Young spent his early years at the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral where he was classically trained on piano and vocals.

After a world tour, Young did studio and session work with artists including Steeleye Span and Bon Jovi.

He formed a band with Jon Camp (Renaissance) which signed to Warner Bros, but failed to produce any material before the project was disbanded.

Young went on to play with the MTV band in London and during this time he met John Wetton who asked him to join Asia for two European tours.

John Young has also worked as part of the re-generated Greenslade appearing on the albums Large Afternoon and Live 2001.

The first product of that union saw Jon Anderson touring Europe and playing the song "Sooner (Than Later)", a track co-penned with Young.

In recent years John Young has been working with Nick Beggs (Steven Wilson Band), Frosty Beedle (Cutting Crew) and Steve Rispin (Sound Engineer for Asia) on a new prog rock orientated project called "Lifesigns", which signed to Esoteric Records in a one-album deal.

As with the first album the core band members were augmented by guest musicians including:- Dave Bainbridge (Iona, Celestial Fire, Strawbs), Robin Boult (Fish, Howard Jones), Menno Gootjes (Focus) and Niko Tsonev (Steven Wilson, Lifesigns, Moonparticle).

(http://teamrock.com/review/2017-09-05/lifesigns-cardington-album-review) Dave Bainbridge was confirmed as the replacement for Niko Tsonev for live dates in the summer of 2017, including a short UK Tour, Progdreams VII and Cruise To The Edge.

He will bring a new perspective to the live sound with both his guitar, additional keyboards and a touch of bouzouki thrown in for good measure.