GTR (album) (It had no connection with the similarly titled "Hackett to Pieces" from "Highly Strung".) Asia later recorded their own version of the Downes-penned "The Hunter" for their 1997 compilation album "Anthology". The group, founded by ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and then ex-Yes and ex-Asia guitarist Steve Howe, disbanded in 1987. Geoff Downes, another ex-Yes and ex-Asia member at the time, produced the album. The band's name, anecdotally, comes from the marking on the studio mixing console that indicates the 'guitar' volume control. The album was reissued in 2001 in a remastered CD edition. The album was out of print, with
Virgil Howe He wrote and performed on a piece on his father's 2011 release "Time". He also plays drums on 11 tracks of Steve Howe's "Anthology 2: Groups and Collaborations" that were largely recorded in the 1980s. Under the name The Verge, Virgil Howe produced the "Yes Remixes" album, released 2003. Howe was in The Dirty Feel, with Kerim 'Kez' Gunes (bass, vocals) and Nick Hirsch (guitar, vocals; died 2012). A debut single, "Get Down and Love In", had a limited UK release in 2004. They were signed to DirtE. In 2005, the band took part in MTV's "A-Cut" amateur band competition.