Steve Askew is a British guitarist best known as the original, and current lead guitarist for Kajagoogoo. He was born on 9 December 1957 in Middlesex, London. Later he moved with his family to Leighton Buzzard in 1962/63 and attended Beaudesert Primary School, Pulford Junior School and Brooklands School.After Kaja (ex Kajagoogoo) split up in 1986, Steve Askew set up a band called the Smalltown Elephants, he created the music concept, image and direction for the band and co-wrote all material.Steve lives in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, with his wife Anna Conti, a stained glass artist and their sons, Felix, and Courtney Askew-Conti . He has his own recording studio writing and recording & producing .In October 2003, he appeared in a Kajagoogoo reunion on VH1's Bands Reunited.