Prog rock was hardly the flavor of the month during the early '80s, which suited Asia just fine. Because despite the bandmembers' pedigrees -- King Crimson, Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer -- they specialized in straight-forward Hard (with a lowercase "h") Rock and schmaltzy power ballads, making them more in line with bands such as Foreigner and Survivor. Although their self-titled debut was an unexpectedly huge smash, a long, stable and fruit-bearing career was not in the cards for th...  [+]