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John Kenneth Wetton (born 12 June 1949) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 singer, bass guitar
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
ist and guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
.

Born in Willington, Derbyshire
Willington, Derbyshire

Willington is a village in the district of South Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. The village's population is approximately 2700 ....
, Wetton grew up in Bournemouth
Bournemouth

Bournemouth is a large town in the Bournemouth in Dorset, England. The town has a population of 163,444 according to the United Kingdom Census 2001, making it the largest settlement in Dorset....
, Dorset
Dorset

Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at ....
. He has been a professional singer/songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
/musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
 since the late 1960s as a member of such progressive rock
Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a form of rock music that evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." The term "art rock" is often used interchangeably with "progressive rock", but while there are crossovers between the two genres, they are not identical....
 bands
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
 as Mogul Thrash
Mogul Thrash

Mogul Thrash was a progressive rock band from the United Kingdom active in the early 1970s....
, Family
Family (band)

Family were an England rock band that formed in 1967 and disbanded in 1973. Their style has been characterised as progressive rock, although their sound often explores other genres, incorporating elements of such styles as folk music, psychedelic music, acid rock, jazz fusion and basic rock 'n' roll....
, King Crimson
King Crimson

King Crimson are an English progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969.They have typically been categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, although they incorporate diverse influences ranging from jazz, European classical music and experimental music to psychedelic music, New Wave mu...
 (working with childhood friend Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp

Robert Fripp is a guitarist, composer and a record producer, perhaps best known for being the guitarist for, and only constant member of, the progressive rock band King Crimson....
), Roxy Music
Roxy Music

Roxy Music are an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry . The other members are Phil Manzanera , Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson ....
/Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry is an English singer, musician, songwriter and occasional actor famed for his suave visual and vocal style. Ferry came to public prominence in the 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Roxy Music, which enjoyed a highly successful career with three albums and ten single s entering the Top 40 charts in the United Ki...
 band, Uriah Heep
Uriah Heep (band)

Uriah Heep are an English people rock music band, formed in December 1969 when record producer Gerry Bron invited keyboardist Ken Hensley to join Spice , a band signed to his own Bronze Records label....
, UK and Wishbone Ash
Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash are a United Kingdom Rock music band who achieved success in the early and mid-1970s with their distinctive mellow sound, and popular records including Wishbone Ash , Argus , There's the Rub and New England ....
. Wetton found worldwide fame in 1982 with the band Asia
Asia (band)

Asia is a Rock music group formed in 1981. The band was labelled a supergroup and included former members of veteran progressive rock bands Yes , King Crimson, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Uriah Heep , UK , Roxy Music, Wishbone Ash and The Buggles....
, whose self-titled debut album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 sold millions and became Billboard magazine's #1 album of 1982.

on has achieved an original bass guitar
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 sound utilising a 1961 Fender Precision Bass amplified
Amplifier

Generally, an amplifier or simply amp, is any machine that changes, usually increases, the amplitude of a Signal . The "signal" is usually voltage or current....
 through tubes.






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John Kenneth Wetton (born 12 June 1949) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 singer, bass guitar
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
ist and guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
.

Born in Willington, Derbyshire
Willington, Derbyshire

Willington is a village in the district of South Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. The village's population is approximately 2700 ....
, Wetton grew up in Bournemouth
Bournemouth

Bournemouth is a large town in the Bournemouth in Dorset, England. The town has a population of 163,444 according to the United Kingdom Census 2001, making it the largest settlement in Dorset....
, Dorset
Dorset

Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at ....
. He has been a professional singer/songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
/musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
 since the late 1960s as a member of such progressive rock
Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a form of rock music that evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." The term "art rock" is often used interchangeably with "progressive rock", but while there are crossovers between the two genres, they are not identical....
 bands
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
 as Mogul Thrash
Mogul Thrash

Mogul Thrash was a progressive rock band from the United Kingdom active in the early 1970s....
, Family
Family (band)

Family were an England rock band that formed in 1967 and disbanded in 1973. Their style has been characterised as progressive rock, although their sound often explores other genres, incorporating elements of such styles as folk music, psychedelic music, acid rock, jazz fusion and basic rock 'n' roll....
, King Crimson
King Crimson

King Crimson are an English progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969.They have typically been categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, although they incorporate diverse influences ranging from jazz, European classical music and experimental music to psychedelic music, New Wave mu...
 (working with childhood friend Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp

Robert Fripp is a guitarist, composer and a record producer, perhaps best known for being the guitarist for, and only constant member of, the progressive rock band King Crimson....
), Roxy Music
Roxy Music

Roxy Music are an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry . The other members are Phil Manzanera , Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson ....
/Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry is an English singer, musician, songwriter and occasional actor famed for his suave visual and vocal style. Ferry came to public prominence in the 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Roxy Music, which enjoyed a highly successful career with three albums and ten single s entering the Top 40 charts in the United Ki...
 band, Uriah Heep
Uriah Heep (band)

Uriah Heep are an English people rock music band, formed in December 1969 when record producer Gerry Bron invited keyboardist Ken Hensley to join Spice , a band signed to his own Bronze Records label....
, UK and Wishbone Ash
Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash are a United Kingdom Rock music band who achieved success in the early and mid-1970s with their distinctive mellow sound, and popular records including Wishbone Ash , Argus , There's the Rub and New England ....
. Wetton found worldwide fame in 1982 with the band Asia
Asia (band)

Asia is a Rock music group formed in 1981. The band was labelled a supergroup and included former members of veteran progressive rock bands Yes , King Crimson, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Uriah Heep , UK , Roxy Music, Wishbone Ash and The Buggles....
, whose self-titled debut album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 sold millions and became Billboard magazine's #1 album of 1982.

Career

Wetton has achieved an original bass guitar
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 sound utilising a 1961 Fender Precision Bass amplified
Amplifier

Generally, an amplifier or simply amp, is any machine that changes, usually increases, the amplitude of a Signal . The "signal" is usually voltage or current....
 through tubes. The sound is overdriven and very aggressive. This style and approach was particularly evident during his stint with King Crimson
King Crimson

King Crimson are an English progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969.They have typically been categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, although they incorporate diverse influences ranging from jazz, European classical music and experimental music to psychedelic music, New Wave mu...
 from 1972 until 1974. Known initially for his powerful bass guitar sound, Wetton's vocal and songwriting abilities garnered attention with his work in the band Asia in the early 1980s. Early recorded highlights of Wetton's career include King Crimson's Larks' Tongues In Aspic (1973), Starless and Bible Black
Starless and Bible Black

Starless and Bible Black is an album released by the British progressive rock band King Crimson in 1974. Most of the vocal pieces on the album are satires on the sleaziness and materialism of society, similar to the track "Easy Money" on their previous 1973 album Larks' Tongues in Aspic....
 (1974), Red
Red (album)

Red is a 1974 album by progressive rock group King Crimson. It was their last recording of the 1970s and the last before the lead member Robert Fripp temporarily disbanded the group....
 (1974), UK's self-titled album
U.K. (album)

UK is the debut, self-titled album from the band UK , featuring ex-King Crimson members John Wetton and Bill Bruford, ex-Roxy Music member Eddie Jobson, and Allan Holdsworth....
 (1978) (reuniting the King Crimson rhythm section of Wetton and Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford

William Scott Bruford , better known as Bill Bruford, is an England drummer who is recognised for his forceful, highly precise, polyrhythmic style....
) and Asia's self-titled album
Asia (album)

Asia is the debut album by the progressive rock band Asia , released in 1982.The album reached #1 in the U.S. on the Billboard 200 charts, and according to Billboard was the best-selling album in the United States for the year 1982....
 (1982), the last being the biggest seller of his career. In 1986 he contributed also to Phenomena II and had a #1 hit with the single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 "Did It All For Love" in South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
. Since the early 1990s, Wetton has released four solo albums (Voice Mail/Battle Lines, Arkangel, Sinister/Welcome to Heaven, and Rock of Faith), and a number of live recordings from his solo
Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer. In practice this means a number of different things, depending on the type of music and the context....
 tours around the world. Wetton also created the ICON project with fellow Asia bandmate Geoff Downes
Geoff Downes

Geoffrey Downes is an England rock and roll musical keyboard player, songwriter, and producer. He is best known as the keyboardist for the bands Asia , The Buggles, and also his stint with Yes in 1980....
. The duo
Duet (music)

A duet is a musical composition or musical piece for two performers. In classical music the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word Wiktionary:duo is also often used....
 recorded
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
 two studio
Recording studio

A recording studio is a facility for Sound recording and reproduction. Ideally, the space is specially designed by an acoustics to achieve the desired acoustic properties ....
 albums of original material (ICON and ICON II/Rubicon) and one live album
Live album

A live album – commonly contrasted with a studio album – is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances. Live albums may be recorded at a single concert, or combine recordings made at multiple concerts....
 (Never in a Million Years) from their ICON European tour.

Wetton has done extensive work as a session musician
Session musician

Session musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders....
 with acts such as Brian Eno
Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno , is an England musician, composer, record producer, music theory and singer, who, as a solo artist, is best known as the People known as the father or mother of something of ambient music....
, Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry is an English singer, musician, songwriter and occasional actor famed for his suave visual and vocal style. Ferry came to public prominence in the 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Roxy Music, which enjoyed a highly successful career with three albums and ten single s entering the Top 40 charts in the United Ki...
 and Phil Manzanera
Phil Manzanera

Phil Manzanera is a musician and record producer. He was the lead guitarist with Roxy Music. In 2006 Manzanera co-produced David Gilmour's album On An Island and played in Gilmour's band for tours in Europe and North America....
. Through his connection with George Martin
George Martin

Sir George Henry Martin Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom record producer, arrangement and composer. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"?a title that he owes to his work as producer or co-producer of all of The Beatles' original records as well as playing piano on some of The Beatles tracks?and is considered one o...
, Wetton also played bass on Only Visiting This Planet
Only Visiting This Planet

Only Visiting This Planet is the title of an album recorded by Larry Norman in 1972. The album has been voted "The Best Contemporary Christian Album of All Time" by contributing editors....
 by Larry Norman
Larry Norman

Larry David Norman was an riddle United States Christian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and humorist. Norman's recordings are noted for their Christianity and social subject matter, and he is often described as the "father of Christian rock music"....
, recorded in 1972 and produced by Martin. The album has been voted "The Best Contemporary Christian Album of All Time" by Contemporary Christian Music magazine.

Wetton rejoined the other original members of Asia (Downes, Steve Howe
Steve Howe (guitarist)

Stephen James "Steve" Howe is an England guitarist best known for his work with the progressive rock group Yes after replacing Peter Banks in 1970....
 and Carl Palmer
Carl Palmer

Carl Palmer is an England drummer and percussionist. He is credited as one of the most respected Rock drummers to emerge from the 1960s. In addition, Palmer is a veteran of a number of famous England bands, including the Crazy World of Arthur Brown , Atomic Rooster, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Asia ....
) in early 2006 to announce a 25th anniversary world tour. This line-up performed a series of dates in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 in September 2006, and in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 in November/December 2006. The band also spent much of 2007 on the road, with shows in North
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 and South America, Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 and Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
. A new Asia
Asia (band)

Asia is a Rock music group formed in 1981. The band was labelled a supergroup and included former members of veteran progressive rock bands Yes , King Crimson, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Uriah Heep , UK , Roxy Music, Wishbone Ash and The Buggles....
 studio album titled Phoenix, the original band's first since 1983's Alpha
Alpha (album)

Alpha is a 1983 album by rock quartet Asia . After the huge commercial success of their first album, Asia , Alpha sold relatively poorly and was considered a disappointment to some fans....
, was released in April 2008 and peaked at #73 on the North American Top 200 albums charts.

Personal life

Wetton has struggled with alcoholism
Alcoholism

Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions to describe the detrimental effects of alcohol intake.In common and historic usage, alcoholism refers to any condition that results in the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages despite health problems and negative social consequences....
 in the past. In 1983, while on tour with Asia
Asia (band)

Asia is a Rock music group formed in 1981. The band was labelled a supergroup and included former members of veteran progressive rock bands Yes , King Crimson, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Uriah Heep , UK , Roxy Music, Wishbone Ash and The Buggles....
, due to his drinking problem Wetton was replaced in the band by ex-Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Emerson, Lake & Palmer were an England progressive rock Supergroup . In the 1970s, the band was extremely popular, selling over 35 million albums and headlining huge concerts....
 bassist and vocalist Greg Lake
Greg Lake

Greg Lake is an England bass guitarist, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and record producer, best known as a founding member of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer....
. At the present time, Wetton is sober.

In August 2007 Wetton underwent heart surgery which placed the remainder of Asia's 2007 tour and recording plans on hold until he recovered. The band, including Wetton, released their new album entitled Phoenix worldwide in April 2008. Artist Roger Dean, was commissioned to create the cover art. This release was followed by a world tour.

Wetton is left-handed but plays bass and guitar right-handed.

Discography


With Mogul Thrash

  • Mogul Thrash, 1971


With Gordon Haskell

  • It Is and It Isn't, 1971


With Family

  • Fearless
    Fearless (Family album)

    Fearless was the fifth album from the British rock band Family , which was released in October 1971. It was known for its innovative layered-page album headshots of the band's members melding into a single blur....
    , 1971
  • Bandstand
    Bandstand (album)

    Bandstand is the sixth studio album from the British progressive rock band Family . Released in 1972, it was the second and last album to chart in the United States....
    , 1972


With Larry Norman

  • Only Visiting This Planet, 1972


With King Crimson

  • Larks' Tongues in Aspic, April 1973; US #61 UK #20
  • Starless and Bible Black
    Starless and Bible Black

    Starless and Bible Black is an album released by the British progressive rock band King Crimson in 1974. Most of the vocal pieces on the album are satires on the sleaziness and materialism of society, similar to the track "Easy Money" on their previous 1973 album Larks' Tongues in Aspic....
    , June 1974; US #64 UK #28
  • Red
    Red (album)

    Red is a 1974 album by progressive rock group King Crimson. It was their last recording of the 1970s and the last before the lead member Robert Fripp temporarily disbanded the group....
    , October 1974; US #66
  • USA
    USA (album)

    USA is a live album by the English band King Crimson, released in 1975.*Tracks 1-6 and 8-9 recorded at the Casino, Asbury Park, New Jersey, June 28, 1974...
    , (Recorded live June 1974, released 1975, expanded edition 2002)


With Bryan Ferry

  • Another Time, Another Place
    Another Time, Another Place (album)

    Another Time, Another Place was Bryan Ferry's second studio album as a solo artist. The album reached 4th in the UK charts in 1974.Recording took place in London at Island Records, Ramport Studios and Associated Independent Recording studios....
    , July 1974; UK #4
  • Let's Stick Together
    Let's Stick Together

    Let's Stick Together is a 1976 album by Bryan Ferry. His third solo release, it was his first following the disbandment of Roxy Music earlier in the year....
    , September 1976; UK #19, US #160
  • In Your Mind, February 1977; UK #5, US #126, Aust #1
  • The Bride Stripped Bare
    The Bride Stripped Bare (album)

    The Bride Stripped Bare is a 1978 solo album by Bryan Ferry and is his fifth album released independent of Roxy Music. It was recorded after his girlfriend Jerry Hall left him for Mick Jagger in 1977, and appears to contain references to their break-up....
    , September 1978


With Roxy Music

  • Viva!
    Viva! (album)

    Viva! was Roxy Music's first live recorded album, released in August 1976 and was recorded at three venues over a period of three years . The recordings were from the band's shows at the The Apollo in Glasgow in November 1973, City Hall at Newcastle upon Tyne in November 1974 and the Wembley Arena in October 1975....
    , July 1976


With Peter Banks

  • Two Sides of Peter Banks, 1973


With Uriah Heep

  • Return To Fantasy
    Return to Fantasy

    Return to Fantasy is the eighth studio album released by British Rock music band Uriah Heep .The experienced John Wetton was the band's new bassist....
    , 1975; UK #7, US #85
  • High and Mighty
    High and Mighty (album)

    High and Mighty is the ninth studio album released by British progressive rock band Uriah Heep ."High and Mighty" was the last Uriah Heep album to feature vocalist and founding member David Byron, who was subsequently fired due to his troubles with alcohol....
    , 1976; UK #56, US #161


With UK

  • U.K.
    U.K. (album)

    UK is the debut, self-titled album from the band UK , featuring ex-King Crimson members John Wetton and Bill Bruford, ex-Roxy Music member Eddie Jobson, and Allan Holdsworth....
    , 1978
  • Danger Money
    Danger Money

    Danger Money is the second album by the group UK , featuring John Wetton, Eddie Jobson and Terry Bozzio. It was released by E.G. Records / Polydor in March 1979....
    , 1979
  • Night After Night
    Night After Night (album)

    Night After Night is the title of an album recorded live by the British band UK .Recorded in early June 1979 at Sun Plaza and Seiken Kan, Tokyo, Japan, it is UK's third album and their first live album, released in September 1979 in support of the band's US tour supporting Jethro Tull , and later headlining European tour....
    , 1979 - Live
  • Concert Classics, Vol. 4
    Concert Classics, Vol. 4

    Concert Classics is the title of an album recorded live by the Great Britain band UK .Recorded in 1978 in Boston, Massachusetts. Released on CD in 1999....
    , 1999 - Live, unauthorized


With Wishbone Ash

  • Number the Brave
    Number the Brave

    Number the Brave is the eleventh album by rock band Wishbone Ash. It is the first album in the band's history recorded without founding bassist/vocalist Martin Turner....
    , 1981, MCA Records


With Asia

  • Asia
    Asia (album)

    Asia is the debut album by the progressive rock band Asia , released in 1982.The album reached #1 in the U.S. on the Billboard 200 charts, and according to Billboard was the best-selling album in the United States for the year 1982....
    , 1982; #1 US, #15 JP
  • Alpha
    Alpha (album)

    Alpha is a 1983 album by rock quartet Asia . After the huge commercial success of their first album, Asia , Alpha sold relatively poorly and was considered a disappointment to some fans....
    , 1983; #6 US, #4 JP
  • Astra
    Astra (album)

    Astra is a 1985 album by rock supergroup Asia . Started in 1984, Astra is the last Asia album to feature John Wetton on lead vocals until 2008....
    , 1985; #67 US, #15 JP
  • Then & Now
    Then & Now (Asia album)

    Then & Now is an album by the progressive rock band Asia . It was released in 1990 by Geffen Records. Tracks 6-9 are new recordings , while the first five tracks and the last one are from earlier releases ....
    , 1990; #114 US, #24 JP
  • Live in Moscow, 1990
  • The Very Best of Asia: Heat of the Moment (1982-1990), 2000
  • Definitive Collection, 2006; #183 US
  • Fantasia: Live in Tokyo, 2007
  • Phoenix
    Phoenix (Asia album)

    Phoenix is a studio album from the progressive rock band Asia , the first to feature all four original members since 1983's Alpha . According to Asia's official reunion site, the band will play songs from this album on the 2008 leg of their world tour....
    , 2008# 73 US #28 JP


With Steve Hackett

  • Genesis Revisited
    Watcher of the Skies: Genesis Revisited

    Watcher of the Skies: Genesis Revisited was a project put together by Steve Hackett to pay tribute to his former band Genesis . It features songs originally released by Genesis during Hackett's tenure with the group ....
     1997
  • The Tokyo Tapes
    The Tokyo Tapes

    The Tokyo Tapes is a live Steve Hackett album featuring a progressive rock Supergroup lineup of John Wetton from King Crimson, UK and Asia ; Chester Thompson from Weather Report, Frank Zappa and Genesis live; Ian McDonald, also from Crimson, and Foreigner ; and rounded out by keyboards man Julian Colbeck ....
     1998


Solo albums

  • Caught in the Crossfire, 1980, E'G/Polydor Records
    Polydor Records

    Polydor Records is a record label currently headquartered in the United Kingdom, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group....
  • King's Road, 1972-1980, 1987, E'G/Virgin Records
    Virgin Records

    Virgin Records is a United Kingdom record label founded by England entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972 in music. It was later sold to Thorn EMI, and then, in the US, merged with Capitol Records in 2007 to create the Capitol Music Group....
  • Voicemail
    Voice Mail (album)

    Voice Mail is a studio album recorded by John Wetton. Originally released in Japan-only in 1994. It was re-released in Europe under the title Battle Lines with the same content but a different cover....
     / Battle Lines, 1992, Pony Canyon/JWL
  • Arkangel
    Arkangel (album)

    Arkangel is a studio album recorded by John Wetton. Originally released in 1997....
    , 1997, Eagle Records
    Eagle Records

    Eagle Records is a leading independent record label. Also exists as Eagle Rock Entertainment.In the United Kingdom the label's managing director is Lindsay Brown, former manager of Van Halen, while in the United States the head is Mike Carden, formerly of CMC International Records....
  • Chasing the Deer (film soundtrack), 1998, Blueprint Records
  • Monkey Business (with Richard Palmer-James
    Richard Palmer-James

    Richard Jeffrey Charles Palmer-James was lyricist for the progressive rock group King Crimson in the early 1970s.The unusual role as a non-music playing member was not without precedent: Palmer replaced Peter Sinfield who had also written King Crimson lyrics....
    ), 1998, Blueprint Records
  • Welcome to Heaven
    Welcome to Heaven (album)

    Welcome to Heaven is a studio album recorded by John Wetton. Originally released in Japan in 2000. It was re-released in 2001 under the title Sinister without the bonus tracks but with a different cover....
     / Sinister
    Sinister (album)

    Sinister is a studio album recorded by John Wetton. Originally released in Japan in 2000 as Welcome to Heaven . It was re-released in 2001 under the title Sinister without the bonus tracks and with a different cover....
    , 2000, Avalon Records
  • Rock of Faith, 2003, Giant Electric Pea Records


With Phil Manzanera

  • Diamond Head, 1975
  • K Scope, 1978
  • Wetton Manzanera, 1987, Geffen Records
    Geffen Records

    Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group....


With Geoff Downes

  • Wetton Downes (Demo Collection), 2001, Stallion Records/E1 Music
  • Icon, 2005, Frontiers Records/UMe Digital (US)
  • Acoustic TV Broadcast, 2006, Frontiers Records
  • Icon II: Rubicon
    Icon II: Rubicon (album)

    Icon II: Rubicon is a studio album recorded by Asia band members John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes. It is their second under the Icon off-shoot....
    , 2006, Frontiers Records
  • Icon 3
    Icon 3

    Icon 3 is the upcoming studio album recorded by Asia band members John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes. It is their third under the Icon off-shoot....
    , 2009, Frontiers Records


EPs

  • Heat of the Moment '05 (with Geoff Downes
    Geoff Downes

    Geoffrey Downes is an England rock and roll musical keyboard player, songwriter, and producer. He is best known as the keyboardist for the bands Asia , The Buggles, and also his stint with Yes in 1980....
    ), 2005, Frontiers Records


Live albums

  • Chasing the Dragon, 1995, Eclipse Records
  • Akustika, 1996, Blueprint Records
  • Hazy Money Live in New York, 1998, Blueprint Records
  • Live in Tokyo
    Tokyo

    , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
    , 1998, Blueprint Records
  • Sub Rosa Live in Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
    , 1998, Blueprint Records
  • Nomansland Live in Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
    , 1999, Giant Electric Pea Records
  • Live in Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    , 2002, Blueprint Records
  • Live in Stockholm
    Stockholm

    is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish Government of Sweden, the Parliament of Sweden, and the official residence of the Swedish Monarchy of Sweden....
     1998    , 2003, Blueprint Records
  • Live in Osaka
    Osaka

    is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....
    , 2003, Blueprint Records
  • Live in the Underworld, 2003, Classic Rock Legends
  • One Way or Another (with Ken Hensley
    Ken Hensley

    Ken Hensley is a keyboard instrument player, guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer best known for his work with Uriah Heep during the 1970s....
    ), 2003, Classic Rock Legends
  • Amorata, 2004, Metal Mind Records


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