Steve Hackett

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Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is an English musician, guitarist, singer, and producer who rose to fame as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977.

Before deciding to pursue a solo career, Hackett performed on six Genesis studio albums, three live albums, seven singles, and one EP.

In 2010, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis. When still a member of Genesis in 1975, Hackett released Voyage of the Acolyte, his first solo album.

Hackett co-founded the GTR in 1986 after a string of further solo albums that began in 1978.

The group unveiled the self-titled album GTR, which debuted at No. 10 in the United States. "When the Heart Rules the Mind" is the 11th on the Billboard 200 in the United States, and it spawned the Top 20 single "When the Heart Rules the Mind."

Hackett left GTR in 1987, but the group disbanded.

Hackett resumed his solo career in late August.

He has released albums and toured around the world on a regular basis. Hackett's body of work spans many genres; in addition to his work in progressive rock, he has explored pop, blues, world music, and classical music on his solo albums.

"Hackett's early experiments of two-handed tapping and sweep picking were well ahead of their time," Guitar World notes, and the pair inspired Eddie Van Halen and Brian May." Alex Lifeson and Steve Rothery, two other guitarists who were inspired by Hackett, are among the many guitarists influenced by the hacker.

Early life

Stephen Richard Hackett was born in Pimlico, central London, on February 12, 1950, to Peter and June Hackett. He was born the day before his future Genesis bandmate, singer Peter Gabriel, was born. He has a younger brother John who played, collaborated, and wrote with Hackett throughout his solo career, and he contributed to the creation of "Get 'Em Out by Friday" and "Cuckoo Cocoon." Hackett went to Sloane Grammar School in Chelsea. The family moved to Vancouver, Canada, in the 1950s, but the parents returned home after his parents, especially his mother, became too home sick.

Hackett grew up knowing various musical devices, including the harmonica and recorder, but he didn't get a keen interest in the guitar until he turned 12 years old, when he began playing single notes. He was learning chords and playing with chord progressions by 14, but no formal preparation was available.

Hackett's first musical influences were classical (Johann Sebastian Bach) and opera (Mario Lanza). His compositions are already influenced by them, according to him. Hackett has also cited many British blues musicians as influences, including Danny Kirwan, Peter Green, and several guitarists in John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, as well as Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, and King Crimson.

Personal life

Hackett has been married three times. Oliver Busse was his first to Ellen Busse in 1972, but the couple had one son, Oliver (b. ), at the time. (Revised: 1974). In 1974, the marriage resulted in a divorce. Hackett married Brazilian painter and jewelry artist Kim Poor, who created several of his album covers in 1981. They divorced in 2007, prompting Poor to bring a lawsuit against Hackett, arguing she was a joint owner of Stephen Hackett Ltd., which was where all future royalties from Genesis songs he had written and performed were paid into. Hackett suggested that all royalties be paid directly to him rather than the company, which Poor argued was in breach of their terms and entitled to a share of the money. Hackett's right to make new albums on their own, causing more problems. In 2010, the case was settled.

Hackett married author Jo Lehmann, who has written lyrics on several of Hackett's songs, in June 2011. Amanda is Jo's sister, a singer, songwriter, and singer who has appeared on several of Hackett's songs and tours since 2009.

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Career

Hackett's first professional performance experience came as a member of three rock bands, including Canterbury Glass, with whom he appeared on "Prologue" on their album Sacred Scenes and Characters, which was released in 1968 but not released in 2007; Heel Pier; and Sarabande, both of whom performed rock with progressive rock elements; In 1970, he joined Quiet World, which featured his brother John on flute. Hackett did not write any content with the organization as the band's founders dictated what the other members played, which did not bother Hackett because he did not have much experience in a recording studio after the band didn't have a deal with a marquet. Hackett appeared on the band's only studio album, The Road (1970), which was released on Dawn Records, and they left them shortly after.

Hackett first advertised in Melody Maker in December 1970 to look for a new band. "Imaginative guitarist-writer wants to collaborate with receptive musicians, eager to explore new musical genres," the journal says. Hackett said in a 2021 interview that he meant a lack of representation among the 1970s' various musical genres. Genesis lead vocalist Peter Gabriel reacted to the ad. Genesis, which also included keyboardist Tony Banks, bassist Mike Rutherford, and drummer Phil Collins, had lost founding guitarist Anthony Phillips and found a new, permanent replacement for his temporary replacement Mick Barnard. Hackett was advised by Gabriel to listen to their last album, Trespass (1970) before Hackett auditioned for the band. On January 24, 1971, Hackett's first live gig with Genesis took place at City University, London.

Nursery Cryme (1971) was Hackett's first recording with Genesis. He played a key role in the group's success by firmly urging them to incorporate a Mellotron into the songs, and his guitar work is prominently featured in solos on "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" and "The Fountain of Salmacis." He was a pioneer of the guitar tapping technique that is traditionally traced to Eddie Van Halen. Hackett said that Van Halen told him that he learned the technique after attending a Genesis concert in the mid-1970s. Hackett's guitar solo composition "Horizons," which he based on a Bach Suite for Cello, was included in Foxtrot (1972). Hackett's selling England by the Pound (1973) is a popular feature on "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight," according to Yngwie Malmsteen. "Firth of the Fifth" is one of Hackett's most well-known guitar solos, and it has remained a favorite in concert even after Hackett's departure. The writing sessions for The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974), while not limited to Hackett, but also the entire group, partly due to the personal lives of several members, which also affected the group's mood. "Everybody had their own agenda," Hackett said. Some of us were married, some of us had children, and some of us were divorced, but some of us were getting divorced. And we were also trying to get it together in the country." Hackett, in particular, was going through a divorce from his first wife. Although Gabriel wrote the majority of the songs, all of the band members co-wrote the songs. Hackett had chosen "The Lamia" and "Fly on a Windshield" as his two favorite scenes on the album.

Hackett's debut album Voyage of the Acolyte (1976), the band's first with Collins on lead vocals, and was released on A Trick of the Tail (1976). Hackett has been credited on "Dance on a Volcano," "Entangled," and "Los Endos." Hackett's final studio album with the band, Wind & Wuthering (1976), is the sequel to Hackett's Wind & Wuthering (1976). He had been growing frustrated by his inability and level of involvement, and he was insistent that more of his work be included on the album, but he was turned down. He was credited with four tracks, including "Eleventh Earl of Mar," "Blood on the Rooftops," "Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers," and "In That Quiet Earth." "Please Don't Touch" by Hackett was revived, but "Wot Gorilla?" was ostensibly replaced by an instrumental. "Inside and Out" (credited to the entire band), Spot the Pigeon (1977), was a sequel to the band's first extended play release.

Hackett left the band during the Genesis live album's mixing stage, seconds Out. During the album's promotion, his deposition was revealed in the media on October 8, 1977. Hackett has said that he "needed autonomy."

The Genesis 1970–1975 line-up has reunited a handful of times since Hackett's departure. The group performed for Six of the Best on October 2nd, 1982, a one-off event held to raise funds for Gabriel's WOMAD festival. During a string of shows at the Civic Hall in Guildford in 1983, Hackett was joined by Gabriel and Rutherford, the three performers with Hackett's band. The set list included a collection of Genesis songs, covers, and tracks from their solo careers.

Members of Genesis reunited for a photo shoot and dinner in 1998 to commemorate the Genesis Archive's 1967-75 box set's debut. Hackett and Gabriel re-recorded some guitar and vocal parts of the album, respectively. Hackett appeared on the re-recording of "The Carpet Crawlers" from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, where it was included on the 1999 greatest hits compilation Turn It On Again: The Hits.

The 1970--1975 line-up assembled in late 2005 to discuss the possibility of a reunion and the production of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Hackett opted out of the scheme after Gabriel refused to accept the idea. In 2006, Banks, Rutherford, and Collins became a team for the Turn It On Again: The Tour. Hackett appeared in a string of interviews as part of the band's remastering of its discography in 2007, and the interview book Genesis: Chapter and Verse was published in the same year.

Trey Anastasio, a 1970–1975 Genesis line-up, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2010. Hackett appeared at the reception with Banks, Rutherford, and Collins, but none of them were successful.

Hackett was featured in the BBC documentary Genesis: Together and Apart, which centered on the band and the other members' solo careers. Hackett expressed his displeasure with the film's broadcast, which he described as a "biased account of Genesis history" that "completely disregards" his solo contributions. Hackett was included in the compilation album R-Kive, which included Genesis content and tracks from each member's solo career, as well as "Every Day" and "Nomads."

Hackett said he was invited to the final Genesis concert in London on March 26. However, he was unable to attend due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Peter Gabriel attended the festival but did not appear with the band.

Hackett's first solo album, Voyage of the Acolyte, was released in October 1975. Premonitions were its original name, but Charisma's executives looked it and suggested Voyage of the Acolyte, which Hackett accepted. Collins and Rutherford appear on drums and bass, respectively, and the album has debuted at No. 1 on the charts. 26 people in the United Kingdom have been rated silver, and they have been awarded silver. Hackett loved the freedom he had when writing and recording his own album, but Rutherford and Banks warned him that he could not continue his solo work while in Genesis. During the recording and recording of Foxtrot, part of one of the album's tracks, "Shadow of the Hierophant," was rehearsed by Genesis. Hackett resumed work in Genesis after it was announced.

Please Don't Touch!, Hackett's first post-Genesis album, was released in 1978. As with Voyage of the Acolyte (1975), a majority of the album's content was in the style of experimental rock. However, it did include a lot more vocal content. Hackett, who had never performed lead or backing vocals on a Genesis album, sold out most of the vocals to a variety of artists, including folk singer Richie Havens, R&B singer Randy Crawford, and American progressive rock band Kansas' Steve Walsh. He did lead vocals on "Carry On Up the Vicarage," but they were processed with a "laughing gnome" vocal effect. The album reached its high point at no. 57. On the UK chart, there are 38 holes and no. In the United States, 103 on the Billboard pop Albums chart debuted at number 103.

Hackett had two albums and was faced with the challenge of assembling a band to perform the songs live. With John Hackett on flute, bass pedals, and guitar, Dik Cadbury on bass and vocals, Nick Magnus on keyboards, John Shearer on drums, and Pete Hicks on lead vocals, this became a band. Hackett's first European tour was in fact the first as a solo artist. It began at the Chateau Neuf in Oslo, Norway, on October 4th, 1978, and culminated in six shows around the UK, culminating at the Hammersmith Apollo in London on October 30. Hackett's band, Spectral Mornings, appeared in the first two months of 1979 in the Netherlands, and he used his name for his new album, Spectral Mornings. The album features a variety of musical styles, including straightforward and progressive rock, folk, and a broader range of musical styles, such as a Cantonese koto. It was No. 1 in the United States. England has 22 cities and No. 20 in the United Kingdom and No. 67 in the United States. In the United States, there are 138 people. In August 1979, the supporting tour included a spot at the Reading Festival. Hackett reflected on this period and the company's culture as a brutal yet positive one.

Hackett's fourth album Defector was held in November 1979, including one in London at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, to try out new material. Hackett described Defector's musical similarities to Spectral Mornings' and noted the similarity in music between the two albums, although he said the latter's samples were some of his finest work of his career. Defector peaked at No. 1 on the UK charts right from its inception. The ninth, which is his country's highest-charting album, has debuted in the country's highest-charting album. The album debuted in the United States, at No. 1. 144. Hackett appeared in the United States on the album's tour, and he appeared for the first time solo dates. Hackett was drained on tour, and he recovered in Brazil, where he spent three months on new songs.

Hackett's fifth album, Cured (1981), was a musical journey. It was recorded without his band, which had performed with him since 1979, excepting Magnus and John Hackett, and it features Hackett as the lead vocalist. Magnus used an electronic Linn drum instead of a drummer. Despite having tracks in a progressive rock and classical style for which Hackett was known, it also displayed a more pop-oriented approach. Cured reached No. 1 in August 1981, the highest level since being born in August. 15 in the United Kingdom and No. 78 in the United Kingdom and No. 15. In the United States, there are 169. John Hackett and Magnus were joined by Chas Cronk on bass and Ian Mosley on drums, making the tour a line-up change. The band appeared at the 1981 Reading Festival on tour for Cured.

Hackett began to form a new trio with Keith Emerson and Jack Bruce, and then it was offered to replace Paul Jones and lead a new West End musical project. He turned down both offers and went straight for his next studio album, Highly Strung, which was released in April 1983. It would be his last appearance on Charisma, as growing tensions over Hackett's direction, as well as the fact that no one wants to release an acoustic or live album, brought an end to their collaboration. High Strung went to No. 1 in the U.S. "Cell 151" became a minor hit in the United Kingdom, and it went viral.

Hackett had signed a 1981-1983 deal with Lamborghini Records, which later enabled the debut of his seventh album, Bay of Kings, which contained classical guitar compositions. The album debuted at No. 1. In the United Kingdom, 70 people are dead. This was followed by Hackett's return to rock music in his next release, Till We Have Faces, which was published in August 1984. It was a blend of his guitar with elements of Brazilian percussion and world music. The album reached No. 6 on the charts. In the United Kingdom, there are 54 people.

Hackett formed the GTR in 1985 with veteran Yes and Asia guitarist Steve Howe. The group's gold-selling album, which was produced by Yes/Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes, was released. "When the Heart Rules the Mind" was the album's highest charting US single in Hackett's career, peaking at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. Hackett departed GTR quickly due to financial and managerial squabbles. Hackett's primary reason for terminating GTR was a lack of funding to continue the program, as well as his growing desire to pursue a less traditional career path. Among them was charity and film production, as well as a jingle for an airline.

Hackett appeared on "I Keep Calling," "20/20 Vision," and "Average" with former Yardbirds members Chris Dreja, Paul Samwell-Smith and Jim McCarty on their second album Strange Land, co-produced by Chris Dreja, Paul Samwell-Smith and Jim McCarty. Hackett appeared on Genesis' We Know What We Like: The Music of Genesis, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra with arranger and conductor David Palmer in 1987.

Hackett returned to the studio and made Momentum, a new solo album on GTR. Hackett's experience in GTR led him to call the album "a theraputic, cathartic thing" as he welcomed the return of recording "music without props." With huge and enthusiastic audiences on his tour around Europe in March 1988, his album was sold to promote the album, including concerts in Estonia, Russia, and the Soviet Union.

Hackett was the producer of "Sailing," a tribute to Rod Stewart's 1975 debut under the banner Rock Against Repatriation. The intention was to raise funds and awareness of Asian organisations who had left the difficult circumstances of their home but were refused entry into Western countries. Brian May, the Moody Blues, Mike Rutherford, Phil Manzanera, and Godley & Creme were among the songs that were released as a single in 1990.

In the 1980s, he made a special appearance on Brazilian singer Ritchie's first album, Voo de Coraço (1983). He co-authors "A Mulher Invisvel" (1984), the countryman's 2nd album, and he also played guitar on the track "Meantime" (a poem by Fernando Pessoa's Ritchie) on the artist's 4th album, Loucura e Mágica (1987).

Hackett returned to touring in the United States for the first time in six years in 1992, marking his first return to action in the United States in many years. His reason for his lengthy absence was due to his involvement in a variety of legal issues that prevented him from traveling. Hackett was thrilled that his 1992 North American tour was well attended, and he used it to put some new material on display to a large audience, as well as his first live album, Time Lapse. Hackett's acoustic performance with the London Chamber Orchestra on a list of Vivaldi saw the debut of The Unauthorised Biography, a compilation album containing two previously unreleased tracks co-written with Brian May, as well as Hackett's acoustic performance with the London Chamber Orchestra. He chose the show as a career highlight.

Hackett's tenth studio album, Guitar Noir, was released in May 1993. It includes the song "Walking Away From Rainbows," which lyrically addressed Hackett's career choice of leaving mainstream music and going after what he wants. Hackett called the album "the most important thing I've ever done" shortly after its introduction. It's been the thing I've been looking for as an album since being barred from silence for so long. Hackett followed this with a blues album, Blues with a Feeling (1994), which consisted of covers and original material penned by him and his company.

Hackett wanted to rework a collection of Genesis songs with a number of guest performers for his forthcoming album. Genesis Revisited was first published in 1996, peaking at No. 98. In the United Kingdom, there are 95 people on the streets. It features "Déjà Vu," a hackett track written with Peter Gabriel in 1973 during the Selling England by the Pound sessions that had not concluded. Hackett said that a large portion of the album made him "wince" and that he will "hear the battles." Hackett performed in Tokyo in December 1996 with John Wetton, Chester Thompson, Ian McDonald, and Julian Colbeck. The concerts were recorded and filmed, and The Tokyo Tapes were later released as The Tokyo Tapes in 1998.

He recorded the neo-classical influence on A Midsummer Night's Dream in April 1997, with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra accompaniments. It has risen to the top of the UK classical charts. This was the start of keyboardist, arranger, and producer Roger King's increasingly influential role on Hackett's forthcoming albums and live shows. Hackett's fourteenth studio album, Darktown, was released in 1999. The album is named after a book, and the music and lyrical concepts took eight years to decide. Hackett recalled that on the album as one with lyrical themes that he had not been "brave enough" to display before. It went to No. 1. In the United Kingdom, there are 156.

Hackett and his brother John released Sketches of Satie in 2000, a tribute album to French composer Erik Satie, with the pieces arranged for flute and guitar. Hackett said he had not worked on a project with John and had missed playing with him, prompting his boss Billy Budis to produce an album of Satie's music. Later in 2000, an album of Hackett's originally assembled in 1986 but later put on display, called Feedback 86. The content was intended for a second GTR album as well as Brian May's appearances on the front page.

Hackett contributed instrumental music to Outwitting Hitler, a documentary about a Holocaust survivor, which was released in 2001. It was his first venture into soundtrack creation, and he had a weekend to finish it off. He incorporated elements that he had previously announced for his forthcoming guitar/orchestra album Metamorpheus (2005).

Hackett's first studio album in four years and his first in his new recording studio, Crown Studios, was released in 2003. It was also his return to progressive rock music, and unlike his previous albums, the album was assembled within three months. Hackett's next solo appearance was the orchestral Metamorpheus (2005) with the Underworld Orchestra, which dates back to 1997, when Hackett recorded his guitar parts for the songs. Wild Orchids (2006), a rock album released in 2006, was followed by Tribute (2007), a classical album showcasing original works and interpretations of Bach, Byrd, Barrios, and Andrés Segovia.

Out of the Tunnel's Mouth (2009) was faced with a variety of court problems, including those initiated by Poor and his former manager Billy Budis concerning its rights and refusal to prevent Hackett from appearing on recordings by other artists and blocking its release, as well as the ownership of Hackett's catalog on Camino Records. Hackett was able to "be back in the music business" and debut Out of the Tunnel's Mouth on his new label Wolfwork Records in October 2009. Rather than a professional studio, Hackett's own flat was used to record the album. It features contributions by former Genesis guitarist Anthony Phillips and Yes bassist Chris Squire. Hackett toured the album.

Sketches of Hackett by Alan Hewitt, a government-authorized biography, was published in August 2009. The first edition of this hardback includes a 90-minute interview as well as a bonus DVD.

Genesis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 15, 2010 with Hackett appearing alongside Collins, Banks, and Rutherford at the reception, but not together. Hackett has stated his intention to attend a reunion in recent years. In 2007, a planned revival of the classic 1970s Genesis line-up fell apart, and Hackett dropped out in deference to the Genesis'trio' range-up as opposed to the four-piece.

Hackett's 24th studio album Beyond the Shrouded Horizon was released in 2011 (no). In the UK album chart, there are 133. He went on tour in the United Kingdom in 2012 to promote the album. Hackett and Chris Squire collaborated in 2012 to create the album A Life Within a Day under the name of Squackett.

In October 2012, Hackett introduced Genesis Revisited II. His primary motivation for revisiting the project was the desire to perform the songs live once more, and a number of musicians came together to perform the Genesis and some solo songs. Ray Wilson, a former Genesis lead vocalist, was among those injured. The album was received with a lot of excitement from the public, which culminated in Hackett's increased chart presence and a sell-out support tour in the United Kingdom. The album debuted at No. 1 on the charts. In the United Kingdom, there are 24. Both Genesis Revisited albums were given a Gold Sales Award in June 2013 for 100,000 copies sold. A show at Hammersmith Apollo, London, which received the Event of the Year Award at the 2013 Progressive Music Awards was included on the UK tour. Genesis Revisited: Live at Hammersmith, which attracted No. 1 on DVD and DVD. In the United Kingdom, there are 58 people. Hackett's second tour with a rearranged setlist in 2014, which inspired Genesis Revisited: Live at the Royal Albert Hall. This ranked at No. 1. In the United Kingdom, 80 people have died. Hackett has regarded himself as "the keeper of the flame of Genesis" following the success of the Genesis Revisited tours.

Hackett introduced Wolflight in March 2015. It was No. 1. In the United Kingdom, there are 31. The album "Love Song to a Vampire" by Chris Squire appears on Wolflight's last studio recording, as well as Chris Squire's "Love Song to a Vampire." The Man, The Music, a documentary about Hackett's career that went to No. 1 in September 2015, was released by Wienerworld. On the UK DVD chart, 5th place. Universal/Virgin's Premonitions: A Charisma Years 1975-1983, a 14-disc box set of his first six studio albums with extra information including live recordings and new remixes by Steven Wilson, was released in October.

The Night Siren, Hackett's solo album (no.com). 28 UK chart chart (orally released) was released in March 2017 and ranked number 28 in six international album charts. The album continues to explore world music/progressive rock, while still featuring elements from the Beatles' psychedelia period and classic science fiction. Hackett was named at the 2017 Progressive Music Awards in October with the "Chris Squire Virtuoso" award.

Hackett's band appeared in Genesis and solo tracks with the 41-piece Heart of England Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bradley Tkachachuk in October 2018. Tkachachuk and his brother made the orchestral arrangements for Hackett's 2017 show in Buffalo, New York, which also included an orchestra on stage, as the basis for the tour's orchestral parts, including those from Hackett's collaboration with the Icelandic band Todmobile. In 2019, Genesis Revisited Band & Orchestra: Live at the Royal Festival Hall, a live album and concert film from the tour was released.

In January 2019, Hackett unveiled At the Edge of Light. Hackett's 10th solo album on the UK top 40 album charts since his solo debut in 1975 debuted at No. 28 in the United Kingdom, marking Hackett's tenth solo album on the UK top 40 chart since his 1975 debut. Hackett performed in full with Other Genesis tracks, plus tracks from At the Edge of Light and Spectral Mornings to celebrate the latter's fortieth anniversary. The show at Hammersmith Apollo in London, the last of the tour's, was released as a live album and concert film on September 25, 2020, called Selling England by the Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live at Hammersmith.

Hackett canceled his current North American tour in March 2020, just days before a show in Harrisburg, PA, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the cancellation of the Canadian leg of the tour in March due to a case of COVID in the touring team, he returned to touring in Finland in November 2021, including Genesis' Seconds Out in Finland in November 2021 in Finland and the revival of the postponed North American tour in April 2022 in Boston.

Hackett's autobiography, A Genesis in My Bed, was published in July 2020. In a talk about the book, he revealed that he was working with Roger King on an acoustic album named Under a Mediterranean Sky, as well as a rock album with world music influences named Surrender of Silence. The albums were released on January 20, 2021, and 2021, respectively.

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