Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett replaced Anthony Phillips in Genesis for the album Nursery Cryme and the rest, as they say, is history. Unlike Steve Howe, who's had a similar career to Hackett (the two even formed a band, GTR), Hackett was not your typical, flashy lead guitarist. His role in Genesis was often to add a sonic dimension to the music, leaving much of the lead melody work to keyboardist Tony Banks. However, Hackett could be a ferocious guitarist when he wanted, as Voyage of the Acolyte proved. He left Genesis in the summer of 1977 to pursue solo projects, beginning with Please Don't Touch. Although his albums have usually charted in the lower regions of the US Top 200, Hackett maintains a loyal following of oldtymie Genesis fans and other musical adventurers. In fact, it's been Hackett who has carried the progressive rock standard the longest among his Genesis mates. In 1996, he led an all-star cast through the old Genesis fables for Watcher of the Skies, proving that a good magician never forgets his old tricks. (Thanks to Lucas Siebert for the UK chart positions listed herein.)

SEE ALSO...
GENESIS discography
GTR discography
Two Sides of Peter Banks

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