Genesis Solo Artists Poll

Jeffro wrote: Not really sure how to vote so I probably won't. Haven't heard Banks or Phillips stuff. Smallcreep's Day is pretty nice but don't like Mike and the Mechanics. I only like a smattering of Gabriel's and Hackett's stuff BUT I have come to despise Phil Collin's solo work. Face Value has some good moments but most of what came after it is just awful. Hard to believe this is the guy who was involved in one of the biggest prog bands of the 70s and Brand X. Not sure how you go from that to sappy pop crap.

I've just reviewed Tony Banks' first album "A Curious Feeling" today and I Love it. Another five-star masterpiece!

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Not really sure how to vote so I probably won't. Haven't heard Banks or Phillips stuff. Smallcreep's Day is pretty nice but don't like Mike and the Mechanics. I only like a smattering of Gabriel's and Hackett's stuff BUT I have come to despise Phil Collin's solo work. Face Value has some good moments but most of what came after it is just awful. Hard to believe this is the guy who was involved in one of the biggest prog bands of the 70s and Brand X. Not sure how you go from that to sappy pop crap.

Edited by Jeffro - December 09 2019 at 05:30

thief wrote:   Mike Rutherford - ...I don't remember his stuff at all

HackettFan wrote: Oh yes, Hackett for sure. dougmcauliffe wrote: I kinda expected Gabriel to run away with it. I have heard some solo from everyone I’m not sure I would hand out any 5 star ratings between them. But I haven’t heard most of hacketts discography so I can’t choose between them.. I have everything. I recommend starting with Spectral Mornings, Guitar Noir, To Watch the Storms, Beyond the Shrouded Horizon, and the latest At the Edge of Light. To Watch the Storms has some of his best song/music writing. He is the one who still does a lot of tightly orchestrated pieces with lots of changes and varieties of mood in the classic Prog fashion. I don’t go along with Richardh’s contention that he’s just stayed the same. I think he’s gone through a continuous evolution. Listen to each of the albums I recommended and they won’t much sound like each other. Alternatively, If you want a Classical excursion, Momentum is fantastic. He’s done several others and has scored for an orchestra on a couple, but Momentum is him and a nylon string guitar, just fantastic. If perhaps you want some blues, Blues With a Feeling has it in spades. He is also very generous with live CDs and DVDs. Brilliant assessment. Just to add one comment, he's one of the few artists whose voice has improved with age. Still not good enough a voice to carry a whole suite of music, by certainly good enough as a secondary supporting voice to add color to the vocals in his music.

Tillerman88 wrote: YESESIS wrote: Come on guys... I mean, how can you not love it.  yeah I just voted for Phil Collins too  ... but hey, you know, a groovy kind of love is not just for a proghead    What a surprise man .... I just put him above Tony Banks with my 4th vote hahah .........

Hackett's To Watch the Storms is a stunning album. Give it a try if you haven't. And there are many more (though it's true that he is a bit inconsistent and has some forgettable stuff scattered all over the place).

The only solo albums I've heard by ANY of the Genesis band members are the five albums on the Steve Hackett box set.