GTR (band) and Nigel Glockler returned to Saxon. Max Bacon's 1996 solo album "The Higher You Climb" included GTR material, and he later sang lead on "Going, Going, Gone" on Howe's 1999 release, "Portraits of Bob Dylan". GTR (band) GTR were a British rock band founded in 1985 by former Yes and Asia guitarist Steve Howe and former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett. Though the band's leaders were known as progressive rock musicians, GTR appealed to album-oriented rock radio stations. The band lasted for two years and one album. Hackett subsequently criticized the project, though not necessarily the other musicians involved in it.
GTR (band) group. Howe expressed interest in working with Hackett, whom Lane then approached. The former Genesis guitarist proved amenable, despite some doubts as to the project setup: his last few solo albums (including the atypical all-classical-guitar project "Bay of Kings") had sold disappointingly. Still, he hoped GTR would sustain his prominence as a guitarist and finance future solo work. Once the two guitarists were in place, the group recruited American drummer Jonathan Mover (ex-Marillion, and later to work with Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Alice Cooper), bass guitarist Phil Spalding (ex-Bernie Tormé, Toyah, Mike Oldfield and Original Mirrors) and singer Max