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Steven in Atlanta 
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 Topic: Squackett? Squire & Hackett in new venture
Posted: October 10 2008 at 12:56 |
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From rollingstone.com/rockdaily
Chris Squire reports that he's also started a new venture with former Genesis
guitarist Steve Hackett -- "We may call it Squackett," the bassist
quips -- that will be released in early 2009, with European dates in
the spring.
"We're nearly 75 percent
done," Squire says. "It's real good. Steve Hackett is a very underrated
writer and actually a very good singer. We're doing a lot of
harmonizing, and some of it is almost in the Crosby, Stills & Nash
vein."
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Posted: October 10 2008 at 13:00 |
 Steven in Atlanta wrote:
From rollingstone.com/rockdaily
Chris Squire reports that he's also started a new venture with former Genesis
guitarist Steve Hackett -- "We may call it Squackett," the bassist
quips -- that will be released in early 2009, with European dates in
the spring.
"We're nearly 75 percent
done," Squire says. "It's real good. Steve Hackett is a very underrated
writer and actually a very good singer. We're doing a lot of
harmonizing, and some of it is almost in the Crosby, Stills & Nash
vein."
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Neat, I'll be there, I'll be there, I will be there, buying the album at least.  Hackett and Squire, an interesting combination we haven't seen before. Hackett and Howe didn't turn out so well, but then they were trying for commercial success. Not in their musical nature, I suspect. I think at this point in time H & S may be embracing prog with their venture.... And I don't think Hackett has ever worked with as strong of a bass player as Squire.
Edited by Slartibartfast - October 10 2008 at 13:02
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Padraic
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Posted: October 10 2008 at 13:18 |
Steven in Atlanta wrote:
"We're nearly 75 percent
done," Squire says. "It's real good. Steve Hackett is a very underrated
writer and actually a very good singer. We're doing a lot of
harmonizing, and some of it is almost in the Crosby, Stills & Nash
vein."
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Sounds pretty damn awesome.
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Posted: October 10 2008 at 14:58 |
Problem is I'm not too crazy 'bout the Fish's bleating!  
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Posted: October 10 2008 at 15:12 |
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Sounds cool! I'm skeptical but optimistic. The Crosby, Stills, Nash
& Young thing kind of throws me off, as I would be hoping for some
kind of "Voyage of The Fish Out of Water" megalodon album, but you
can't always get what you want, right?
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Posted: October 10 2008 at 15:17 |
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Posted: October 10 2008 at 16:39 |
CSN? ~ I don't know about that? 
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Posted: October 10 2008 at 18:45 |
King By-Tor wrote:
Sounds cool! I'm skeptical but optimistic. The Crosby, Stills, Nash
& Young thing kind of throws me off, as I would be hoping for some
kind of "Voyage of The Fish Out of Water" megalodon album, but you
can't always get what you want, right?
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But if you try sometimes well you just might find
You get what you need
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Posted: October 10 2008 at 22:08 |
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This should prove interesting, I look forward to hearing it.
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Posted: October 11 2008 at 00:09 |
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Cool combination, it would be quite interesting, though as some said, the CS&N style does turn me off a little bit, not that I don't like CS&N, in fact I enjoy them a lot, but with the calliber of both I would have expected something more innovating or at least more Rock oriented with of course the Prog roots.
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Posted: October 11 2008 at 00:24 |
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the csn part was only related to the vocals.....i hope/think....
that would be a stretch for them.....i just wanna hear their instrumentals.....
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Posted: October 11 2008 at 11:29 |
Sounds great. I do think the CSN reference was probably tongue-in-cheek...surely (a) they wouldn't play that style of music and (b) don't think they can sing remotely that well. I don't think you have to worry about Hackett playing like Stephen Stills  Didn't Steve and Chris do a short Christmas project last year? Maybe they really hit it off...I'll really look forward to hearing what they come up with!
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Posted: October 11 2008 at 17:16 |
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Cough...hack...weeze...TONY LEVIN...haCK...CHOKE...
Should be great
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Posted: October 12 2008 at 10:42 |
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Was it Rutherford playing the bassline that intros Watcher of the Skies ? If so, can we say that Hackett plays well with others, to use kindergarden measures.
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Posted: October 12 2008 at 10:48 |
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sounds interesting.... doubtful it will get off the ground... love Squire... but he has..well... been a bit flaky over the years. Then there is the matter of his bass-playing..... he's been phoning it in for years... and also was one of the main drivers behind the 'commercial' yes sound. Wouldn't naturally expect a prog masterpiece.. but be more wary of a H&H reprise as someone mentioned earlier.
oh well.... interesting... but not holding breath for anything.. just hope to be surprised.
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Posted: October 12 2008 at 14:27 |
micky wrote:
sounds interesting.... doubtful it will get off the ground... love Squire... but he has..well... been a bit flaky over the years. Then there is the matter of his bass-playing..... he's been phoning it in for years... and also was one of the main drivers behind the 'commercial' yes sound. Wouldn't naturally expect a prog masterpiece.. but be more wary of a H&H reprise as someone mentioned earlier.
oh well.... interesting... but not holding breath for anything.. just hope to be surprised.
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Well let's just hope the progger has re awakened,
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Posted: October 13 2008 at 16:23 |
NaturalScience wrote:
Steven in Atlanta wrote:
"We're nearly 75 percent done," Squire says. "It's real good. Steve Hackett is a very underrated writer and actually a very good singer. We're doing a lot of harmonizing, and some of it is almost in the Crosby, Stills & Nash vein." |
Sounds pretty damn awesome.
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As long as they mean the '70's-era CSN.  Mr. Stills has, er, shall we say, lost some vocal range.
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Posted: October 14 2008 at 05:44 |
Wow! This wil be very interesting! I love them both.
And will you please stop complaining about the GTR project! I think that was great stuff!! And calling it commercial music is only slightly true. Sure they had a minor hit with When The Heart Rules The MInd, but the rest of the album is not really commercial, it is very good hard rock with strong guitar work and strong vocals by Max Bacon.
Further, it is unfair to compare GTR with Yes' and Genesis' masterworks of the 70's. You must remember that it was recorded around the same time as Big Generator and Invisible Touch. GTR was sooo much better than those albums!
I recommend the live album GTR did as well called Roundabout (after a certain song that is played!).
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