Steve Howe (musician) release, Howe left the group in 1983 citing irreconcilable differences with Wetton. Following his departure, Howe performed an acoustic guitar solo on "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" on the 1984 same titled album by the pop group Frankie Goes to Hollywood that Horn produced. He also played on "Industry Standard" (1982) by The Dregs. In 1985, Howe formed another supergroup, GTR, named after an abbreviation of the word "guitar", with guitarist Steve Hackett. The idea came from Howe's manager and former Yes and Asia manager Brian Lane, who brought the two together as both wished to perform in a band after
Steve Howe (musician) 1996 he played with Asia on a song called Ginger meant for "Arena", but was left off the album and was released on "Archiva Vol. 1" later that year. He also added his guitar to two of the songs from "Aura", released in 2001. In 2001, Howe released "Natural Timbre", exclusively with acoustic guitars. His son Dylan played the drums on his 1998 all-instrumental solo release, "Quantum Guitar," while "Elements," released in 2003, featured both Dylan and Virgil as part of Howe's album "Remedy". In 2007, Howe founded the Steve Howe Trio, a jazz band completed by his son Dylan