 The band broke up leaving Ashton without a record deal and not many future prospects.During the eighties Ashton co-hosted a TV show with Rick Wakeman called "GasTank".The show was aired every two weeks and, on each episode, there were guests ranging from Phil Lynott to Ian Paice who sat in with the show's in-house band led by Ashton and Wakeman (others were Tony Fernandez and Chas Cronk).