GTR Here I Wait

GTR were a rock band founded in 1985 by former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and Yes and Asia guitarist Steve Howe. The band name came from an abbreviation of guitar. Besides Hackett and Howe, GTR featured vocalist Max Bacon (exMoby Dick, Nightwing and Bronz); bassist Phil Spalding (exBernie Torme, Toyah, Mike Oldfield and Original Mirrors); and American drummer Jonathan Mover (exMarillion, later of Steve Vai fame). GTR were notable for attempting to create a band with guitar and synthesizer sounds, but without the use of conventional keyboard synths, using guitar, synthesisers instead. Hackett and Howe s guitars were outfitted with Roland synthesiser trigger pickups, which used the vibrations of the strings to create MIDI signals used to play the synthesizers. While this may have worked in the studio, they were forced to take a keyboardist on the road because of the poor tracking qualities of the guitar synths. Always loved the guitar bit from 2:20 or so. The band broke up