GTR (album) GTR (album) GTR is the 1986 self-titled debut album and sole official studio release from the short-lived supergroup GTR. The album peaked at No. 11 on the "Billboard" 200 chart, and the single "When the Heart Rules the Mind" reached No. 14 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart. Another single, "The Hunter", peaked at No. 85. The instrumental piece by Steve Howe, "Sketches in the Sun", resurfaced on his solo album "Motif Volume 1" and again on his "Anthology" album. Steve Hackett's "Hackett to Bits" was a simplified version of the title track from his "Please Don't Touch" album.
Steve Howe (musician) but the label went out of business shortly before its release. The label had also promised the group film roles and visits to the US but they never materialised and they disbanded. Howe released the tracks for the proposed album after he obtained the recordings and remixed them himself as "The Bodast Tapes" (1981). He then played with members of the progressive rock band The Nice as a potential new member, but decided it was not for him, and left the next day. In April 1970, the rock band Yes sought a new guitarist following the departure of Peter Banks.