I know they auditioned several singers when Gabe left, did they do likewise when Hackett left or was it considered!
I'm sure there's plenty of bios out there that talk about this but sorry I havnt read any !
I know they auditioned several singers when Gabe left, did they do likewise when Hackett left or was it considered!
I'm sure there's plenty of bios out there that talk about this but sorry I havnt read any !
If my fuzzy memory serves, Gary Moore was approached but declined.
Well , i don't know if they did, but they most definatley should have done.! The following albums were ok, but the magic went.
Rob Mackenzie (Theory) was approached at one point.
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Never heard of them trying to replace him...
Uh...they did, for touring. His name was Daryl Steurmer.
I remember reading somewhere that they also auditioned (or tried to audition) Alphonso Johnson. Presumably he would have come in as bassist leaving Rutherford to focus on guitars only. But, yeah, just like with Gary Moore it would have been a very different course for the band!
I always wondered what they would have sounded like had they replaced Hackett with Phil Manzanera.
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Or if they replaced Hackett with Robert Fripp.
Stan Whittaker would have been the guy for that job. HTM was a possibility for backing PG at about that time.
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I think by the time Alphonso auditioned, it had already been decided that they were going to go on as a three piece. Unless Mike was thinking of playing only guitar onstage, I'm not sure how that would have worked. At any rate, Mike said after trying out Alphonso that he realized they needed a guitarist who played bass (which is basically what Mike is). I think he said he talked to Elliott Randall and Pat Thrall as well.
I don't know if they ever talked about having a full time replacement, ie someone who would play on the records and tour. It's possible that since the three of them seemed to be all on the same page about band direction, songwriting, etc and presumably everyone had enough faith in Mike's ability to be a "lead" guitarist, that they never considered any other approach.
All kidding aside, but this might have worked (certainly more so than Gary Moore), if it had happened earlier on in the 70's. or if they had replaced Ant Phillips with Fripp instead of taking Hackett..
By the timle Hackett had left Genesis, Fripp had moved on to other things
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I don't think so.
I just got done listening to Burning Rope and I think that song is the best Mike ever played in Genesis period. He's using a Roland GR-500 guitar synth on that and I just love what he plays and how it sounds. I also saw him do it live in the Oakland Arena on the ATTW3 Tour,1978.
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No shit!
Pat Thrall too?! Another really great guitar player! Both he and Gary Moore would've brought a "heaviness" that would've changed Genesis' sound a great deal. Stuermer brought a certain virtuosity to the guitar chair that Genesis never had previously, but he didn't have that heavy rock sound that Moore and Thrall had.
I'm guessing Genesis decision to have Mike play all guitars on the albums after Hackett left had something to do with them wanting to be a band of composers, at least in the studio.
Gary Moore??? Please! Moore was a successful hard rock and blues guitarist both solo and in bands, he wouldn't have worked at all. And someone said he declined, doesn't surprise me, I'd guess he declined something like this " 'ck off, I've got a successful career, why would I join you lot?"
Last edited by PeterG; 04-12-2013 at 05:05 PM.
Gary Moore from what I read was considered, As was Robert Fripp but was never asked about the job. Pat Thrall and Elliot Randall did audition but Mike just couldn't connect with them. It was then that the remaining members felt that they were going to try Alphonso Johnson who then referred Daryl Streumer qnd the rest is history.
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