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ASIA FEATURING JOHN PAYNE DEBUT NEW TRACK & VIDEO:
Los Angeles, California � AOR/Prog rockers Asia Featuring John Payne are set to make the music industry stand up and listen with their first single release �Seasons Will Change� now available as a digital single on iTunes and other mainstream online media outlets. Co-written by John Payne and Erik Norlander, �Seasons Will Change� is the first track unveiled from the band's forthcoming album Americana, scheduled for release by Sony Music Japan in 2013. To promote the single, ASIA Featuring John Payne has released a promotional video for �Seasons Will Change�: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr6JDq6XX3o.

John Payne explains: �'Seasons Will Change'
showcases elements of both vintage and modern rock music with notable
characteristics of both the progressive and AOR genres, a tightrope that
this band expertly walks with confidence and swagger. In an endless sea
of bubblegum, disposable, three minute, computer driven music, we take
our lead from the masters of the 1970s. In that time, bands released
extended length singles separate from an album release. Epic songs like
'Hotel California,' 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'Stairway to Heaven' still
live with us today due to this strategy. It's time to lead and not
follow. We've all waited long enough for a return to this classic
approach.�
Progressive rock aficionados will enjoy the layers of genuine analog synthesizers deployed by keyboard wizard Erik Norlander. Veteran Asia drummer Jay Schellen's dynamic drumming delivers confident power and subtlety. The dual guitar harmonies of six-string virtuosos Jeff Kollman and Moni Scaria will delight classic rock fans. Long time fans will recognize John Payne's powerful vocals and evocative lyrics.

Asia Featuring John Payne has been
touring North America since 2008 and playing to enthusiastic fans across
the USA and from Canada down to Mexico. A high-powered spinoff of the
original ASIA group formed in 1981, ASIA Featuring John Payne consists
of John Payne (lead vocals, bass), Jay Schellen (drums), Erik Norlander
(keyboards), Moni Scaria (guitar) and Jeff Kollman (guitar). While
Payne, Schellen and Norlander have been working together since the
band's inception, the current lineup with guitarists Scaria and Kollman
was finalized just this year in 2012.
John Payne became the frontman of the supergroup Asia in 1992 at the invitation of keyboardist Geoff Downes, replacing vocalist/bassist John Wetton.
With John Payne fronting the band, Asia released 8 stunning studio
albums, several live albums, a live DVD, and toured the world
extensively for 14 years.
In 2006, Geoff Downes left the band to reform the 1982 line up for their
25th anniversary. On the 9th of May 2006, John Payne, Geoff Downes,
John Wetton, Carl Palmer and Steve Howe contractually agreed that John
Payne would continue his 14 year legacy with ASIA as �Asia Featuring
John Payne.�

WebLinks: www.theasiaband.com / www.facebook.com/ASIA.featuring.John.Payne / itunes.apple.com/us/album/seasons-will-change/id586372718?i=586372803&uo=4.

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