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
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