Steve Hackett – Reviews, concert reports, interviews and all the information about the former Genesis guitarist.
There is many a prejudice against (ex-)stars and musician beyond their 50th birthday: They have become lazy, uncreative, their own caricature and so forth. Frequently these claims are true…
Good to see that the Genesis camp can still surprise us. One of these surprises is the Spectral Mornings DVD published in summer 2005. It contains the recording of a TV concert Steve Hackett & band played in 1978…
In February 2002 a second Steve Hackett compilation was published.
In 1975 Steve Hackett, lead guitarist with Genesis, became the first member of Genesis to release a solo album.
Steve Hackett indulges in his love for classical music again. On February 19 he released his Tribute to his guitar idols, dispensing with every instrument that is not a nylon guitar.
The most important events in Steve Hackett’s life.
After the success the GTR album enjoyed in the mid-80s Steve Hackett planned to do another solo album that was to be called Feedback. It was never released, though parts of it found their way to the fans. Now Steve has completed and released it.
After he had finished reminiscing about his time in Genesis Steve Hackett released a real solo album again. Darktown is, the title gives it away, rather gloomy…
After his surprise album Genesis Revisited Steve Hackett played four shows in Japan with his band. These gigs were preserved as the live double album The Tokyo Tapes.
An unusual Steve Hackett album was released in 1996. Steve recorded new versions of a number of Genesis classics, added an orchestra, and published Genesis Revisited at first only in Japan, but later also in Europe. The album also features an impressive list of guest musicians.
