Question:  John Payne was best known as the lead singer and bassist of an English progressive rock band formed in what year?
Sentence (from "Asia (band)"): The most commercially successful line-up was its original, which was a supergroup of four members of different progressive rock bands of the 1970s, including lead vocalist and bassist John Wetton of King Crimson, guitarist Steve Howe of Yes, keyboardist Geoff Downes of Yes and The Buggles, and drummer Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
Relevant evidence: No