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 [[artist:726175]] in 1970. Later he moved on to [[artist:310379]] (1970-72) and [[artist:70828]] (1972-74). He then played in [[artist:254059]] from 1975 to 1976. He joined up with [[artist:129858]] again to create [[artist:414471]] (1978-79) and after recording [m=64321] album with [[artist:343684]] in 1981, he founded [[artist:257619]] in 1982.