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"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
Known as ‘the man who invented the 80s,’ producer and musician Trevor Horn always enjoyed sneaking prog into the mainstream
"You can't dance or clap along to it. When we play it live, you can always see the audience getting caught out": Turn It On Again by Genesis even confused Peter Gabriel
Deceptively straightforward but with a rhythmic banana skin, Turn It On Again began Genesis's transformation from major cult band to stadium-filling hit-makers
"It enabled me to be the fastest gun in the west for about five minutes:" Steve Hackett, Eddie Van Halen, and the murky origins of finger tapping
Eddie Van Halen famously popularised finger tapping, but Steve Hackett was doing it as long ago as 1971
Steve Hackett to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway on tour next year
Steve Hackett announces Genesis Greats, Lamb Highlights & Solo tour for the UK for October 2024
“When we talk about progressive rock, the most important part of that is the ‘rock’”: Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt on how Yes and Genesis delivered “simplexity”
Guitar icon hails bands including Rush and King Crimson, who delivered music that was “hard and heavy enough, but they took some risks outside the box”
Steve Hackett shares new live clip of Can Utility And The Coastliners
Steve Hackett's new live release Foxtrot At Fifty + Hackett Highlights is out now
The most underrated albums by 10 major prog bands
Showing a little love for the overlooked classics by prog giants Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Rush and more
“I just didn’t feel I could pull off the things Peter Gabriel did. I said: ‘I’ll give it a go but don’t expect me to wear costumes!’” Phil Collins’ first show as Genesis frontman
It took the revamped band months of worry off stage but just half an hour of fun on stage to secure their future in 1976
“The others realised they couldn’t stop me because it was too close to the show… I got away with it, although it was a close-run thing”: How Peter Gabriel developed his Genesis frontman act
It may have caused conflict, but his insistence on sticking with his artistic vision paid off in countless ways
