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
From Souvenirs to Souvenirs мальчики войну", "Boys Draw War"). In 1977 "From Souvenirs to Souvenirs", this time with Russian lyrics by poet Apollon Grigoriev, was covered by the band . Their version was called "First Love" and became immensely popular. It was played at discos everywhere and became one of popular songs to sing with a guitar. In 1995 "First Love" was covered by the band Russkiy Razmer. The new version was much heavier. The Russian rock band Agatha Christie also performed "First Love" at their concerts. Roussos recorded a German version of this song (titled "Mein Leben ist ein Souvenir") on his 1976