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GTR
GTR
band
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Genesis
Genesis
English rock band
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Roine Stolt
Roine Stolt
Swedish rock musician
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Steve Howe
Steve Howe
English guitarist
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Mike Rutherford
Mike Rutherford
English guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and singer
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John Hackett
John Hackett
British musician
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Tony Banks
Tony Banks
British musician and multi-instrumentalist, member of Genesis
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Nad Sylvan
Nad Sylvan
Swedish progressive rock musician
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Nick Magnus
Nick Magnus
British musician
9
Nik Kershaw
Nik Kershaw
English singer-songwriter
10
Ray Wilson
Ray Wilson
Scottish singer
11
Daryl Stuermer
Daryl Stuermer
American guitarist
12
Steve Rothery
Steve Rothery
Rock guitarist known for his association with Marillion
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Marillion
Marillion
British rock band
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Touchstone
Touchstone
rock band from the United Kingdom
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UK
UK
British progressive rock supergroup
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Anthony Phillips
Anthony Phillips
British musician
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Alphonso Johnson
Alphonso Johnson
American musician
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John Miles
John Miles
English rock musician and singer
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Ian Mosley
Ian Mosley
English rock musician
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Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Bettencourt
musician, singer-songwriter, guitarist
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Chester Thompson
Chester Thompson
American drummer
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The Flower Kings
The Flower Kings
Swedish progressive rock group
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Francis Dunnery
Francis Dunnery
English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer
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Yes
Yes
English rock band
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Peter Hammill
Peter Hammill
English singer-songwriter
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Orphaned Land
Orphaned Land
Israeli metal band
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Asia
Asia
English rock band
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Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
British songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
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Paul Weller
Paul Weller
English recording artist; singer-songwriter, musician
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Jonathan Mover
Jonathan Mover
American musician
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David Rhodes
David Rhodes
British guitarist
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Kansas
Kansas
American rock band
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Brian May
Brian May
English musician and astrophysicist
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Trevor Rabin
Trevor Rabin
South African-born musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and film score composer
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Phil Collins
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter
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Magenta
Magenta
rock band formed in 1999
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Steve Cradock
Steve Cradock
English guitarist
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Nightwing
Nightwing
British rock band
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Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
English musician
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Randy Crawford
Randy Crawford
American jazz and R&B singer
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Dave Alvin
Dave Alvin
musician
Steve Hackett
English musician, songwriter, singer, and producer

Steve Hackett

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Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is an English musician, songwriter, singer, and producer who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977. Hackett contributed to six Genesis studio albums, three live albums, seven singles and one EP before he left to pursue a solo career. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010.

Hackett released his first solo album, Voyage of the Acolyte, while still a member of Genesis in 1975. After a series of further solo albums beginning in 1978, Hackett co-founded the supergroup GTR with Steve Howe in 1986. The group released the self-titled album GTR, which peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 in the United States and spawned the Top 20 single "When the Heart Rules the Mind". When Hackett left GTR in 1987, the group disbanded. Hackett then resumed his solo career. He has released albums and toured worldwide on a regular basis since.

Hackett's body of work encompasses many styles; in addition to his work in progressive rock, he has explored pop, blues, world music and classical music on his solo recordings. According to Guitar World: "Hackett's early explorations of two-handed tapping and sweep picking were far ahead of their time, and influenced Eddie Van Halen and Brian May." Other guitarists influenced by Hackett include Alex Lifeson and Steve Rothery.