(I don’t know how I let this one slip by last month. For those of you to whom this is old news – sorry)
Poor old Steve Hackett. When he was in Genesis, he could never get enough of his ideas across to the other band members. One day, he threatened to quit, they mixed him out of the record, and went on to become multi-gazillionaires. Steve managed to maintain a lot of artistic integrity by keeping all his solo stuff in-house. in other words, no major labels were used to get his prodigious and extraordinary solo material to the streets.
And while said material is all pretty good (very good, in fact), old Steve has never gotten the kind of economic remuneration that has been showered on all four of his former bandmates Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Michael Rutherford and Phil Collins, although it should be noted that Collins has three ex-wives.
And now, as Hackett approaches his 60th birthday, he’s being sued for everything he has by his ex-wife. According to the TimesOnline, Kim Poor is making a play for EVERYTHING – including Hackett’s share of his royalties from old Genesis music. Ouch!
Apparently things are so bad that Hackett is working on his new album in the living room of his flat. Double ouch!!
But even with all this adversity, his new record will still be coming out on October 5, and I’ll bet it will be ten times more amazing than anything we’ve heard from Tony Banks in the past ten years!
Wow. That is so sad. The divorce is news to me and so disappointing – it’s nice to see a long-lived marriage in pop music. 🙁
The gossip slut in me wants to know how this relationship got soooo screwed up. They were together for thirty-two years! On the one hand, I can’t imagine how difficult it is with the constant traveling and touring, but that didn’t seem to be a problem over the last three decades. It was probably something mundane; that they just ‘grew apart’ – BORING!
Hopefully Steve is all broken up and will use that angst to come up with some huge riffs on his new record. He really needs to cut loose.
Well, I’m guessing he’ll never have a torrid affair with me now that he’s free, sadly, unless I tell him my name is Teresa or Zoe.
Dude, did you see this one in the story? Must have been an epic battle.
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In a ground-breaking case in California, a decision involving the case of Susan and Frederick Worth over rights involving the Trivial Pursuit board game established that copyright should be treated as community property and divided equally when a marriage ends.
If that’s accepted as good law in the UK (place of marriage?), then Steve is really fukt. Fortunately for me, he won’t be retiring anytime soon.
Poor ol’ Steve. His hair is a crime, but he has mad skilz.
Hi all
Mr Hack is one of my prog hero too. Let`s wish the best for him to get through all these. some poeple went through harder life and they just become stronger.
btw i made for him quite recent, thanks to a friend from Genesis Forum`s help, this humble blog is linked from Hackettsongs too ^_____^
http://hackfangirls.blogspot.com/
i`m sure Out of the Tunnel`s MOuth will sound awesome!
One guy whose gotta be praying hard that Hackett wins this case, is my my other axe-hero, Richard Thompson.
His divorce from Linda Thompson was supposedly every bit as nasty as this one, and then some.
[…] latest doings (their version of The Lamb may be coming back!) and we even shared a few laughs about Mr. Hackett’s personal difficulties. Serge said that Hackett’s (now) ex-wife would now be changing her name from Kim Poor to […]
I wish Steve the best. Finally got to see him perform live this week in NYC. How does one female become so bitter after 33 years?
How does one female become so bitter after 33 years????………another man, or another woman……
Hi Steve,never mind life goes on,you still have the creative eliement’s in your song writing and playing that no one can take from you.looking forward to Leamington concert.Best Wish’s for the future.
I read that he was the one who divorced HER. He sounds like he’s putting this behind him and moving forward.
If his performance from this summer is any barometer, he’s moving on and in the right direction. Regardless of “who started it”, I’m at a loss to understand how she (and his manager?!?) think they control all of his music catalog. That’s simply not fair.
First just to get this out of the way, lay off Tony Banks. He was the huge creator of the Genesis sound and wrote many of the great songs or huge bits of the music to many of the classic Genesis songs when Peter & Steve were in the band and he’s by far the best songwriter of the more famous Genesis trio. Also can we please drop the Phil Collins is a douche-bag because he’s been married several times. From what I’ve read he’s quite close with his first two wives. The third not so much. That being said that absolutely SUCKS that Kim would try and ruin him financially if this is true. If Steve winds up having financial problems I hope he can count on his former bandmates to help him in any way they can. You are an amazing songwriter Steve and one of the greatest & most original guitarists ever. You are also a kind and descent man. You desrve better. I wish you all the best with your new fiance.
Steve Hackett is simply one of the greatest guitarists and writers ever. He has written some beautiful music and given me years of listening pleasure. Kim Poor would not have enjoyed her artistic success without Steve who gave her an outlet for her work on his album covers.
I always felt that Genesis were never the same when he left; they lost the etherial acoustic touch that Steve Hackett played so brilliantly. A great musician.
You are very wrong! Kim Poor has said that she was not after any of Steve’s money in songwriting royalties. She had some sort of joint agreement with Steve in the late 1970s that she would get 25% due to the fact that she painted his album covers in case of a separation or divorce. She merely wanted to have him keep that agreement and that Steve tried to deny Kim her fair share of the 25% of what she was originally owed in the original legal agreement. Instead, he lied about Kim and claimed that she was trying to get his songwriting royalties which is not true. The book Genesis Lyrics by Kim Poor in 1979 were her paintings inspired by Genesis songs and inspired by he drawings and paintings of the art of Genesis songs from the albums sleeves from the Genesis albums, not the other way around. The song “Entangled” is mostly inspired not by the drawing of Kim Poor but rather her painting taken from the drawing from the album sleeve from Trick of The Tail and from the song itself. The reason for the divorce is that Steve Hackett had an affair with Jo Lehmann since 1990 and he asked Kim for a divorce. Kim Poor is the victim here, not Steve Hackett. Go the kimpoor.com and her blog Visions of Angels for her side of the story. The website for that blog is kimpoorkimpoor.blogspot.com I am on Kim Poor’s mailing list and on Kim Poor’s newsletter. However, I refuse to be on Steve Hackett’s newsletter and mailing list. Steve Hackett is such a jerk. Kim Poor came and helped him and stood by Steve’s side when he broke his hand by squeezing a glass due to his frustration with the way the Lamb album came out(his guitar solos were cut out). She also comforted him when he left Genesis and refused to go into the studio with them on their And Then There Were Three album. The band wrote a mean song about him called “Down and Out.” He cried that day and she hugged him and told him and gave him the confidence that he can do the music on his own. Genesis in 1978 wanted to go in a more commercial direction and Steve did not want to go there. He wanted to continue the progressive rock music that he liked and had to do it his own. Steve said in an interview that Genesis wanted to go in a more commerical and safer direction musically in 1978 and were not the same musically daring and innovative band that he joined in 1971. Steve wanted to leave in 1975 after Peter left Genesis and after his first solo album. However, Kim convinced him to stay for 2-3 more years and he did stay for 2-3 years in Genesis. She told him “you can do it”(muscially speakingwise-gave him the confidence to go solo to continue the progressive rock music on his own without compromising and selling out musically). In the book Genesis: The Evolution of A Rock Band by Armando Gallo in 1978, there is a photo of Kim hugging Steve. On kimpoor.com, there is another photo of her hugging Steve also and snuggling close to him. It is very romantic! What does Steve do in return? He cheats on Kim and fools around with Jo Lehmann since 1990 and did not even tell Kim and he was not man enough to just ask for a divorce then. He let success go to his head and had a rock star attitude. How could Steve be so ungrateful to Kim after all that she did to help and love him and marry him? Steve is now such a jerk and a pathetic loser! Kim is not the greedy and revengeful person that Steve portrays to be! Not only did Steve cheat on Kim but he also lies about her and slanders her! He is such a jerk! He does not deserve Kim! I am in love with Kim Poor and I wish I could have a relationship with her and marry her if it was possible. I am a sensitive caring person whose feelings get easily hurt and when strong independent women get their feelings hurt or are mistreated by stupid male jerks, I also feel their(females especially) pain and suffering. I will never see and never a Steve Hackett concert!
Steve Hackett cheated on Kim Poor by having an affair with Jo Lehmann since 1990 behind Kim’s back and Steve asked Kim for a divorce. Kim is not the vengeful and greedy person that Steve portrays her to be. Kim denied trying to take more than what she was owed in the original agreement where she would only get money for designing and painting Steve’s album covers but not for royalties from his songs since she never wrote any with Steve. However, Jo Lehmann did cowrite songs with Steve. If Steve gets a divorce from Jo, Jo Lehmann has a legitimate to get songwriting royalties from. I think should be more worried about Jo than Kim. Oh by the way Jo Lehmann’s sister Amanda Lehmann is a female bass and guitar player and backing vocalist in Steve’s band. I hope Steve does not cheat on Jo and have an affair with Amanda. Then his goose is really cooked. Steve had better be careful of his cheating heart or Jo could really take him to the cleaners. He should be more worried about Jo than Kim!
Oh Steve did you do the hanky panky with Jo for 20 years behind Kim’s back. You better not do the hanky panky with Amanda behind Jo’s back or Jo will really take you to the cleaners! Better watch and control your cheating heart Steve!
Doing the hanky panky means to fool around and have an affair and commit adultery and cheat on your spouse or girlfriend. Eh Steve! You let success get to your head and think you’re a ladies man and God’s gift to women and some kind of a playboy or a Casanova or a Romeo! But look what it got you! If you don’t control yourself, Jo will financially take you to the cleaners! Steve, you think you’re a stud but to me, you’re just a dud(loser, jerk).
Oh Steve there is a song called “Hanky Panky” by Tommy James and the Shondells. That song applies to you. You two timing cheat! How could you do this to Kim after all she has done for you! You jerk!
Steve broke the agreement he made with Kim and tried to deny her fair share of the 25% originally agreed on. She tried to settle this with Steve but he refused so she went to a lawyer and was advised to take him to court to get a legal injunction to make Steve legally agree to the original 25%(she only did his album covers-she did not cowrite any songs with him). She has denied trying to 50% of the share and she has denied trying to get money for songwriting royalties as she has stated that she never cowrote any songs with Steve. Instead, Steve lies about Kim in the press claiming that she wants songwriting royalties and that she wants 50% instead of 25%. What Steve says about Kim is not true and that Steve is lying about Kim. Not only did Steve cheat on Kim, he also lies about. To me, Steve is a pathetic loser and an adulterer and a liar!
Kim Poor is really a sweet and loving and nice person. She is not the greedy and vengeful type of person that Steve portrays her to be. Sort of like the similar situation that Toumas Holopainen(from Nightwish) said about Tarja Turunen and Marcelo Carbuli. Both Steve and Tuomas are pathetic and pathological and compulsive liars! Kim Poor is really a nice person! People should disregard the comments Steve makes about Kim since what he says is totally unreliable!
Kim Poor was the only person who visited and stayed with Steve Hackett in the hospital for 3 months in 1974 or 1975 after he squeezed a glass and injured his hand and had glass shards in his hand and he did this because the Lamb album(1974) cut out his guitar solos(had his guitar solos cut out or edited out) and it had less guitar work than the previous album Selling England By The Pound(1973) which is Steve’s favorite Genesis album. The other members of Genesis did not visit Steve or stay with him at all for those 3 months. Only Kim did. She(Kim Poor) was the only person who visited and stayed with Steve those 3 months after he injured his hand by squeezing a glass due to his frustration. It was probably here that Steve wanted to leave Genesis but Kim convinced him to stay another 2-3 years before leaving the band and he decided to stay in Genesis for 2-3 years like she wanted him to. He met her in 1974 and she married him in 1975 or 1981. Kim also told him that he can make his own brand of progressive rock and that he can do it on his own in 1977 or 1978 when he left Genesis for good. She was the one who gave him the confidence and inspired him to make progressive rock music on his own terms and that he did not need the band anymore as they wanted to make a more commercial and pop type of music. Phil Collins last album was a Motown album and Phil retired for now while Steve is still recording and touring and making progressive rock albums on his own and on his own terms. None of this would have been possible without Kim Poor. She deserves to get more credit and more respect for this. As to why Steve cheated on Kim secretly and why he had a love affair with Jo(Joanna) Lehmann since 1990 or 1991, I don’t get it. Steve was the one who asked Kim for a divorce and she did not even know about his secret love affair with Jo(female) until after the divorce and Kim did not get the information about Steve’s affair from Kim, Jo, or Amanda Lehmann(Jo’s sister). Kim found out about it from other sources. How could Steve cheat on Kim in secret after all Kim did for him! How could Steve be so ungrateful to Kim and stab in her in the back(figuratively speaking)! Steve is a pathetic and pathological and compulsive liar and a two faced and two timing cheat. Steve is a pathetic loser and a dud and a real first class jerk after what he did to Kim!
How could Steve be so unfaithful to Kim! Since he cheated on her and also lied about her in the press , he is now a loser and a jerk and a liar!
HEY STEVE HACKETT! LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE! YOU ARE AN SMF! YOU SHOULD BE HACKED TO PIECES! GET IT HA HA HACKED! HOW COULD YOU CHEAT ON KIM AFTER ALL SHE DID FOR YOU! HOW COULD YOU ALSO LIE ABOUT HER TOO! YOU M*FUCKING ASSHOLE! YOU STEVE ARE AN ASSHOLE AND FIRST CLASS JERK! DO THE JERK! YOU LOSER! YOU LIAR! YOU PATHETIC LOSER! YOU PATHOLOGICAL AND COMPULSIVE LIAR! YOU ROTTEN JERK! YOU ARE NOT A STUD BUT YOU ARE RATHER A DUD(LOSER, JERK). STEVE GO TO HELL! GO JUMP OFF A CLIFF AND GO JUMP IN A LAKE!
HACKETT TO PIECES! GET IT STEVE! YOU LOSER AND JERK! HA HA HA HA!
HACKETT TO PIECES! GET IT STEVE! YOU LOSER AND JERK! HA HA HA HA! I WILL NEVER ATTEND A STEVE HACKETT CONCERT! WHY: BECAUSE HE CHEATED ON KIM AND HAD AN AFFAIR WITH JO LEHMANN.
Steve: You can fool some of the people some of the time but you can’t(cannot) fool all the people all the time and you did convince a lot of people by lying about Kim. You Steve are compulsive liar! I am one of those people you cannot fool! While you convinced a lot of people by lying(you Steve a two timing evil snake) and even convinced some musician from The Musical Box , by lying about Kim of course, to take a stand or stance against against her and take your side, I, however, am one of those persons or people that takes the side of Kim and takes her side against you and I will always take a stand or stance against you! I WILL NEVER ACCEPT YOUR VERSION OF EVENTS ON KIM! I WILL ALWAYS ACCEPT KIM’S VERSION OF EVENTS ON HERSELF AND ON YOU! I USED TO RESPECT YOU STEVE BEFORE I FOUND OUT ABOUT YOUR CHEATING ON KIM AND ABOUT YOUR AFFAIR WITH JO(FEMALE) AND BEFORE YOUR DIVORCE! I USED TO RESPECT YOU BUT NOW I DESPISE YOU! YOU ARE DESPICABLE!
I AM IN LOVE WITH KIM and I WILL ALWAYS LOVE HER NO MATTER WHAT AND I WISH I COULD MARRY HER IF I COULD AND IF SHE WAS AVAILABLE! EVEN IF SHE DID NOT WANT ME, I WILL ALWAYS TAKE HER SIDE AGAINST YOU STEVE NO MATTER what! I WILL ALWAYS DECLARE YOU TO BE MY ETERNAL NEMESIS AND ENEMY AND A “HOSTILE WITNESS” as it said in court! I am in love in Kim! I love KIM! Call it a case of lovesickness if you like!
Way to go Steve! Are you real proud of yourself for cheating on Kim! You m”fucking bastard! You SMF!
HEY STEVE! EVER HEAR OF A SONG CALLED “YOUR CHEATING HEART!” THAT SONG APPLIES TO YOU! HOW COULD YOU CHEAT ON KIM AND SLANDER HER(TELL LIES ABOUT HER) AFTER EVERYTHING SHE HAS DONE FOR YOU! YOU UNGRATEFUL BASTARD AND YOU EVIL ROTTEN SON OF A BITCH! YEAH I’M REFERRING TO YOU STEVE! YOU PATHETIC LOSER AND PATHOLOGICAL COMPULSIVE LIAR! YOU ARE A FIRST CLASS JERK!
HEY STEVE! YOU PIECE OF SHIT!
SO YOU STEVE HAVE BEEN SCREWING AROUND AND FOOLING AROUND WITH JO LEHMANN FOR 16-17 YEARS IN SECRET AND YOU EVEN ASKED KIM FOR A DIVORCE SO KIM WOULD NOT FIND OUT! KIM ONLY FOUND OUT LATER FROM OTHER SOURCES! AND ON TOP OF THAT YOU TELL LIES ABOUT KIM! YOU STEVE ARE A FIRST CLASS JERK! SO YOU HAD AN AFFAIR WITH JO BEHIND KIM’S BACK! WHAT A COWARD YOU ARE STEVE!
SO IT WAS A SECRET LOVE AFFAIR WITH JO! SOUNDS LIKE SOURCE MATERIAL FOR A SOAP OPERA!
CORRECTION! SOUNDS LIKE GOOD SOURCE MATERIAL FOR AN UNNAMED SOAP OPERA LIKE “SECRET AFFAIRS.”
OH WAIT IT SHOULD BE CALLED “SECRET LOVE AFFAIRS.”
HEY YOU STEVE HACKETT YOU ARE A BIG FUCKING LIAR! YOU MADE THE WHOLE THING UP ABOUT KIM POOR(CONCERNING THE FINANCIAL ISSUES) SO SHE WOULD NOT FIND OUT ABOUT YOUR 20 YEAR AFFAIR WITH JO LEHMANN WHILE YOU WERE MARRIED TO KIM POOR! YOU ARE AN UNGRATEFUL BASTARD AFTER EVERYTHING KIM DID FOR YOU STEVE! YOU PUT KIM THROUGH HELL AND ARE LAUGHING ABOUT LYING TO PEOPLE ABOUT BEING THE VICTIM! YOU KNOW YOU MADE THE WHOLE THING YOU FUCKING LIAR!
YOU STEVE HACKETT ARE A PIECE OF SHIT AFTER LYING TO EVERYONE ABOUT KIM! YOU ARE LAUGHING IT OFF AND CONVINCED MANY PEOPLE ABOUT BEING THE POOR VICTIM! WELL YOU DID NOT FOOL ME! YOU STEVE ARE A BIG FAT LIAR! YOU STEVE GO TO HELL AND GO JUMP OFF A CLIFF AND GO JUMP IN A LAKE! I HATE YOU AFTER THE HELL YOU PUT KIM THROUGH BY DESTROYING HER GOOD REPUTATION AND HER GOOD NAME! I HOPE YOU DROP DEAD STEVE!
YOU KNOW YOU MADE UP THE WHOLE THING UP ABOUT KIM BY LYING ABOUT HER! WHY DON’T YOU DROP DEAD STEVE!
YOU STEVE HACKETT ARE DEATH ON TWO LEGS AND YOU ARE A BIG LIAR! YOU STEVE ARE A PATHETIC LOSER AND A PIECE OF SHIT!
YOU STEVE ARE A FIRST CLASS JERK! YOU ARE A PATHETIC LOSER! WHY DON”T YOU DO THE JERK! YOU JERK! YOU ASSHOLE!
HEY YOU STEVE YOU ARE A LIAR! LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!
YOU ARE AN SMF! YOU SICK M*FUCKER! YOU ARE ONE SICK M*FUCKER!
YOU STEVE ARE AN EVIL SICK TWISTED BASTARD! YOU ARE AN EVIL SON OF A BITCH! YOU ARE AN EVIL PERSON!
TO ME YOU ARE THE FATHER OF LIES! YOU ARE THE GREAT SATAN! YOU ARE EVIL AND THE DEVIL INCARNATE! YOU ARE TRULY EVIL AND THE BIGGEST LIAR ON THE PLANET EARTH!
GO TO HELL STEVE HACKETT! GO JUMP IN A LAKE STEVE! GO JUMP OFF A CLIFF STEVE!
YOU ARE AN EVIL SON OF A BITCH!
YOU STEVE ARE DISGUSTING AND DESPICABLE!
YOU ARE AN EVIL PERSON STEVE! GO TO HELL!
Yeah Steve divorced Kim Poor allright! To hide his adulterous affair with Jo Lehmann since 1991 so Kim would not find out! Then Steve lied about Kim to divert attention from his cheating on Kin with Joanne Lehmann! He is such an evil snake and a pathological liar and a lowlife to do something like this!
Songs to describe Steve’s affair and cheating with Jo Lehmann(he even married her to hide his adultery with her).
He should be called the “Hanky Panky Man.” He is a rotten philanderer.
“Death On Two Legs”
“Your Cheating Heart”
“Hanky Panky”(“My Baby Does The Hanky Panky”
John Politis GETA LIFE ALREADY!
@ John Politis: What the motherfucking fuck is your stupid fucking, jack-asinine problem? Rant much? It’s one thing to have a strong opinion, but to reiterate, re-reiterate and regurgitate and spew such evil, sadistic, hate-filled vitriol is beyond anything inhuman. Keep your sick and twisted shit-hemmorhaging to your fucking self, asshole.
Wow, this thread certainly spiraled off into madness! Anyway, I’ve always followed Steve’s music (which I love), but not his personal life. I was curious about what happened to Kim. Now I know…
Could someone please remove this asshole John Politis from this site. Seems to me he is infatuated with Kim Poor and is probably stalking her. Get a life dude!
Steve Hackett indeed did divorce Kim Poor so he could hide his the adulterous affair he had with Jo/Joanne Lehmann. What a first class jerk Steve is. And he even lied about her wanting 50% which is not true. Even Kim denies this. Actually, she was only trying to protect her rightful share that was part of the original agreement in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
I am in love with Kim Poor. I love her. How could he does this to her after everything good she did for him. I feel sorry for Kim. When she suffers, I suffer. I feel her pain still. I am still suffering. My heart is still bleeding for her.
I am glad that she found musician Tommy Thayer(now Tommy Steele) who looks and resembles the younger, kinder, more sensitive Steve Hackett which is why Kim fell in love with and married Tommy after her divorce from Steve(the meaner, nastier, lying Steve-he should be hacked to pieces).
To quote Kim Poor from her Visions of Angels blog at kimpoorkimpoor.blogspot.com
“I want to thank all my friends, family, and fans(and Tommy-my soulmate) who gave me so much love and support through this terrible time in my life. They gave me the strength to continue to live and to find happiness. In order to find this and to have peace, I have to continue to tell my story. How a very long road was travelled, with so much love, and, ultimately so much destruction.”
“It was love at first sight.”
And the same situation here applies to Hermione Dennis Farthingale/Fotheringale. She married David Bowie’s twin brother(David Haywood Jones from 1972-2007 and then she married Boyan Slat-an environmentalist entrepeneur since 2009 and still happily married to him) after David Bowie(formerly David Robert Jones) divorced her(and married Angela Barnett-she divorced David in 1975) because she refused to take cocaine when he started to and did not like his more arrogant, meaner personality and she refused to spike her hair orange like David(She already had long red hair). Yet David Bowie lied about her saying that she left him in 1969 for another person. This is NOT true. Hermione was married to David from 1964-1972 and she also knew him since childhood and they were dating and even romantically linked even before marriage. They had 4 children together. Oh by the way Duncan Jones was born 1973(1 year after David’s divorce-he divorced Hermione), not 1971.