Steve Hackett ~ Similar Artists

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Gentle Giant - 100% match to Steve Hackett

Formed in 1969 by the Shulman brothers; Derek (11 February 1947, Glasgow, Scotland; vocals/guitar/bass), Ray (b. 3 December 1949, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; vocals/bass/violin) and Phil (b. 27 August 1937, Glasgow, Scotland; saxophone), on the collapse of their previous... Read more

Camel - 96% match to Steve Hackett

Camel was formed in late 1971 by three former members of Philip Goodhand-Tait's backing band, Doug Ferguson (4 April 1947, Carlisle, Cumbria, England; bass), Andy Ward (b. 28 September 1952, Epsom, Surrey, England; drums) and Andy Latimer (b. 17 May 1947, Guildford, Surrey,... Read more

Van Der Graaf Generator - 95% match to Steve Hackett

This UK rock band's name was suggested by its first drummer Christopher John Judge Smith who, with keyboard player Nick Pearne (sometimes credited as Peame) and songwriter Peter Hammill (5 November 1948, Ealing, London, England; vocals/guitar), formed the band at Manchester... Read more

Marillion - 83% match to Steve Hackett

Front-runners of the short-lived UK progressive rock revival of the early 80s, Marillion survived unfavourable comparisons with Genesis to become a popular melodic rock band, notching up several successful UK singles plucked from their grandiose concept albums.Read more

Caravan - 81% match to Steve Hackett

Formed in Canterbury, England, in 1968, Caravan evolved from the Wilde Flowers, a seminal local attraction that had included Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers and Hugh Hopper, all later of the Soft Machine. Pye Hastings (21 January 1947, Tomnavoulin, Bamffshire, Scotland; guitar,... Read more

Genesis - 77% match to Steve Hackett

This leading UK rock band first came together at the public school Charterhouse. Peter Gabriel (13 February 1950, Cobham, Surrey, England; vocals), Tony Banks (b. 27 March 1951, East Heathly, Sussex, England; keyboards) and Chris Stewart (drums) were in an ensemble named the... Read more

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 74% match to Steve Hackett

One the most prominent supergroups of the early 70s, ELP comprised Keith Emerson (2 November 1944, Todmorden, Lancashire, England; keyboards), Greg Lake (b. 10 November 1947, Poole, Dorset, England; vocals/bass) and Carl Palmer (b. Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer, 20 March 1950,... Read more

Mike Rutherford - 74% match to Steve Hackett

2 October 1950, Guildford, Surrey, England. While working in Genesis, guitarist Rutherford enjoyed a solo career broken into two distinct phases. His 1980 debut was a concept album based on Peter C. Brown's novel, featuring vocalist Noel McCalla, formerly with Moon who made two... Read more

Rick Wakeman - 74% match to Steve Hackett

Richard Christopher Wakeman, 18 May 1949, Perivale, Middlesex, England. The spectacular live extravaganzas undertaken in the mid-70s by the former Strawbs and Yes keyboard player tended to mask the talent of one of rock's premier musicians. In the early 70s Wakeman, who... Read more

King Crimson - 69% match to Steve Hackett

Arguably progressive rock's definitive exponents, King Crimson was formed in January 1969 out of the ashes of the eccentric Giles, Giles And Fripp. Robert Fripp (16 May 1946, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England; guitar) and Mike Giles (b. 1 March 1942, Bournemouth, Dorset,... Read more