Trivia

Lead guitarist of the rock group Genesis from 1971 to 1977.

Wife Kim Poor is an artist and has painted the album covers for all of his post-Genesis albums.

In 1999 he reunited with his former Genesis band-mates Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford for a re-recording of the Genesis song "The Carpet Crawlers" (originally from their 1974 album "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"), which appears on the Genesis compilation "Turn it on Again".

His favorite songs are "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix Experience, "I Want You" by Bob Dylan, "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin, "All Your Love" by John Mayall, "The Nazz are Blue" by Paul Samwell-Smith, "I Wanna Be Your Man" by The Rolling Stones and "My Generation" by The Who. (Source: November 2006 Classic Rock Magazine).

Worked with Chris Squire in autumn 2007, providing guitar for the "Chris Squire's Swiss Choir" Christmas album.

Formed GTR with Steve Howe in 1986. The idea was to create a band with two lead guitarists and use synth effects instead of keyboards. They had two hits with "When The Heart Rules The Mind" and "The Hunter" (written by Geoff Downes, who also produced the band).

Although he left Genesis due to his dissatisfaction with how much of his own music was being accepted by the band, his favorite Genesis album is actually "Wind & Wuthering", which was also his final album with the band.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010.

Founder/owner of Wolfwork Records (UK) and Camino Records (UK).

He is a good friend of long-time Marillion drummer Ian Mosley. Mosley was actually initially recruited to Marillion after the band's original lead singer, Fish, had seen him play for Hackett.

Was at school with Alan Johnson MP.