GPS were a

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. In ...

group formed in 2006 by John Payne (vocals, bass, guitar),

Guthrie Govan Guthrie Govan (; born 27 December 1971) is an English guitarist and guitar teacher, known for his work with the bands the Aristocrats, Asia, GPS, the Young Punx and the Fellowship, as well as his solo project Erotic Cakes. More recently, he ha ...

(guitars) and

Jay Schellen Jay Schellen (born May 20, 1960) is an American drummer who is best known as a member of the hard rock band Hurricane. Schellen has also worked and currently working with a number of other heavy rock and progressive rock bands, including with A ...

(drums, percussion). These three had been working together in

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, specifically on an album to have been called ''Architect of Time'', when the fourth member of Asia, Geoff Downes, joined a reunion of the band's classic line-up, dissolving the then current line-up. Payne, Govan and Schellen announced the formation of a new band in February 2006 to be called One. However, after discovering another rock act with the same name, the band changed its name to GPS, from the initials of the three founders.

Biography

The band released a 10-track album called ''Window to the Soul'' on

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in August 2006 in Europe; the release in North America came the following September. The album had originally been announced as ''One'' with a May release date. All the tracks are credited to Payne/Schellen/Govan, and keyboards on the album and subsequent tour were played by

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. The band performed live in September/October 2006 and on two Japanese dates in late 2007. In parallel with GPS, Payne, Govan and Schellen were joined by

Erik Norlander Erik Norlander (born 6 February 1967) is an American musician known for his work in the progressive rock genre. From 2007 to 2014, he was the touring and recording keyboardist for Asia Featuring John Payne. He is also the managing director of ...

on keys in

Asia Featuring John Payne Asia featuring John Payne is a British–American rock group band formed in 2007 following a schism in the lineup of Asia. The band is a continuation of singer and bassist John Payne's career as the band's frontman, which lasted from 1991 unt ...

. Norlander also filled in for Okumoto for one GPS date in the US. Govan later left Asia Featuring John Payne. Norlander also subsequently left Asia Featuring John Payne, to be replaced by Okumoto.

''Window to the Soul''

# "Window to the Soul" # "New Jerusalem" # "Heaven Can Wait" # "Written on the Wind" # "I Believe in Yesterday" # "The Objector" # "All My Life" # "Gold" # "Since You've Been Gone" # "Taken Dreams" # "In His Eyes" (Govan) + # "The Haunting" (Payne) + All songs by Govan, Payne, and Schellen unless indicated. + On Japanese and South Korean release only About half of the material on ''Window to the Soul'' was originally written for ''Architect of Time''. A November 2005 press release from Asia had mentioned "Written on the Wind", "I Believe in Yesterday" and "Since You've Been Gone" as song titles for the Asia album (to have been called ''Architect of Time'') Payne, Govan and Schellen were recording with Downes before the split.

References

External links

Asia featuring John Payne Official Webpage
{{DEFAULTSORT:GPS (band) British pop music groups English progressive rock groups Inside Out Music albums