Real name: John Kenneth Wetton

Effective period / Period of releases: 1980 - 2016

John Wetton (born: 12th June 1949, in Derby, Derbyshire, England / died: 31st January 2017, in Bournemouth, Dorset, England [colon cancer, aged 67]) was an English bass player, singer and songwriter (he also played guitar and keyboards). He started his musical career in Mogul Thrash in 1970. Later he moved on to Family (1970-72) and King Crimson (1972-74). He then played in Uriah Heep from 1975 to 1976. He joined up with Bill Bruford again to create UK (1978-79) and after recording Number The Brave album with Wishbone Ash in 1981, he founded Asia in 1982.