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
Brian Lane (manager) to join Yes for 1980's "Drama". He later helped form and then managed Asia, which emerged from the collapse of Yes in early 1981. Lane came up with the band name having introduced vocalist/bassist John Wetton to ex-Yes guitarist Steve Howe. In the late 1980s, Lane managed a rival group of former Yes members, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (ABWH). Lane also managed GTR, also including Steve Howe. He became manager to Rick Wakeman (a member of Yes and then ABWH) in the 2010s and was announced as the manager of a new supergroup of former Yes members, Anderson, Rabin and