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* ProgressiveRock: One of the genre's grand masters.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Hackett's early solo albums featured guest vocalists [[note]]including Phil Collins on ''Voyage'', which was recorded while he was still with Genesis[[/note]], but he eventually started handling lead vocals himself as he became more confident of his singing. He still uses mainly guest vocalists for the ''Genesis Revisited'' albums and tours, however.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Hackett's early solo albums featured guest vocalists [[note]]including Phil Collins on ''Voyage'', which was recorded while he was still with Genesis[[/note]], but he eventually started handling lead vocals himself as he became more confident of his singing. He still uses mainly guest vocalists for the ''Genesis Revisited'' albums and tours, however.
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* ProgressiveRock: One of the genre's grand masters.
masters. Unlike his [[Music/GenesisBand former band]]'s members (Music/PeterGabriel, Music/PhilCollins, and [[Music/MikeAndTheMechanics Mike Rutherford]]), who shifted towards more a pop-based sound, Hackett stuck to the prog genre, only occasionally delving into pop.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Hackett's early solo albums featured guest vocalists [[note]]including Phil Collins on ''Voyage'', which was recorded while he was still with Genesis[[/note]], but he eventually started handling lead vocals himself as he became more confident of hissinging.singing; he uses a very John Wetton-esque baritone. He still uses mainly guest vocalists for the ''Genesis Revisited'' albums and tours, however.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Hackett's early solo albums featured guest vocalists [[note]]including Phil Collins on ''Voyage'', which was recorded while he was still with Genesis[[/note]], but he eventually started handling lead vocals himself as he became more confident of his
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Hackett was a pioneer of the two-handed tapping and sweep picking techniques later used by [[{{Music/VanHalen}} Eddie Van Halen]], and he also influenced [[{{Music/Queen}} Brian May]], [[Music/RushBand Alex Lifeson]], and [[{{Music/Marillion}} Steve Rothery]], among others. He was named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of Genesis, in 2010.
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Despite his longtime association with ProgressiveRock, Hackett was a major influence on the development of both HardRock and HeavyMetal. He was a pioneer of the two-handed tapping and sweep picking techniques later used by [[{{Music/VanHalen}} [[Music/VanHalen Eddie Van Halen]], his guitar parts on songs like "The Musical Box" are cited as the first instances of the "galloping" riffs that would be commonplace among metal bands like Music/IronMaiden, and he also influenced [[{{Music/Queen}} Brian May]], Music/BrianMay, [[Music/RushBand Alex Lifeson]], and [[{{Music/Marillion}} [[Music/{{Marillion}} Steve Rothery]], among others. others.
He wasnamed to inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of Genesis, in 2010.
2010.
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Hackett was a pioneer of the two-handed tapping and sweep picking techniques later used by [[{{Music/VanHalen}} Eddie Van Halen]], and he also influenced [[{{Music/Queen}} Brian May]], [[{{Music/Rush}} [[Music/RushBand Alex Lifeson]], and [[{{Music/Marillion}} Steve Rothery]], among others. He was named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of Genesis, in 2010.
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He would work briefly with {{Music/Yes}} alum Steve Howe in the short lived supergroup ''GTR'' in 1986, and later teamed up with Chris Squire, also of Yes, in 2012, recording an album under the name ''Squackett'' [[note]]sadly, Squire passed away in 2015, his last work before his passing being a guest appearance on Hackett's ''Wolflight'' album.[[/note]]. He has also appeared as a guest performer for a wide range of fellow artists, such as John Wetton, Neal Morse, Steven Wilson, and Ayreon. His [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hackett_discography discography]] on Wiki/ThatOtherWiki has the full list.
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He would work briefly with {{Music/Yes}} alum Steve Howe in the short lived supergroup ''GTR'' in 1986, and later teamed up with Chris Squire, also of Yes, in 2012, recording an album under the name ''Squackett'' [[note]]sadly, Squire passed away in 2015, his last work before his passing being a guest appearance on Hackett's ''Wolflight'' album.[[/note]]. He has also appeared as a guest performer for a wide range of fellow artists, such as John Wetton, Neal Morse, Steven Wilson, and Ayreon. His [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hackett_discography discography]] on Wiki/ThatOtherWiki Website/ThatOtherWiki has the full list.
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** Hackett has always performed '70s era Genesis songs in concert, and the ''Genesis Revisited'' albums take this UpToEleven up to eleven with re-orchestrated versions of many of those songs, including a version of "Supper's Ready".
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-->-- '''Hackett's ad in ''Melody Maker'' that led to his joining {{Music/Genesis}}'''
Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is one of ProgressiveRock's most influential guitarists, and is best known as the lead guitarist in the classic {{Music/Genesis}} line-up of the early 1970s. He was hired on to replace guitarist Anthony Philips when Music/PeterGabriel saw the ad Hackett placed in ''Melody Maker'', making his album debut with 1971's ''Music/NurseryCryme''. He left Genesis after 1977's ''Music/WindAndWuthering'' due to CreativeDifferences with his bandmates, embarking on an [[ArchivePanic impressively prolific]] solo career that allowed him to explore pop, blues, world music, and classical music, as well as prog rock. While he has not had the sort of commercial success that fellow Genesis alumni Gabriel or Music/PhilCollins have had, he has a solid following around the world, and continues to write and perform new material as well as play the classic Genesis catalog on tour; of all of Genesis' members, Hackett's solo career is arguably the most active in terms of releases.
Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is one of ProgressiveRock's most influential guitarists, and is best known as the lead guitarist in the classic {{Music/Genesis}} line-up of the early 1970s. He was hired on to replace guitarist Anthony Philips when Music/PeterGabriel saw the ad Hackett placed in ''Melody Maker'', making his album debut with 1971's ''Music/NurseryCryme''. He left Genesis after 1977's ''Music/WindAndWuthering'' due to CreativeDifferences with his bandmates, embarking on an [[ArchivePanic impressively prolific]] solo career that allowed him to explore pop, blues, world music, and classical music, as well as prog rock. While he has not had the sort of commercial success that fellow Genesis alumni Gabriel or Music/PhilCollins have had, he has a solid following around the world, and continues to write and perform new material as well as play the classic Genesis catalog on tour; of all of Genesis' members, Hackett's solo career is arguably the most active in terms of releases.
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-->-- '''Hackett's ad in ''Melody Maker'' that led to his joining {{Music/Genesis}}'''
{{Music/Genesis|Band}}'''
Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is one of ProgressiveRock's most influential guitarists, and is best known as the lead guitarist in the classic{{Music/Genesis}} {{Music/Genesis|Band}} line-up of the early 1970s. He was hired on to replace guitarist Anthony Philips when Music/PeterGabriel saw the ad Hackett placed in ''Melody Maker'', making his album debut with 1971's ''Music/NurseryCryme''. He left Genesis after 1977's ''Music/WindAndWuthering'' due to CreativeDifferences with his bandmates, embarking on an [[ArchivePanic impressively prolific]] solo career that allowed him to explore pop, blues, world music, and classical music, as well as prog rock. While he has not had the sort of commercial success that fellow Genesis alumni Gabriel or Music/PhilCollins have had, he has a solid following around the world, and continues to write and perform new material as well as play the classic Genesis catalog on tour; of all of Genesis' members, Hackett's solo career is arguably the most active in terms of releases.
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* BadassBeard: Hackett had one in TheSeventies, up until ''Music/TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway''.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: His rock work averages out around 4. He can slide down to high 2 to 3, or work his way up to a 6 at times. His acoustic guitar work tends to be in the 1-2 range, with an occasional low 3.
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Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is one of ProgressiveRock's most influential guitarists, and is best known as the lead guitarist in the classic {{Music/Genesis}} line-up of the early 1970's. He was hired on to replace guitarist Anthony Philips when Music/PeterGabriel saw the ad Hackett placed in ''Melody Maker'', making his album debut with 1971's ''Music/NurseryCryme''. He left Genesis after 1977's ''Music/WindAndWuthering'' due to CreativeDifferences with his bandmates, embarking on an [[ArchivePanic impressively prolific]] solo career that allowed him to explore pop, blues, world music, and classical music, as well as prog rock. While he has not had the sort of commercial success that fellow Genesis alumni Gabriel or Music/PhilCollins have had, he has a solid following around the world, and continues to write and perform new material as well as play the classic Genesis catalog on tour; of all of Genesis' members, Hackett's solo career is arguably the most active in terms of releases.
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Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is one of ProgressiveRock's most influential guitarists, and is best known as the lead guitarist in the classic {{Music/Genesis}} line-up of the early 1970's.1970s. He was hired on to replace guitarist Anthony Philips when Music/PeterGabriel saw the ad Hackett placed in ''Melody Maker'', making his album debut with 1971's ''Music/NurseryCryme''. He left Genesis after 1977's ''Music/WindAndWuthering'' due to CreativeDifferences with his bandmates, embarking on an [[ArchivePanic impressively prolific]] solo career that allowed him to explore pop, blues, world music, and classical music, as well as prog rock. While he has not had the sort of commercial success that fellow Genesis alumni Gabriel or Music/PhilCollins have had, he has a solid following around the world, and continues to write and perform new material as well as play the classic Genesis catalog on tour; of all of Genesis' members, Hackett's solo career is arguably the most active in terms of releases.
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Hackett was a pioneer of the two-handed tapping and sweep picking techniques later used by [[{{Music/VanHalen}} Eddie Van Halen]], and he also influenced [[{{Music/Queen}} Brian May]], [[{{Music/Rush}} Alex Lifeson]] Lifeson]], and [[{{Music/Marillion}} Steve Rothery]], among others. He was named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of Genesis, in 2010.
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* ''Watcher of the Skies: Genesis Revisited'' (1996) [[note]]ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - a [[{{CoverAlbum}} re-imagining of Genesis classics]], for the most part.[[/note]]
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* ''Watcher of the Skies: Genesis Revisited'' (1996) [[note]]ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - a [[{{CoverAlbum}} re-imagining of Genesis classics]], for the most part.part, along with a couple Steve Hackett originals.[[/note]]
* ''Under a Mediterranean Sky'' (2021)[[note]]Classical, acoustic guitar work.[[/note]]
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Hackett's early solo albums featured guest vocalists [[note]]including Phil Collins on ''Voyage'', which was recorded while he was still with Genesis[[/note]], but he eventually started handling lead vocals himself as he became more confident of his singing. He still uses mainly guest vocalists for the ''Genesis Revisited'' albums and tours, however.
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Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is one of ProgressiveRock's most influential guitarists, and is best known as the lead guitarist in the classic {{Music/Genesis}} line-up of the early 1970's. He was hired on to replace guitarist Anthony Philips when Music/PeterGabriel saw the ad Hackett placed in ''Melody Maker'', making his album debut with 1971's ''Music/NurseryCryme''. He left Genesis after 1977's ''Wind and Wuthering'' due to CreativeDifferences with his bandmates, embarking on an [[ArchivePanic impressively prolific]] solo career that allowed him to explore pop, blues, world music, and classical music, as well as prog rock. While he has not had the sort of commercial success that fellow Genesis alumni Gabriel or Music/PhilCollins have had, he has a solid following around the world, and continues to write and perform new material as well as play the classic Genesis catalog on tour; of all of Genesis' members, Hackett's solo career is arguably the most active in terms of releases.
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Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is one of ProgressiveRock's most influential guitarists, and is best known as the lead guitarist in the classic {{Music/Genesis}} line-up of the early 1970's. He was hired on to replace guitarist Anthony Philips when Music/PeterGabriel saw the ad Hackett placed in ''Melody Maker'', making his album debut with 1971's ''Music/NurseryCryme''. He left Genesis after 1977's ''Wind and Wuthering'' ''Music/WindAndWuthering'' due to CreativeDifferences with his bandmates, embarking on an [[ArchivePanic impressively prolific]] solo career that allowed him to explore pop, blues, world music, and classical music, as well as prog rock. While he has not had the sort of commercial success that fellow Genesis alumni Gabriel or Music/PhilCollins have had, he has a solid following around the world, and continues to write and perform new material as well as play the classic Genesis catalog on tour; of all of Genesis' members, Hackett's solo career is arguably the most active in terms of releases.
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* {{Instrumentals}}: Frequently. His acoustic guitar work is almost all instrumental, and there's always one or two on his other albums. The title track to ''Please Don't Touch'' was almost included on Genesis's ''Wind and Wuthering'', before being replaced by a different instrumental, "Wot Gorilla?", written by Collins and Banks.
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* {{Instrumentals}}: Frequently. His acoustic guitar work is almost all instrumental, and there's always one or two on his other albums. The title track to ''Please Don't Touch'' was almost included on Genesis's ''Wind and Wuthering'', ''Music/WindAndWuthering'', before being replaced by a different instrumental, "Wot Gorilla?", written by Collins and Banks.
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Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is one of ProgressiveRock's most influential guitarists, and is best known as the lead guitarist in the classic {{Music/Genesis}} line-up of the early 1970's. He was hired on to replace guitarist Anthony Philips when Music/PeterGabriel saw the ad Hackett placed in ''Melody Maker'', making his album debut with 1971's ''Nursery Cryme''. He left Genesis after 1977's ''Wind and Wuthering'' due to CreativeDifferences with his bandmates, embarking on an [[ArchivePanic impressively prolific]] solo career that allowed him to explore pop, blues, world music, and classical music, as well as prog rock. While he has not had the sort of commercial success that fellow Genesis alumni Gabriel or Music/PhilCollins have had, he has a solid following around the world, and continues to write and perform new material as well as play the classic Genesis catalog on tour; of all of Genesis' members, Hackett's solo career is arguably the most active in terms of releases.
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Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is one of ProgressiveRock's most influential guitarists, and is best known as the lead guitarist in the classic {{Music/Genesis}} line-up of the early 1970's. He was hired on to replace guitarist Anthony Philips when Music/PeterGabriel saw the ad Hackett placed in ''Melody Maker'', making his album debut with 1971's ''Nursery Cryme''.''Music/NurseryCryme''. He left Genesis after 1977's ''Wind and Wuthering'' due to CreativeDifferences with his bandmates, embarking on an [[ArchivePanic impressively prolific]] solo career that allowed him to explore pop, blues, world music, and classical music, as well as prog rock. While he has not had the sort of commercial success that fellow Genesis alumni Gabriel or Music/PhilCollins have had, he has a solid following around the world, and continues to write and perform new material as well as play the classic Genesis catalog on tour; of all of Genesis' members, Hackett's solo career is arguably the most active in terms of releases.
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* BadassBeard: Hackett had one in TheSeventies, up until ''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway''.
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** ''The Tokyo Tapes'', with guest artists from other famous progressive groups, also covered songs from Music/KingCrimson, Asia, and John Wetton (one of the guests).
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** ''The Tokyo Tapes'', with guest artists from other famous progressive groups, also covered songs from Music/KingCrimson, Asia, Music/{{Asia}}, and John Wetton (one of the guests).
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* ''Selling England By the Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live at Hammersmith'' (2020)
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Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is one of ProgressiveRock's most influential guitarists, and is best known as the lead guitarist in the classic {{Music/Genesis}} line-up of the early 1970's. He was hired on to replace guitarist Anthony Philips when Music/PeterGabriel saw the ad Hackett placed in ''Melody Maker'', making his album debut with 1971's ''Nursery Cryme''. He left Genesis after 1977's ''Wind and Wuthering'' due to CreativeDifferences with his bandmates, embarking on an [[ArchivePanic impressively prolific]] solo career that allowed him to explore pop, blues, world music, and classical music, as well as prog rock. While he has not had the sort of solo commercial success that fellow Genesis alumni Gabriel or Music/PhilCollins have had, he has a solid following around the world, and continues to write and perform new material as well as play the classic Genesis catalog on tour; of all of Genesis' members, Hackett's solo career is arguably the most active in terms of releases.
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Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is one of ProgressiveRock's most influential guitarists, and is best known as the lead guitarist in the classic {{Music/Genesis}} line-up of the early 1970's. He was hired on to replace guitarist Anthony Philips when Music/PeterGabriel saw the ad Hackett placed in ''Melody Maker'', making his album debut with 1971's ''Nursery Cryme''. He left Genesis after 1977's ''Wind and Wuthering'', embarking on a solo career that allowed him to explore pop, blues, world music, and classical music, as well as prog rock. While he has not had the sort of solo success that fellow Genesis alumni Gabriel or Music/PhilCollins have had, he has a solid following around the world, and continues to write and perform new material as well as play the classic Genesis catalog on tour.
He would work briefly with [[{{Music/Yes}} Steve Howe]] in the short lived supergroup ''GTR'' in 1986, and later teamed up with [[{{Music/Yes}} Chris Squire]] in 2012, recording an album under the name ''Squackett'' [[note]]sadly, Squire passed away in 2015, his last work before his passing being a guest appearance on Hackett's ''Wolflight'' album.[[/note]]. He has also appeared as a guest performer for a wide range of fellow artists, such as John Wetton, Neal Morse, Steven Wilson, and Ayreon. His [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hackett_discography discography]] on Wiki/ThatOtherWiki has the full list.
He would work briefly with [[{{Music/Yes}} Steve Howe]] in the short lived supergroup ''GTR'' in 1986, and later teamed up with [[{{Music/Yes}} Chris Squire]] in 2012, recording an album under the name ''Squackett'' [[note]]sadly, Squire passed away in 2015, his last work before his passing being a guest appearance on Hackett's ''Wolflight'' album.[[/note]]. He has also appeared as a guest performer for a wide range of fellow artists, such as John Wetton, Neal Morse, Steven Wilson, and Ayreon. His [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hackett_discography discography]] on Wiki/ThatOtherWiki has the full list.
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Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is one of ProgressiveRock's most influential guitarists, and is best known as the lead guitarist in the classic {{Music/Genesis}} line-up of the early 1970's. He was hired on to replace guitarist Anthony Philips when Music/PeterGabriel saw the ad Hackett placed in ''Melody Maker'', making his album debut with 1971's ''Nursery Cryme''. He left Genesis after 1977's ''Wind and Wuthering'', Wuthering'' due to CreativeDifferences with his bandmates, embarking on a an [[ArchivePanic impressively prolific]] solo career that allowed him to explore pop, blues, world music, and classical music, as well as prog rock. While he has not had the sort of solo success that fellow Genesis alumni Gabriel or Music/PhilCollins have had, he has a solid following around the world, and continues to write and perform new material as well as play the classic Genesis catalog on tour.
tour; of all of Genesis' members, Hackett's solo career is arguably the most active in terms of releases.
He would work briefly with[[{{Music/Yes}} {{Music/Yes}} alum Steve Howe]] Howe in the short lived supergroup ''GTR'' in 1986, and later teamed up with [[{{Music/Yes}} Chris Squire]] Squire, also of Yes, in 2012, recording an album under the name ''Squackett'' [[note]]sadly, Squire passed away in 2015, his last work before his passing being a guest appearance on Hackett's ''Wolflight'' album.[[/note]]. He has also appeared as a guest performer for a wide range of fellow artists, such as John Wetton, Neal Morse, Steven Wilson, and Ayreon. His [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hackett_discography discography]] on Wiki/ThatOtherWiki has the full list.
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* ''Please Don't Touch'', 1978
* ''Spectral Mornings'', 1979
* ''Defector'', 1980
* ''Cured'', 1981
* ''Highly Strung'', 1983
* ''Bay of Kings'', 1983 [[note]]Classical, acoustic guitar work[[/note]]
* ''Till We Have Faces'', 1984
* ''Momentum'', 1988 [[note]]Classical, acoustic guitar work[[/note]]
* ''Guitar Noir'', 1993
* ''Blues With A Feeling'', 1994 [[note]]Blues and blues-inspired pieces[[/note]]
* ''Watcher of the Skies: Genesis Revisited'', 1996 [[note]]ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - a [[{{CoverAlbum}} re-imagining of Genesis classics]], for the most part.[[/note]]
* ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', 1997 [[note]]Classical, with the Music/RoyalPhilharmonicOrchestra; acoustic guitar[[/note]]
* ''Darktown'', 1999
* ''Feedback 86'', 2000 [[note]]EP containing tracks that [[{{WhatCouldHaveBeen}} were written for a second GTR album]][[/note]]
* ''To Watch The Storms'', 2003
* ''Metamorpheus'', 2005 [[note]]Classical, with "The Underworld Orchestra"; acoustic guitar[[/note]]
* ''Wild Orchids'', 2006
* ''Tribute'', 2008 [[note]]Classical, acoustic guitar work.[[/note]]
* ''Out of the Tunnel's Mouth'', 2009
* ''Beyond the Shrouded Horizon'', 2011
* ''Genesis Revisited II'', 2012 [[note]]as before, ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin[[/note]]
* ''Wolflight'', 2015
* ''The Night Siren'', 2017
* ''At the Edge of Light'', 2019
* ''Please Don't Touch'', 1978
* ''Spectral Mornings'', 1979
* ''Defector'', 1980
* ''Cured'', 1981
* ''Highly Strung'', 1983
* ''Bay of Kings'', 1983 [[note]]Classical, acoustic guitar work[[/note]]
* ''Till We Have Faces'', 1984
* ''Momentum'', 1988 [[note]]Classical, acoustic guitar work[[/note]]
* ''Guitar Noir'', 1993
* ''Blues With A Feeling'', 1994 [[note]]Blues and blues-inspired pieces[[/note]]
* ''Watcher of the Skies: Genesis Revisited'', 1996 [[note]]ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - a [[{{CoverAlbum}} re-imagining of Genesis classics]], for the most part.[[/note]]
* ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', 1997 [[note]]Classical, with the Music/RoyalPhilharmonicOrchestra; acoustic guitar[[/note]]
* ''Darktown'', 1999
* ''Feedback 86'', 2000 [[note]]EP containing tracks that [[{{WhatCouldHaveBeen}} were written for a second GTR album]][[/note]]
* ''To Watch The Storms'', 2003
* ''Metamorpheus'', 2005 [[note]]Classical, with "The Underworld Orchestra"; acoustic guitar[[/note]]
* ''Wild Orchids'', 2006
* ''Tribute'', 2008 [[note]]Classical, acoustic guitar work.[[/note]]
* ''Out of the Tunnel's Mouth'', 2009
* ''Beyond the Shrouded Horizon'', 2011
* ''Genesis Revisited II'', 2012 [[note]]as before, ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin[[/note]]
* ''Wolflight'', 2015
* ''The Night Siren'', 2017
* ''At the Edge of Light'', 2019
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Touch'' (1978)
* ''SpectralMornings'', 1979
Mornings'' (1979)
*''Defector'', 1980
''Defector'' (1980)
*''Cured'', 1981
''Cured'' (1981)
* ''HighlyStrung'', 1983
Strung'' (1983)
* ''Bay ofKings'', 1983 Kings'' (1983) [[note]]Classical, acoustic guitar work[[/note]]
* ''Till We HaveFaces'', 1984
Faces'' (1984)
*''Momentum'', 1988 ''Momentum'' (1988) [[note]]Classical, acoustic guitar work[[/note]]
* ''GuitarNoir'', 1993
Noir'' (1993)
* ''Blues With AFeeling'', 1994 Feeling'' (1994) [[note]]Blues and blues-inspired pieces[[/note]]
* ''Watcher of the Skies: GenesisRevisited'', 1996 Revisited'' (1996) [[note]]ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - a [[{{CoverAlbum}} re-imagining of Genesis classics]], for the most part.[[/note]]
* ''A Midsummer Night'sDream'', 1997 Dream'' (1997) [[note]]Classical, with the Music/RoyalPhilharmonicOrchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; acoustic guitar[[/note]]
*''Darktown'', 1999
''Darktown'' (1999)
* ''Feedback86'', 2000 86'' (2000) [[note]]EP containing tracks that [[{{WhatCouldHaveBeen}} were written for a second GTR album]][[/note]]
* ''To Watch TheStorms'', 2003
Storms'' (2003)
*''Metamorpheus'', 2005 ''Metamorpheus'' (2005) [[note]]Classical, with "The Underworld Orchestra"; acoustic guitar[[/note]]
* ''WildOrchids'', 2006
Orchids'' (2006)
*''Tribute'', 2008 ''Tribute'' (2008) [[note]]Classical, acoustic guitar work.[[/note]]
* ''Out of the Tunnel'sMouth'', 2009
Mouth'' (2009)
* ''Beyond the ShroudedHorizon'', 2011
Horizon'' (2011)
* ''Genesis RevisitedII'', 2012 II'' (2012) [[note]]as before, ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin[[/note]]
*''Wolflight'', 2015
''Wolflight'' (2015)
* ''The NightSiren'', 2017
Siren'' (2017)
* ''At the Edge ofLight'', 2019Light'' (2019)
* ''Please Don't
* ''Spectral
*
*
* ''Highly
* ''Bay of
* ''Till We Have
*
* ''Guitar
* ''Blues With A
* ''Watcher of the Skies: Genesis
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* ''The Tokyo Tapes'', 1998
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* ''Live Archives 70's Newcastle'', 2001
* ''Somewhere in South America...'', 2002
* ''Hungarian Horizons'', 2003
* ''Live Archive [=NEARfest=]'', 2003
* ''Live Archive 03'', 2004
* ''Live Archive 04'', 2004
* ''Live Archive 05'', 2005
* ''Live Archive 83'', 2006
* ''Live Rails'', 2011
* ''Genesis Revisited: Live at Hammersmith'', 2013
* ''Genesis Revisited: Live at the Royal Albert Hall'', 2014
* ''The Total Experience Live in Liverpool'', 2016
* ''Wuthering Nights: Live in Birmingham'', 2018
* ''Genesis Revisited Band & Orchestra: Live at the Royal Festival Hall'', 2019
* ''There Are Many Sides To The Night'', 1995
* ''The Tokyo Tapes'', 1998
* ''Live Archives 70's, 80's, 90's'', 2001
* ''Live Archives 70's Newcastle'', 2001
* ''Somewhere in South America...'', 2002
* ''Hungarian Horizons'', 2003
* ''Live Archive [=NEARfest=]'', 2003
* ''Live Archive 03'', 2004
* ''Live Archive 04'', 2004
* ''Live Archive 05'', 2005
* ''Live Archive 83'', 2006
* ''Live Rails'', 2011
* ''Genesis Revisited: Live at Hammersmith'', 2013
* ''Genesis Revisited: Live at the Royal Albert Hall'', 2014
* ''The Total Experience Live in Liverpool'', 2016
* ''Wuthering Nights: Live in Birmingham'', 2018
* ''Genesis Revisited Band & Orchestra: Live at the Royal Festival Hall'', 2019
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* ''Time Lapse'', 1992
Lapse'' (1992)
* ''There Are Many Sides To TheNight'', 1995
Night'' (1995)
* ''The TokyoTapes'', 1998
Tapes'' (1998)
* ''Live Archives 70's, 80's,90's'', 2001
90's'' (2001)
* ''Live Archives 70'sNewcastle'', 2001
Newcastle'' (2001)
* ''Somewhere in South America...'', 2002
'' (2002)
* ''HungarianHorizons'', 2003
Horizons'' (2003)
* ''Live Archive[=NEARfest=]'', 2003
[=NEARfest=]'' (2003)
* ''Live Archive03'', 2004
03'' (2004)
* ''Live Archive04'', 2004
04'' (2004)
* ''Live Archive05'', 2005
05'' (2005)
* ''Live Archive83'', 2006
83'' (2006)
* ''LiveRails'', 2011
Rails'' (2011)
* ''Genesis Revisited: Live atHammersmith'', 2013
Hammersmith'' (2013)
* ''Genesis Revisited: Live at the Royal AlbertHall'', 2014
Hall'' (2014)
* ''The Total Experience Live inLiverpool'', 2016
Liverpool'' (2016)
* ''Wuthering Nights: Live inBirmingham'', 2018
Birmingham'' (2018)
* ''Genesis Revisited Band & Orchestra: Live at the Royal FestivalHall'', 2019
Hall'' (2019)
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Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is one of ProgressiveRock's most influential guitarists, and is best known as the lead guitarist in the classic {{Music/Genesis}} line-up of the early 1970's. He was hired on to replace guitarist Anthony Philips when PeterGabriel saw the ad Hackett placed in ''Melody Maker'', making his album debut with 1971's ''Nursery Cryme''. He left Genesis after 1977's ''Wind and Wuthering'', embarking on a solo career that allowed him to explore pop, blues, world music, and classical music, as well as prog rock. While he has not had the sort of solo success that fellow Genesis alumni Gabriel or Music/PhilCollins have had, he has a solid following around the world, and continues to write and perform new material as well as play the classic Genesis catalog on tour.
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Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is one of ProgressiveRock's most influential guitarists, and is best known as the lead guitarist in the classic {{Music/Genesis}} line-up of the early 1970's. He was hired on to replace guitarist Anthony Philips when PeterGabriel Music/PeterGabriel saw the ad Hackett placed in ''Melody Maker'', making his album debut with 1971's ''Nursery Cryme''. He left Genesis after 1977's ''Wind and Wuthering'', embarking on a solo career that allowed him to explore pop, blues, world music, and classical music, as well as prog rock. While he has not had the sort of solo success that fellow Genesis alumni Gabriel or Music/PhilCollins have had, he has a solid following around the world, and continues to write and perform new material as well as play the classic Genesis catalog on tour.
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* DivorceAssetsConflict: Hackett's album output and touring shot into overdrive after his high-profile split from artist Kim Poor in 2007; the split reportedly cost him an eight-figure sum and nearly resulted in him having to auction off his treasured '57 Les Paul.
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** On the "Genesis Revisited II" tour Nad Sylvan was the main vocalist, but drummer Gary O'Toole sang "Fly on the Windshield"/"Broadway Melod of 1974" and "Blood on the Rooftops," as he did on the album.
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** On the "Genesis Revisited II" tour Nad Sylvan was the main vocalist, but drummer Gary O'Toole sang "Fly on the Windshield"/"Broadway Melod of 1974" and "Blood on the Rooftops," as he did on the album.album (and had been for several years before Sylvan joined the touring band).
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* CoverVersion : Hackett has always performed 70's era Genesis songs in concert, and the ''Genesis Revisited'' albums take this UpToEleven with re-orchestrated versions of many of those songs, including a version of "Supper's Ready".
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* {{Instrumentals}}: Frequently. His acoustic guitar work is almost all instrumental, and there's always one or two on his other albums.
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->''"IMAGINATIVE GUITARIST/writer seeks involvement with receptive musicians, determined to strive beyond stagnant music forms."''
-->-- '''Hackett's ad in ''Melody Maker'' that led to his joining {{Music/Genesis}}'''
Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is one of ProgressiveRock's most influential guitarists, and is best known as the lead guitarist in the classic {{Music/Genesis}} line-up of the early 1970's. He was hired on to replace guitarist Anthony Philips when PeterGabriel saw the ad Hackett placed in ''Melody Maker'', making his album debut with 1971's ''Nursery Cryme''. He left Genesis after 1977's ''Wind and Wuthering'', embarking on a solo career that allowed him to explore pop, blues, world music, and classical music, as well as prog rock. While he has not had the sort of solo success that fellow Genesis alumni Gabriel or Music/PhilCollins have had, he has a solid following around the world, and continues to write and perform new material as well as play the classic Genesis catalog on tour.
He would work briefly with [[{{Music/Yes}} Steve Howe]] in the short lived supergroup ''GTR'' in 1986, and later teamed up with [[{{Music/Yes}} Chris Squire]] in 2012, recording an album under the name ''Squackett'' [[note]]sadly, Squire passed away in 2015, his last work before his passing being a guest appearance on Hackett's ''Wolflight'' album.[[/note]]. He has also appeared as a guest performer for a wide range of fellow artists, such as John Wetton, Neal Morse, Steven Wilson, and Ayreon. His [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hackett_discography discography]] on Wiki/ThatOtherWiki has the full list.
Hackett was a pioneer of the two-handed tapping and sweep picking techniques later used by [[{{Music/VanHalen}} Eddie Van Halen]], and he also influenced [[{{Music/Queen}} Brian May]], [[{{Music/Rush}} Alex Lifeson]] and [[{{Music/Marillion}} Steve Rothery]], among others. He was named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of Genesis, in 2010.
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!!Studio Discography
* ''Voyage of the Acolyte'', 1975 [[note]]while still with Genesis; it features Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford, and is sometimes called "the best Genesis album Genesis never recorded".[[/note]]
* ''Please Don't Touch'', 1978
* ''Spectral Mornings'', 1979
* ''Defector'', 1980
* ''Cured'', 1981
* ''Highly Strung'', 1983
* ''Bay of Kings'', 1983 [[note]]Classical, acoustic guitar work[[/note]]
* ''Till We Have Faces'', 1984
* ''Momentum'', 1988 [[note]]Classical, acoustic guitar work[[/note]]
* ''Guitar Noir'', 1993
* ''Blues With A Feeling'', 1994 [[note]]Blues and blues-inspired pieces[[/note]]
* ''Watcher of the Skies: Genesis Revisited'', 1996 [[note]]ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - a [[{{CoverAlbum}} re-imagining of Genesis classics]], for the most part.[[/note]]
* ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', 1997 [[note]]Classical, with the Music/RoyalPhilharmonicOrchestra; acoustic guitar[[/note]]
* ''Darktown'', 1999
* ''Feedback 86'', 2000 [[note]]EP containing tracks that [[{{WhatCouldHaveBeen}} were written for a second GTR album]][[/note]]
* ''To Watch The Storms'', 2003
* ''Metamorpheus'', 2005 [[note]]Classical, with "The Underworld Orchestra"; acoustic guitar[[/note]]
* ''Wild Orchids'', 2006
* ''Tribute'', 2008 [[note]]Classical, acoustic guitar work.[[/note]]
* ''Out of the Tunnel's Mouth'', 2009
* ''Beyond the Shrouded Horizon'', 2011
* ''Genesis Revisited II'', 2012 [[note]]as before, ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin[[/note]]
* ''Wolflight'', 2015
* ''The Night Siren'', 2017
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!!!Live albums
* ''Time Lapse'', 1992
* ''There Are Many Sides To The Night'', 1995
* ''The Tokyo Tapes'', 1998
* ''Live Archives 70's, 80's, 90's'', 2001
* ''Live Archives 70's Newcastle'', 2001
* ''Somewhere in South America...'', 2002
* ''Hungarian Horizons'', 2003
* ''Live Archive [=NEARfest=]'', 2003
* ''Live Archive 03'', 2004
* ''Live Archive 04'', 2004
* ''Live Archive 05'', 2005
* ''Live Archive 83'', 2006
* ''Live Rails'', 2011
* ''Genesis Revisited: Live at Hammersmith'', 2013
* ''Genesis Revisited: Live at the Royal Albert Hall'', 2014
* ''The Total Experience Live in Liverpool'', 2016
* ''Wuthering Nights: Live in Birmingham'', 2018
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!!''There Are Many Tropes To The Night...''
* BadassBeard: Hackett had one in TheSeventies, up until ''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway''.
* CoverVersion : Hackett has always performed 70's era Genesis songs in concert, and the ''Genesis Revisited'' albums take this UpToEleven with re-orchestrated versions of many of those songs, including a version of "Supper's Ready".
** ''The Tokyo Tapes'', with guest artists from other famous progressive groups, also covered songs from Music/KingCrimson, Asia, and John Wetton (one of the guests).
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Darktown'', and to a certain extent ''Out of The Tunnel's Mouth''.
* TheEighties: Hackett's only U.S. top 10 hit came as a member of GTR in 1986; "When The Heart Rules The Mind" hit #3, and in one week that year, it was joined by songs by Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, and Mike + The Mechanics (Mike Rutherford's outside project), the first and only time that many songs from a band and its current or former members were hits at the same time.
* EpicRocking: A master of the craft. Once you hit the Hackett guitar solo, strap in for the ride.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin : The ''Genesis Revisited'' albums.
** ''Blues With A Feeling'', his sole blues album.
* HeavyMithril: ''Voyage of the Acolyte'', ''Please Don't Touch!''. Some of his other albums delve into this occasionally, as well.
* {{Instrumentals}}: Frequently. His acoustic guitar work is almost all instrumental, and there's always one or two on his other albums.
** The title track to ''Please Don't Touch'' was almost included on Genesis's ''Wind and Wuthering'', before being replaced by "Wot Gorilla?"
* LongRunners: Hackett has been active, with Genesis or as a solo act, since 1971. [[note]]He was in a small band called Quiet World in 1970, as well.[[/note]]
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: His rock work averages out around 4. He can slide down to high 2 to 3, or work his way up to a 6 at times. His acoustic guitar work tends to be in the 1-2 range, with an occasional low 3.
* NewSoundAlbum: For many fans, ''Cured'' was a move away from prog rock to something more pop; his acoustic work was also a jarring change for those only familiar with his EpicRocking prog work. ''Blues With A Feeling'' could fit here as well.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Hackett doesn't seem to have aged a day since he left Genesis.
* ProgressiveRock: One of the genre's grand masters.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Hackett's early solo albums featured guest vocalists [[note]]including Phil Collins on ''Voyage'', which was recorded while he was still with Genesis[[/note]], but he eventually started handling lead vocals himself as he became more confident of his singing. He still uses guest vocalists for the ''Genesis Revisited'' albums and tours, however.
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->''"IMAGINATIVE GUITARIST/writer seeks involvement with receptive musicians, determined to strive beyond stagnant music forms."''
-->-- '''Hackett's ad in ''Melody Maker'' that led to his joining {{Music/Genesis}}'''
Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is one of ProgressiveRock's most influential guitarists, and is best known as the lead guitarist in the classic {{Music/Genesis}} line-up of the early 1970's. He was hired on to replace guitarist Anthony Philips when PeterGabriel saw the ad Hackett placed in ''Melody Maker'', making his album debut with 1971's ''Nursery Cryme''. He left Genesis after 1977's ''Wind and Wuthering'', embarking on a solo career that allowed him to explore pop, blues, world music, and classical music, as well as prog rock. While he has not had the sort of solo success that fellow Genesis alumni Gabriel or Music/PhilCollins have had, he has a solid following around the world, and continues to write and perform new material as well as play the classic Genesis catalog on tour.
He would work briefly with [[{{Music/Yes}} Steve Howe]] in the short lived supergroup ''GTR'' in 1986, and later teamed up with [[{{Music/Yes}} Chris Squire]] in 2012, recording an album under the name ''Squackett'' [[note]]sadly, Squire passed away in 2015, his last work before his passing being a guest appearance on Hackett's ''Wolflight'' album.[[/note]]. He has also appeared as a guest performer for a wide range of fellow artists, such as John Wetton, Neal Morse, Steven Wilson, and Ayreon. His [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hackett_discography discography]] on Wiki/ThatOtherWiki has the full list.
Hackett was a pioneer of the two-handed tapping and sweep picking techniques later used by [[{{Music/VanHalen}} Eddie Van Halen]], and he also influenced [[{{Music/Queen}} Brian May]], [[{{Music/Rush}} Alex Lifeson]] and [[{{Music/Marillion}} Steve Rothery]], among others. He was named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of Genesis, in 2010.
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!!Studio Discography
* ''Voyage of the Acolyte'', 1975 [[note]]while still with Genesis; it features Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford, and is sometimes called "the best Genesis album Genesis never recorded".[[/note]]
* ''Please Don't Touch'', 1978
* ''Spectral Mornings'', 1979
* ''Defector'', 1980
* ''Cured'', 1981
* ''Highly Strung'', 1983
* ''Bay of Kings'', 1983 [[note]]Classical, acoustic guitar work[[/note]]
* ''Till We Have Faces'', 1984
* ''Momentum'', 1988 [[note]]Classical, acoustic guitar work[[/note]]
* ''Guitar Noir'', 1993
* ''Blues With A Feeling'', 1994 [[note]]Blues and blues-inspired pieces[[/note]]
* ''Watcher of the Skies: Genesis Revisited'', 1996 [[note]]ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - a [[{{CoverAlbum}} re-imagining of Genesis classics]], for the most part.[[/note]]
* ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', 1997 [[note]]Classical, with the Music/RoyalPhilharmonicOrchestra; acoustic guitar[[/note]]
* ''Darktown'', 1999
* ''Feedback 86'', 2000 [[note]]EP containing tracks that [[{{WhatCouldHaveBeen}} were written for a second GTR album]][[/note]]
* ''To Watch The Storms'', 2003
* ''Metamorpheus'', 2005 [[note]]Classical, with "The Underworld Orchestra"; acoustic guitar[[/note]]
* ''Wild Orchids'', 2006
* ''Tribute'', 2008 [[note]]Classical, acoustic guitar work.[[/note]]
* ''Out of the Tunnel's Mouth'', 2009
* ''Beyond the Shrouded Horizon'', 2011
* ''Genesis Revisited II'', 2012 [[note]]as before, ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin[[/note]]
* ''Wolflight'', 2015
* ''The Night Siren'', 2017
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!!!Live albums
* ''Time Lapse'', 1992
* ''There Are Many Sides To The Night'', 1995
* ''The Tokyo Tapes'', 1998
* ''Live Archives 70's, 80's, 90's'', 2001
* ''Live Archives 70's Newcastle'', 2001
* ''Somewhere in South America...'', 2002
* ''Hungarian Horizons'', 2003
* ''Live Archive [=NEARfest=]'', 2003
* ''Live Archive 03'', 2004
* ''Live Archive 04'', 2004
* ''Live Archive 05'', 2005
* ''Live Archive 83'', 2006
* ''Live Rails'', 2011
* ''Genesis Revisited: Live at Hammersmith'', 2013
* ''Genesis Revisited: Live at the Royal Albert Hall'', 2014
* ''The Total Experience Live in Liverpool'', 2016
* ''Wuthering Nights: Live in Birmingham'', 2018
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!!''There Are Many Tropes To The Night...''
* BadassBeard: Hackett had one in TheSeventies, up until ''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway''.
* CoverVersion : Hackett has always performed 70's era Genesis songs in concert, and the ''Genesis Revisited'' albums take this UpToEleven with re-orchestrated versions of many of those songs, including a version of "Supper's Ready".
** ''The Tokyo Tapes'', with guest artists from other famous progressive groups, also covered songs from Music/KingCrimson, Asia, and John Wetton (one of the guests).
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Darktown'', and to a certain extent ''Out of The Tunnel's Mouth''.
* TheEighties: Hackett's only U.S. top 10 hit came as a member of GTR in 1986; "When The Heart Rules The Mind" hit #3, and in one week that year, it was joined by songs by Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, and Mike + The Mechanics (Mike Rutherford's outside project), the first and only time that many songs from a band and its current or former members were hits at the same time.
* EpicRocking: A master of the craft. Once you hit the Hackett guitar solo, strap in for the ride.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin : The ''Genesis Revisited'' albums.
** ''Blues With A Feeling'', his sole blues album.
* HeavyMithril: ''Voyage of the Acolyte'', ''Please Don't Touch!''. Some of his other albums delve into this occasionally, as well.
* {{Instrumentals}}: Frequently. His acoustic guitar work is almost all instrumental, and there's always one or two on his other albums.
** The title track to ''Please Don't Touch'' was almost included on Genesis's ''Wind and Wuthering'', before being replaced by "Wot Gorilla?"
* LongRunners: Hackett has been active, with Genesis or as a solo act, since 1971. [[note]]He was in a small band called Quiet World in 1970, as well.[[/note]]
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: His rock work averages out around 4. He can slide down to high 2 to 3, or work his way up to a 6 at times. His acoustic guitar work tends to be in the 1-2 range, with an occasional low 3.
* NewSoundAlbum: For many fans, ''Cured'' was a move away from prog rock to something more pop; his acoustic work was also a jarring change for those only familiar with his EpicRocking prog work. ''Blues With A Feeling'' could fit here as well.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Hackett doesn't seem to have aged a day since he left Genesis.
* ProgressiveRock: One of the genre's grand masters.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Hackett's early solo albums featured guest vocalists [[note]]including Phil Collins on ''Voyage'', which was recorded while he was still with Genesis[[/note]], but he eventually started handling lead vocals himself as he became more confident of his singing. He still uses guest vocalists for the ''Genesis Revisited'' albums and tours, however.
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