In what band did members of progressive rock bands King Crimson, Emerson Lake & Palmer, & YES meet?

Question

10 POINTS for first but I'd like to see how many people know this. Honestly I've only known one song by the band, but I'm thinking about getting into them now.

Answer 1

I believe your referring to Asia, although Greg Lake (KC, ELP) was only briefly with the band, and he never appeared on any of their albums. The Yes connection to Asia would be Steve Howe. Also, Bill Bruford, Yes' original drummer played with KC, but Lake had already left the band, and Jon Anderson, Yes' vocalist did appear on one KC song, also after Lake had already left.

Answer 2

Before Emerson, Lake and Palmer; Greg Lake was in King Crimson. He met Emerson there when The Nice was touring with King Crimson. Carl Palmer came from Automic Rooster. If you are referring to Asia, that group came after King Crimson, ELP and Yes.

Answer 3

Asia began with the apparent demise of Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, two of the flagship bands of British progressive rock. After the break-up of King Crimson in 1974, various plans for a supergroup involving bassist John Wetton had been mooted, including the abortive British Bulldog project with Bill Bruford and Rick Wakeman in 1976. In 1977, Bruford and Wetton were reunited in UK, along with guitarist Allan Holdsworth and keyboardist/violinist Eddie Jobson. Their eponymous debut was released in 1978. By 1980, after UK's demise and Wetton's departure from UK, a new supergroup project was suggested involving Wetton, Wakeman, drummer Carl Palmer and (then little known) guitarist Trevor Rabin, but Wakeman walked out of the project shortly before they were due to sign to Geffen and before they had ever played together. In 1981, Wetton and Yes guitarist Steve Howe were brought together by A&R man John Kalodner and Geffen Records to start working and writing, Howe having come out of the break-up of Yes in early 1981.



Howe and Wetton were soon joined by Buggles/Yes keyboardist Geoff Downes. Carl Palmer joined the band later in the process. Trevor Rabin was considered for the group and some demos were recorded with him, but he dropped out to accept an offer to join Yes bassist Chris Squire and drummer Alan White in what became a new Yes and the other Asia members decided to stay as a quartet. Trevor Rabin, in a filmed interview from 1984 and included in the recently released and updated DVD 9012Live, said that his involvement with Asia never went anywhere because "there was no chemistry" among the participants.

Answer 4

Hmm, I know Greg Lake was in King Crimson and then ELP, and Bill Bruford went from Yes to King Crimson.

Answer 5

Emerson

Answer 6

Asia