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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
You’d be correct if you did say that so why not?
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Because I don't know that. Also I'm trying to avoid making Neapolitan cry again.
I'm not that familiar with Hackett's role inside the band. I know it was mostly Gabriel's baby and when he left things slid a little towards a more slightly accessible sound - still 1976 produced two of my favourite Genesis albums - and that Steve wasn't happy about the direction they were going in, but I don't know how much Rutherford or Banks had to say about that. I know the impetus for the change was almost all down to the bald one, so whether they just followed blindly or not I'm not sure. I know Banks' solo material is still very progressive rock, as well as classical, and of course Mike went on to get involved with a load of blokes in a garage, so I suppose we know where his intentions lay. Still, it's probably a fair point, as even now Hackett's solo albums are, generally, more like Genesis than Genesis after he left.