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“The Genesis guys said they liked the track, which was ironic. It was one of the reasons I’d left. I thought there was no chance of getting them to do it”: How Steve Hackett’s risky solo move paid off

(MANDATORY CREDIT Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images) British guitar player Steve Hackett performs at The Venue in London on 30th June 1978. (Photo by Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images).

Steve Hackett believes his 1975 solo debut, Voyage Of The Acolyte, helped secure Genesis’ future – but it led to two years of soul searching before he decided to leave the band. His follow-up, 1978’s Please Don’t Touch!, was an altogether different kind of challenge as he tried to navigate life after the band who’d made his name.


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