In no more than 200 words................

[ivan_2068]

I like to compare Steve Hackett in Genesis with a soccer player called Rikhard who played with Milan, nobody noticed them when they were on the band or on the team, but when they were out, everybody noticed the great talent both had because nothing was the same.

When Genesis was on stage, everybody was topo busy looking at Peter's show and Tony's keyboards to notice the talented guitar player sitting on a chair almost behind everybody else, and when Milan played everybody was impressed with the power of Gullit and the precision of Van Basten tonotice the incredible midfielder who never was part of the show.

But both were team players who never cared, Rikhard served the balls for Gullit and Van Basten while Hackett mixed his guitar with Tony's keyboard to create that haunting atmosphere that was Genesis trademark.

In the moment both left, the team and band turned into crap.

Luckily a guitar player can show his talent with the solo works, something a soccer player can't do.

Iván

PS: Hate the word soccer because the real name is football, but to avoid confusions in our USA friends I use that infamous name.