Steve Hillage

Quick Facts

Full Name	Steve Hillage
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Aug 2, 1951(1951-08-02)
Age	73
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Leo

Steve Hillage Biography

Steve Hillage is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on August 2, 1951 in England, England, United Kingdom. English guitarist who played with Khan, Gong, and System 7 and was also a solo artist.

He collaborated with Jim Kerr while producing for the band Simple Minds.

Hillage was born in Chingford, which was then in Essex but is now part of Greater London. Whilst still at school, he joined his first band, a blues rock band called Uriel, with Dave Stewart, Mont Campbell and Clive Brooks. The band split up in 1968 with the other members going on to form Egg, but they briefly re-united under assumed names to record the album Arzachel in 1969. Hillage also guested on Egg’s 1974 album The Civil Surface.

In 1969, Hillage began studies at the University of Kent in Canterbury, befriending local bands Caravan and Spirogyra and occasionally jamming with them. Meanwhile, he wrote songs and, by late 1970, had accumulated enough material for an album. Caravan put him in touch with their manager Terry King, who got Hillage signed with Deram on the basis of a demo of his material recorded with the help of Dave Stewart of Egg. In early 1971, Hillage formed Khan with bassist/vocalist Nick Greenwood, formerly of Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Although future Gong and Hatfield and the North drummer Pip Pyle was involved in the early stages, the line-up finally settled with the inclusion of organist Dick Heninghem and drummer Eric Peachey, both of whom had recently collaborated on Greenwood’s solo project Cold Cuts, recorded in California in 1970 but belatedly released in 1972.

He was born and raised in London, England.

Steve Hillage Net Worth

Steve Hillage is one of the richest Guitarist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Steve Hillage 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He started playing in his first band called Uriel while in high school.

He has produced several albums, including one for Simple Minds.

Stephen Simpson Hillage (born 2 August 1951) is an English musician, best known as a guitarist. He is associated with the Canterbury scene and has worked in experimental domains since the late 1960s. Besides his solo recordings he has been a member of Khan, Gong and System 7.

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In January 1973, he took part in the sessions for Flying Teapot, the first installment of the “Radio Gnome” trilogy, and soon after graduated to full- time membership with the departure of bassist/lead guitarist Christian Tritsch. The ‘classic’ line-up of Gong was now in place, with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Didier Malherbe, Tim Blake, Mike Howlett and Pierre Moerlen, and recorded two further albums, Angels Egg and You (the latter also featuring Giraudy).

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Steve Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Steve Hillage celebrates birthday on August 2 of every year.

His motivation to do so was fueled by the success of his solo album Fish Rising, recorded in late 1974 while still in Gong and featuring most of his bandmates, as well as former bandmate in Khan, Dave Stewart. His next effort L album was recorded in the United States using musicians from Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, and on its release Hillage formed a touring band which toured in late

1976. During the latter half of the 1970s, Hillage made a name for himself as a guitarist and prog-rock/fusion composer and performer. 1977’s Motivation Radio, with its shorter tracks, marked a departure from the long instrumental workouts of previous efforts, but 1978’s Green, co-produced by Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, was a return to his earlier work.

Did Steve Hillage play on Tubular Bells?

In June 1973, Hillage (along with Pierre Moerlen) participated in the debut live performance of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells at Queen Elizabeth Hall. Both Hillage & Moerlen also took part in a live-in-studio performance filmed for the BBC’s Second House series, filmed in November 1973.

How old is Steve Hillage?

70 years (August 2, 1951)

When did Steve Hillage join Gong?

Once I entered ‘Gong World’, I saw everything differently, but it was very thrilling. Specifically, I joined for the recording of Flying Teapot [ at the start of 1973 ].

Did Tubular Bells make Richard Branson?

Branson visited the MIDEM music conference in Cannes, France, in January 1973 and pitched Part One to various music companies, but was unsuccessful. This led Branson and Draper, who had plans to set up their own record label, to use Tubular Bells as their first release.

Who wrote Exorcist theme song?

That is what English musician Mike Oldfield did with “Tubular Bells 2,” which reworks the formula of his most famous composition, the 1973 album- length composition “Tubular Bells.” The first version, a mostly instrumental piece known best for its opening section, the haunting passage that became the theme for the movie …