Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett
Stephen Richard Hackett
Stephen Richard “Steve” Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is an English guitarist, musician, songwriter and singer. He gained prominence as lead guitarist of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career. Hackett contributed to six Genesis studio albums, three live albums and seven singles.
In 1986, Hackett co-founded the supergroup GTR with another progressive guitarist, Steve Howe of Yes and Asia. The group released the self-titled album GTR, which peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 in the United States and spawned the Top 20 single “When the Heart Rules the Mind”. When Hackett left GTR in 1987, the group disbanded.
After leaving GTR, Hackett resumed his solo career and has released albums and toured worldwide on a regular basis since. His body of work encompasses many styles, including progressive rock, world music, and classical. His playing has influenced guitarists such as Eddie Van Halen, Alex Lifeson, Brian May and Steve Rothery. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010.
- Firth of Fifth
- For Absent Friends
- The Lamia
- Fountain of Salmacis
- The Return of the Giant Hogweed
- Prizefighters
- The Chamber of 32 Doors
- The Musical Box
- Watcher of the Skies
- Star of Sirius
- Dancing with the Moonlit Knight
- Blood on the Rooftops
- Fly on a Windshield
- Supper’s Ready
- Man in the Long Black Coat
- Can-Utility and the Coastliners
- Broadway Melody of 1974
- Dance on a Volcano
- I Know What I Like
- ...In That Quiet Earth
- Los Endos
- Myopia/Los Endos/Imagining/Ace of Wands/Hackett to Pieces
- Spectral Mornings/Firth of Fifth/Clocks
- Horizons (2012)