When news came that the former Genesis guitarist would go on tour again few people believed it. After all, rumours that Hackett would play some gigs in Germany again had been around for almost a decade.
There are cover bands, and then there is The Musical Box. These are the opening words for a big report about the tour this exceptional Canadian band went on all across the UK.
About ten years ago, Nir Zidkyahu, better known as Nir Z., recorded the drum-takes for the Genesis album Calling All Stations and went on tour with Genesis afterwards. After that he was featured as a drummer on all of Ray Wilson’s studio albums. On the occasion of the new Stiltskin album She, we talked to Nir about his past with Genesis, his work with Ray Wilson and his life…
On September 11th we had the opportunity to talk exclusively with Steve Hackett about his new album Wild Orchids and his upcoming projects. The interview took place by phone.
Good to see that the Genesis camp can still surprise us. One of these surprises is the Spectral Mornings DVD published in summer 2005. It contains the recording of a TV concert Steve Hackett & band played in 1978…
In early April 2009 we received the sad news that Genesis’ former drummer John Mayhew has passed away. Helmut Janisch
commemorates the third drummer of Genesis who unexpectedly found himself once more in the spotlight in 2006…