GPS (band)

GPS
L-R: Guthrie Govan, John Payne, Ryo Okumoto, and Jay Schellen.
L-R: Guthrie Govan, John Payne, Ryo Okumoto, and Jay Schellen.
Background information
OriginEngland
GenresRock, Progressive rock
Years active2006–2008
LabelsInsideOut Music
Dingwall Records (Japan)
MembersJohn Payne
Guthrie Govan
Jay Schellen
Ryo Okumoto

GPS were a progressive rock group formed in 2006 by John Payne (vocals, bass, guitar), Guthrie Govan (guitars) and Jay Schellen (drums, percussion). These three had been working together in Asia, 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.