Asia
In 1981, Howe, John Wetton (King Crimson, UK), Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), and Geoff Downes (The Buggles & Yes) formed the band Asia, but after two popular albums and a few hit singles, Howe left the band over differences with Wetton.
When Geoff Downes reformed Asia in 1992, Steve returned to play guitar on Aqua playing on 6 of the album's 13 tracks and co-writing seven with Downes and John Payne, as well as playing on their Aqua Club tour as a special guest. In 1996 he played on a song called Ginger meant for Arena, which was released on Archiva Vol. 1 later that year. He also played on two of the songs from Aura, released in 2001.
Some disagreements have since been reconciled as Wetton embraced sobriety and a new found appreciation for life, and Howe rejoined the other three founding members in a 25th anniversary reunion tour in late 2006. Since that time Asia have released a DVD called Fantasia and also released a new CD of music called Phoenix in April of '08. In early 2010 the band released their second reunion CD, Omega. The bands third reunion album entitled XXX was released in July of 2012. The four original members of Asia have now been together longer than during the original incarnation of the early eighties.
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