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Their last 2 albums were also with the 4 original guys. All of the inbetween albums were with Geoff Downes and John Payne, with the other 2 guys changing from album to album.

I enjoy them quite a bit, but I am sure that they don't meet the prog standards that most prog fans would hope to hear with this lineup.

That is good. I always feel that I have to qualify that here though, since many PAers seem to hate Asia because they don't sound like King Crimson or Relayer era Yes.

I think that a few of the Geoff Downes/John Payne albums are quite good too. Aura and Silent Nation.

Actually, the last 3 albums are from the original members. Phoenix, Omega, and XXX.

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HolyMoly wrote:

Oh boy. I've been offered an opportunity to go see Asia for free and meet the band. What could I possibly say to Geoff Downes? I already know what I'd say to John Wetton -- "if you happen to play Starless, can I sing it?"

Geoff Downes have a guiness rechord

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HolyMoly wrote:

Oh boy. I've been offered an opportunity to go see Asia for free and meet the band. What could I possibly say to Geoff Downes? I already know what I'd say to John Wetton -- "if you happen to play Starless, can I sing it?"

Geoff Downes have a guiness rechord

He does? That should be a good ice breaker.

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HolyMoly wrote:

aginor wrote:

HolyMoly wrote:

Oh boy. I've been offered an opportunity to go see Asia for free and meet the band. What could I possibly say to Geoff Downes? I already know what I'd say to John Wetton -- "if you happen to play Starless, can I sing it?"

Geoff Downes have a guiness rechord

He does? That should be a good ice breaker.

It was something about "most keybords on stage during a concert, 28 or something, keybords during one Asia concert/tour, and him standing in the pit of it"

http://pop-break.com/2011/09/08/interview-geoff-downes-of-yes/

PB: The Guinness Book of Records had you as having the most keyboards on one stage. How did that come about — having so many keyboards in one console?

GD: I was collecting them at the time, and the guy that built the first Asia stage built this podium to house the keyboards. It was so big, I thought I better fill it up with some stuff. I ended up with 28 in one gig. I think it was an Asia MTV special in Japan in 1983. I did actually every single one during the course of the show. A few bars on each one.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DAIe9yJ7ViQ/UJXdYKuuG9I/AAAAAAAAF1Y/LqAO1FytUw0/s1600/DSCF1319.JPG

the Buggels is also the first band to be played on MTV, his song Video Killed the Radio Star, 1st song to ever be played on MTV

PB: Is it an honor to be part of the trivia question, ‘Who was the first band on MTV?’ Or has that been annoying throughout the years?

GD: It’s something I’m quite proud of actually. It does come up in trivia quite a bit. It is quite an honor to have your music starting the very first channel that made such an impact all across the world. You have MTV Europe, MTV Asia. I don’t think it has much to do with music these days — it’s kind of morphed into the reality-culture television. For better or worse, that’s the way it’s gone. But it was an exciting time those first four or five years.

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