]
Opeth is a Swedish progressive metal band from Stockholm. Formed in 1990, the group originally featured vocalist David Isberg, guitarists Mikael "Micke" Bergström and Dan Nilsson, bassist Martin Persson, and drummer Amirion "Rille" Evén. Isberg invited Mikael Åkerfeldt to play bass later that year, who in 1992 would take over as frontman.
John Farnham (solo) replaced Shorrock as lead singer in 1982. [20] 1976 Paice Ashton Lord: Ian Paice (Deep Purple, Green Bullfrog) Tony Ashton (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke, Family, Green Bullfrog) Jon Lord (Deep Purple) Albums: Malice in Wonderland (1977) 1977 U.K. John Wetton (Family, King Crimson, Uriah Heep) Allan Holdsworth (Igginbottom ...
Opeth was formed as a death metal band in April 1990 in Stockholm, Sweden, by David Isberg, with some friends from Täby; [2] [7] Isberg was the lead vocalist. [8] The band name was taken from the Wilbur Smith novel The Sunbird , in which Opet is the name of a fictional city. [ 9 ]
Asia are an English rock supergroup formed in London in 1981. The most commercially successful lineup was its original, which consisted of four members of different progressive rock bands who had enjoyed great success in the 1970s: lead vocalist and bassist John Wetton (King Crimson, Uriah Heep and U.K.), guitarist Steve Howe (), keyboardist Geoff Downes (Yes and the Buggles) and drummer Carl ...
Asia began in early 1981 after the apparent ending of Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, two of the founding bands of British progressive rock.After the breakup of King Crimson in 1974, various plans for a supergroup involving bassist John Wetton had not been successful, including the abortive British Bulldog project with Bill Bruford and Rick Wakeman in 1976.
Dukes of the Orient are an English and American AOR and progressive rock band formed in 2017 by lead vocalist, guitarist and bassist John Payne and keyboardist Erik Norlander. Payne and formerly Norlander had worked together in Asia Featuring John Payne , an offshoot of British progressive rock group Asia of which Payne was a member from 1991 ...
Caught in the Crossfire is the debut solo album by the English rock musician John Wetton, released in November 1980 by E.G. Records.Featuring guitarist Martin Barre (of Jethro Tull), drummer Simon Kirke (of Bad Company), as well as saxophonist Malcolm Duncan (of Average White Band), whom Wetton had played with in Mogul Thrash.