Asia (band) Lake's voice and he read most of the lyrics from a teleprompter; Lake had commented in interviews that he was asked to cover Wetton's parts at very short notice. Lake left in early 1984 and Asia reunited with Wetton that same year to start work on their next album. But Howe soon left to be replaced by Krokus guitarist Mandy Meyer. Howe then enjoyed brief success with GTR, another supergroup, formed with Steve Hackett, formerly of Genesis, and produced by Downes. The third Asia album was tentatively titled "Arcadia", but during production it was discovered that that name was being
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