John Payne has more than paid his dues in the rock business over the last twenty five years having worked with a number of high profile artists such as Roger Daltrey singing backing vocals on Roger’s album Under A raging Moon.

 He was also briefly the vocalist with ELO II. However for fifteen years John Payne was perhaps best know as the vocalist and bassist with British Rock Band Asia. In that time John wrote and produced seven studio albums that found success across the world including the albums Aqua, Aria, Arena, Aura and Silent Nation. He also played countless concerts with the band in Europe America, South America and Asia.

Following the split in Asia he formed a new band featuring Guthrie Govan and Jay Schellen (Also from the last line up of Asia) entitled GPS and the band subsequently released their debut album Window to the Soul.

This release was followed up by dates in the UK and Europe and also Japan. In 2007 John Payne joined the cast of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds playing the part of Parson Nathaniel.
 

JOHN PAYNE

Different Worlds

1. Under The Gun
2. Song For You
3. Different Worlds
4. Ready To Go Home
5. One of These Nights
6. Arena
7. The Last Time
8. The Longest Night
9. Long Way From Home
10. Feels Like Love
11. Wherever You Are
12. Written on the Wind
13. Ride The Storm

Different Worlds is the latest release from John Payne and is a career spanning compilation album covering all aspects of John’s career and features performances from a stellar cast of musicians including Steve Howe (Yes), Tony Levin (King Crimson), Geoff Downes (Asia), Elliot Randall (Steely Dan), Guthrie Govan (Asia and GPS) Jay Schellen (Asia and GPS), Vinnie Colaiuta (Frank Zappa and Sting) and Ryo Okumoto (Spock’s Beard and GPS).

 

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