Steve Hackett interview

Banks studders alot seems hesa nervous wreck, he needs a logoped.

Nice little bit about Steve.

It's even nicer that he can discuss some details about music and what it takes to help create it, and how he has figured out which pieces need to be longer and such for a good reason, not just "filler" or merely for the sake of being "progressive".

It's about the music, and I'm not sure that he spends his whole day worrying about it too much, btw! Very nice indeed!

A great interview! Congrats!

Great interview 

HackettFan wrote: The only accusation of Steve Hackett not have much material came indeed after Voyage of the Acolyte and during writing for Trick of the Tail. What extent that's true or not I dont't know, but he had plenty for Wind & Wuthering. Lack of inclusion of Please Don't Touch in favor of the very dull Wot Gorilla was the last straw for him. ATTWT was similarly dull. I don't really get the rejection of Hackett's song writing ability that Banks and Rutherford speak about even after the solo career he's had.

^Haven't heard or read any of that. As a matter of fact, he had offered his material for Please Don't Touch to Genesis, and Collins was said to have outright rejected it. It was "back to school" as Hackett summed up the experience, and during a remixing session for Seconds Out, his frustration with the situation came to a head as he broke a wine glass in his hand by squeezing it too hard, resulting in a career-stalling injury and his decision to leave the others for good.

Edited by Rednight - January 23 2015 at 11:27

One last thing. When asked at the time about Hackett's departure from Genesis, Collins was heard to quip that there had been been "too many musicians" in the band. A snide comment that didn't wear well with this fan considering the possibilities if Hackett had stayed. After trying to keep alive the post-Gabriel creative zenith provided by 'Tail and 'Wuthering with the muddled And Then There Were Three, the band unfortunately became Collins-centered, and Banks was a ready accomplice in this decision. Rutherford affably just wanted the Genesis Express to keep on a'rollin'. By Duke and beyond, the dream had dwindled to an overriding pop career and greased MOR airplay.

Edited by Rednight - January 23 2015 at 10:33

I'm all in the Hackett camp---as my name says---but sadly I do think Banks is a genius player and composer and it's sad his ego is so big he can't see that Hackett is a genius player and composer too.

The more I learn about Hackett, the more I think Tony Banks is a dick.

You bagged an interview with Mr. Hackett? Be still my beating heart. He is the nicest guy in the business. He once responded to an e-mail of mine asking when was the next time he'd be coming to Los Angeles.