GTR (band) 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. The band's name came from an abbreviation of "guitar" used by recording studios for labelling guitar tracks. After Steve Howe left Asia in 1985, he and former Yes manager Brian Lane discussed forming a new
Steve Howe (musician) "Keys to Ascension 2", the two double albums containing both live and studio tracks. Since "Keys to Ascension", Howe has appeared on all the albums recorded by Yes. Thereafter, over the following five years, the group released "Open Your Eyes" in 1997, "The Ladder" in 1999 and "Magnification" in 2001, before going on a four-year hiatus between 2004 and 2008. Following their hiatus, Yes released "Fly from Here" in 2011 and "Heaven & Earth" in 2014. On 24 May 1996, Howe received an honorary doctorate in Musical Arts (DMA) from Five Towns College in Dix Hills, New York. Also in