When Steve Hackett toured Latin America in 2001, Roger King was once more his keyboarder. Roger made notes about the tour and then gave us his text and this is the first time in the history in our fanclub, that we can exclusively publish an article by a band member.
After the success the GTR album enjoyed in the mid-80s Steve Hackett planned to do another solo album that was to be called Feedback. It was never released, though parts of it found their way to the fans. Now Steve has completed and released it.
After he had finished reminiscing about his time in Genesis Steve Hackett released a real solo album again. Darktown is, the title gives it away, rather gloomy…
After his surprise album Genesis Revisited Steve Hackett played four shows in Japan with his band. These gigs were preserved as the live double album The Tokyo Tapes.
An unusual Steve Hackett album was released in 1996. Steve recorded new versions of a number of Genesis classics, added an orchestra, and published Genesis Revisited at first only in Japan, but later also in Europe. The album also features an impressive list of guest musicians.
Virgin / EMI Records have finally got around to releasing Steve Hackett's early albums according to his ideas – to the delight of the musician and his fans alike, for the record company respected Hackett's wishes about the sound as well as extras and the package.