Mike Paxman (born 19 December 1953) is an English multi-instrumentalist and record producer, best known for his work with Judie Tzuke, Nick Kamen, Uriah Heep and bands, Status Quo[1] and Asia.
During the late 1970s, he played drums in the Salisbury-based contemporary jazz quartet Sphere, along with saxophonist Andy Sheppard, pianist Geoff Williams, and double bassist Peter Maxfield (they all had been students at BWS).
[citation needed] Paxman produced four studio albums with Uriah Heep: Wake the Sleeper (2008), Celebration – Forty Years of Rock (2009), Into the Wild (2011) and Outsider (2014).
[citation needed] Paxman was the producer for Omega from Asia with original members John Wetton, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, and Geoff Downes in 2010.
XXX was the final Asia album with the original lineup after the departure of Steve Howe and the death of founder and singer, John Wetton on 31 January 2017.