“It’s the silliest name since Genesis did a track called Squonk. But The Beatles is a silly name, if you think about it”: The world according to Squackett, prog’s great forgotten supergroup

Squackett’s Steve Hackett and Chris Squire posing for a photograph.

The union between late Yes bassist Chris Squire and ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, Squackett were one of the great forgotten supergroups of the 2010s – even if they hated the term ‘supergroup’. In 2012, as they released their one and only album A Life Within A Day, Classic Rock caught up with these two prog titans to talk past glories, modern music and fine wine.

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