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June 27-July 3, 2002
musicpicks
Before Genesis sucked the marrow out of prog-rock's dinosaur carcass by making Phil Collins its leader, the Brit ensemble was a fantastically graceful machine, well-oiled by theatrical singer Peter Gabriel and fluidly fickle fretman Steve Hackett. As Gabriel gave Genesis psychotic dramaturgy, Hackett matched it with a blues-based classically fingered cosmic folk-meets-psychedelic jazz squeal until he went solo in '77. Anyone who dug Genesis via Foxtrot knows Hackett's studious spectacle look, predating Robert Fripp's move from frizzy jazzbo to head-down heavy. (Man, I'm a nerd.) While Voyage of the Acolyte and Please Don't Touch! are pre-'80s prog at its grandest, Hackett's immense range is evident on odd chirpy efforts like Highly Strung, a myriad of soundtracks, ugly stuff he did with GTR and colorful orchestral takes on prog's finest hours (done with Crimsoid muscular luminaries John Wetton and Ian McDonald). Currently he's self-reissuing large chunks of his catalog. If you're a real nerd (and real smart) you'll stand in the back of the hall and buy the lot so you can scare your Tortoise-head friends with weird "new" music.
Mon., July 1, 8 p.m., $25, TLA, 334 South St., 215-336-2000, www.electricfactory.com.
