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Steve Hackett

“I’d never attempted to write a whole record on my own. I wasn’t feeling confident. I was concerned I might end up with a load of outtakes and waste the money”: How Steve Hackett made Voyage Of The Acolyte

By James McNair published

Missing his pal Peter Gabriel and sensing more change in the air with Genesis, the guitarist overcame his confidence issues to become the first member to release a solo album

Yngwie Malmsteen and Tony Banks

“Neoclassical metal wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t heard Selling England By The Pound”: Genesis’ Tony Banks is Yngwie Malmsteen’s prog hero

By Natasha Scharf published

Swedish guitar virtuoso hails keyboardist’s Bach-style playing (and he also has soft spots for ELP, Kansas and UK)

Derek Forbes and ELP

“Our music teacher would belt us if we didn’t know all the musical signs and notes. She used to play Mussorgsky… so I love ELP’s version of Pictures At An Exhibition”: Simple Minds’ Derek Forbes names his prog heroes

By Julian Marszalek published

Bassist explains new wave outfit were massive Genesis fans when they started out – and he used to sing the whole of Foxtrot while working as a painter and decorator

The Watch

The Watch announce Lamb Lies Down On Broadway UK tour for November

By Jerry Ewing published

Italian prog quintet The Watch celebrate the Lamb Lies Down On Broadway's 50th anniversary with live dates in November

“I would love to have been part of some of those great later pieces… But the price you pay is that some people’s lives are not happy”: What if Anthony Phillips hadn’t left Genesis?

By Paul Sexton published

Dispelling some of the myths surrounding his departure, the driving force of the formative days shares his theory on how the band might have collapsed anyway

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway cover art with Benny Hell inserted

"It’s almost like Benny Hill put to music": Steve Hackett reveals which song on Genesis' classic 1974 album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway he considers "a joke"

By Paul Brannigan published

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway may be regarded as a prog masterpiece, but for Steve Hackett, it's not flawless

Anthony Phillips and Harry Williamson - Gypsy Suite

“Instantly recognisable, all detuned guitars and intricately detailed melodies… it feels like we’re waiting for Peter Gabriel’s vocals”: Anthony Phillips and Harry Williamson’s Gypsy Suite

By Phil Weller published

Remastered and expanded set from the former Genesis guitarist has its roots in the mid-70s, but feels timeless and evocative

Genesis in 1976

"Genesis is a strange band... they were privileged but brutalised": Steve Hackett remains "very proud" of his six years with Genesis, but has no regrets about leaving

By Paul Brannigan published

"I choose to celebrate Genesis’s classic work with a band that relishes it" says Steve Hackett

Deborah Bonham, John Bonham, Peter Gabriel

“John Bonham said rock and blues wasn’t a good place for girls. He wanted me to be a vet or a lawyer… for a while I went down the opera route”: Despite her brother’s misgivings, Genesis helped shape Deborah Bonham’s career

By Jo Kendall published

Singing sister of Led Zeppelin drummer had tried to become Gong’s Shakti Yoni - but that was before Selling England By The Pound and Foxtrot changed her life

Frank Zappa, Chester Thompson

"Every time we finished a rehearsal, I felt that my brain was sweating": former Genesis/Weather Report drummer Chester Thompson on why playing with Frank Zappa was the best education he ever received

By Paul Brannigan published

Playing with Frank Zappa could be a challenging experience, as legendary drummer Chester Thompson discovered

Guy Garvey and Peter Gabriel

“Hearing that incredible orchestration and hearing Peter Gabriel really belting out my lyrics… that was an ambition I didn’t know I had”: How ex Genesis singer helped Elbow frontman’s family through parents’ divorce

By Stephen Humphries published

Gabriel's So album will always have a special place in the Garvey world

Mike Rutherford

“People do albums and say, ‘I just do it for myself’ – that’s absolute rubbish. No one ever really means that”: How Mike Rutherford measures his success

By Daryl Easlea published

Genesis co-founder’s ‘hobby band’ Mike + The Mechanics had no grand plan – but made an impact anyway

Taking A Break. Genesis, L-R: Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Steve Hackett, Tony Banks.

“The true owners are not the creators; it’s the listeners. They hear everything that’s working. Who needs to know the detail about how difficult it was?” Wind & Wuthering got Genesis through the punk era - but not without a struggle

By Daryl Easlea published

One reviewer claimed it made Yes and Pink Floyd redundant, but was their last album with Steve Hackett also their final truly progressive work?

Genesis in 1976

“A slice of terrace commentary from a band more associated with croquet than soccer”: Genesis’ largely forgotten Spot The Pigeon EP

By Daryl Easlea published

Three tracks left off Wind & Wuthering gave Genesis their first Top 20 hit

Peter Gabriel onstage at Shepperton Studios

An hour of stunning Peter Gabriel-era Genesis footage has received the 4K treatment

By Fraser Lewry published

Genesis's 1973 five-song set from Shepperton Studios has been the subject of a painstaking 50th anniversary remaster

Kate Bush, Phil Collins, John Carpenter, Geddy Lee and Matt Bellamy at various live shows

18 of the darkest, most terrifying prog rock songs ever made

By Jerry Ewing published

Have a very proggy Halloween with our playlist of dark, morbid proggy delights...

Steve Hackett

"It’s the biggest project I was ever involved with." How Steve Hackett made Genesis Revisited II

By Paul Sexton published

Steve Hackett corralled some of the biggest names in modern prog to re-interpret classic Genesis songs for Genesis Revisited II.

Mike Rutherford

“The teacher’s hatred of my guitar probably goes a long way to explaining why I persevered with it”: How Genesis’ Mike Rutherford survived boarding school

By Ian Winwood published

His early days were full of challenges, but he had the unwavering support of his dad

Keith Emerson onstage

"The psychedelic scene was largely over by the summer of 1968, but that spirit of musical adventure was still running rampant": A beginners' guide to the origins of prog rock

By Hugh Fielder published

Where on earth did progressive rock come from?

Trevor Horn

"We’d been working on it for two weeks… Mike Oldfield had wiped it. There was no undo button. I was in shock. It was the only time it’s ever happened to me in 40 years": Trevor Horn's lows and highs

By Daryl Easlea published

Known as ‘the man who invented the 80s,’ producer and musician Trevor Horn always enjoyed sneaking prog into the mainstream