Genesis (band)

For the Colombian band, see Gnesis (band).

Their discography includes fteen studio and six live albums, six of which topped the UK chart. They have won
numerous awards and nominations, including a Grammy
Award for Best Concept Music Video with "Land of Confusion" and inspired a number of tribute bands recreating
Genesis shows from various stages of the bands career.
In 2010, Genesis were inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame.

Genesis are an English rock band formed at

Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey in 1967.
The most commercially successful line-up includes
keyboardist Tony Banks, guitarist Mike Rutherford and
drummer/singer Phil Collins. Other important members
were singer Peter Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett.
The band underwent several signicant changes in musical style over its career, from folk music to progressive
rock in the 1970s, before moving towards pop at the end 1
of the decade. They are one of the best-selling music
artists of all time with 21.5 million RIAA-certied 1.1
albums sold in the US and an estimated 130 million sold
worldwide.

History
196769: Formation, early demos, and
From Genesis to Revelation

Formed by ve Charterhouse pupils including Banks,

Rutherford, Gabriel and Anthony Phillips, Genesis was
named by former pupil Jonathan King who arranged them
to record several unsuccessful singles and an album. After splitting with King, the group began touring professionally, signing with Charisma Records. Following
the departure of Phillips, Genesis recruited Collins and
Hackett and recorded several progressive rock style albums, with live shows centred around Gabriels theatrical costumes and performances. The group were initially
commercially successful in Europe, before entering the
UK charts with Foxtrot (1972). They followed this with
the hit albums Selling England by the Pound (1973) and The rst Genesis line-up. From left to right: Phillips, Rutherford,
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) before Gabriel Banks, Gabriel, and Stewart.
decided to leave the group.
The founding members of Genesis, singer Peter Gabriel,
After an unsuccessful search for a replacement, Collins keyboardist Tony Banks, guitarist Anthony Phillips,
took over the role, while the group gained popularity in bassist and guitarist Mike Rutherford, and drummer
the UK and the US. Following A Trick of the Tail and Chris Stewart, met at Charterhouse School, a private
Wind & Wuthering (both 1976), Hackett left the band, school in Godalming, Surrey. Banks and Gabriel arreducing it to a core of Banks, Rutherford and Collins. rived at the school in September 1963, Rutherford in
Genesis had their rst UK top ten and US top 40 sin- September 1964, and Phillips in April 1965.[5] The ve
gle in 1978 with "Follow You Follow Me" and the group were members in one of the schools two bands; Phillips
continued to gain commercial success with Duke (1980), and Rutherford were in The Anon with singer Richard
Abacab (1981), and Genesis (1983), reaching a peak with MacPhail, bassist Rivers Jobe, and drummer Rob Tyrell,
Invisible Touch (1986), which featured ve top ve singles while Gabriel, Banks, and Stewart made up Garden
in the US. After the follow up, We Can't Dance (1991) Wall.[5] In January 1967, after both groups had split,
and related tour, Collins left Genesis in 1996 to focus on Phillips and Rutherford continued to write together and
his solo career. Banks and Rutherford recruited Ray Wil- proceeded to make a demo tape at a friends home-made
son for Calling All Stations (1997), but a lack of success studio, inviting Banks, Gabriel, and Stewart to record
in the US led to an group hiatus. Banks, Rutherford and with them in the process. The ve recorded six songs:
Collins reunited for the Turn It On Again Tour in 2007, Don't Want You Back, Try a Little Sadness, Shes
and together with Gabriel and Hackett were interviewed Beautiful, Thats Me, Listen on Five, and Patricia,
for the BBC documentary Genesis: Together and Apart in an instrumental.[5][3] When they wished to have them pro2014.
fessionally recorded they sought Charterhouse alumnus
1

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Jonathan King, who seemed a natural choice as their publisher and producer following the success of his 1965
top ve pop single, "Everyones Gone to the Moon".[6] A
group friend gave the tape to King who was immediately
enthusiastic.[7] Under Kings direction, the group, aged
between 15 and 17, signed a one-year recording contract
with Decca Records.[8]
From August to December 1967,[9] the ve recorded
a selection of potential singles at Regent Sound Studios on Denmark Street, London where they attempted
longer and more complex compositions, but King advised
them to stick to more straightforward pop.[10] In response
Banks and Gabriel wrote "The Silent Sun", a pastiche of
the Bee Gees, one of Kings favourite bands, which was
recorded with orchestral arrangements added by Arthur
Greenslade.[5] The group exchanged various names for
the band, including Kings suggestion of Gabriels Angels and Champagne Meadow from Phillips, before taking Kings suggestion of Genesis, indicating the start of
his production career. King chose The Silent Sun as
their rst single, with Thats Me on the B-side, released
in February 1968.[11][12] It achieved some airplay on BBC
Radio One and Radio Caroline but it failed to sell. A
second single, A Winters Tale"/"One-Eyed Hound,
followed in May 1968 which also sold little.[13] Three
months later, Stewart left the group to continue with his
studies.[12] He was replaced by fellow Charterhouse pupil
John Silver.[14]
King felt the group would achieve greater success with
an album.[14] The result, From Genesis to Revelation,
was produced at Regent Sound in ten days during their
schools summer break in August 1968.[15] King assembled the tracks as a concept album which he produced,
while Greenslade added further orchestral arrangements
to the songs, something the band were not informed of
until the album was released. Phillips was particularly upset about Greenslades additions.[16] When Decca found
an American band already named Genesis, King refused
to change his groups name. He reached a compromise
by removing their name from the album cover, resulting in a minimalist design with the album title printed
on a plain black background.[17] When the album was released in March 1969 it became a commercial failure.[12]
Banks recalled the album after a year or so, had sold
649 copies.[18] A third single, "Where the Sour Turns to
Sweet"/"In Hiding, was released in June 1969.[13] The
poor commercial performance led to the bands split with
King and Decca.[19] King continues to hold the rights to
the album which has seen numerous reissues. In 1974, it
peaked the US chart at No. 170.[12][20]
When the album was recorded, the band went their separate ways for a year; Gabriel and Phillips stayed at Charterhouse to nish exams, Banks enrolled at Sussex University, and Rutherford studied at Farnborough College
of Technology.[21] They regrouped in mid-1969 to discuss their future as their oers in further education would
result in the group splitting up. Phillips and Rutherford

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decided to make music a full-time career as they were
starting to write more complex music than their earlier
songs with King.[22] After Banks and Gabriel decided to
follow suit, the four returned to Regent Sound in August
1969 and recorded four more demos with Silver: Family (later known as Dusk), "White Mountain", Going
Out to Get You, and Pacidy. The tape was rejected
by each record label that heard it.[23] Silver then left the
group to study leisure management in America. His replacement, drummer and carpenter John Mayhew, was
found when Mayhew looked for work and left his phone
number with people all over London.[12][24][25]

1.2 196970: First gigs, signing with

Charisma, and Trespass
In late 1969, Genesis retreated to a cottage that
MacPhails parents owned in Wotton, Surrey to write,
rehearse, and develop their stage performance.[26] They
adopted a strong working ethic, playing together for as
much as eleven hours a day.[27] Their rst live gig as Genesis followed in September 1969 at a teenagers birthday
party for Mrs. Balmes for 25.[5][28] It was the start of a
series of live shows in small venues across the UK which
included a radio appearance on BBC's Night Ride show,
on 22 February 1970[29] and a spot at the Atomic Sunrise Festival held at the Roundhouse in Chalk Farm a
month later.[30] During this time, the band met with various record labels regarding contract oers. Initial discussions with Chris Blackwell of Island and Chris Wright
of Chrysalis were unsuccessful. In March 1970, during
the bands six-week Tuesday night residency at Ronnie
Scotts Jazz Club in Soho, members of Rare Bird, who
Genesis had supported earlier, recommended the band
to producer and A&R man John Anthony of Charisma
Records.[5] Anthony attended one of their shows and enjoyed them enough to convince his boss, label owner
Tony Stratton-Smith, to watch their next appearance.[31]
Stratton-Smith recalled, Their potential was immediately apparent ... the material was good and their performance was good ... It was a long shot, because they
needed time to nd their strength ... but I was prepared
to make that commitment.[5] Stratton-Smith agreed to a
record and management deal within two weeks, paying
Genesis an initial sum of 10 a week.[32]
Genesis stayed at Wotton until April 1970,[33] by
which time they had enough new material for a second album.[34] Recording for Trespass began in June at
Trident Studios, London with Anthony as producer and
David Hentschel hired as assistant engineer.[35] The album included longer and more complex songs than their
rst with folk and progressive rock elements with various time signature changes, as in the nine-minute song
"The Knife".[36] Trespass is the rst in a series of three
Genesis records designed by Paul Whitehead. He had
completed the cover before the band decided to include
The Knife on the album. Feeling the cover no longer

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197072: Collins and Hackett join and Nursery Cryme

reected the albums overall mood, the band persuaded

Whitehead to slash a knife across the canvas and have
the result photographed.[37] Released in October 1970,
Trespass reached No. 1 in Belgium in 1971[38] and No.
98 in the UK in 1984.[39] The Knife was released as
a single in May 1971.[33] The album was largely ignored
by the music press at the time of release. Rolling Stone
briey mentioned the album with a negative view following its 1974 reissue: Its spotty, poorly dened, at times
innately boring.[40]

ticed the condent way Collins approached and sat at his

drum kit and knew he would be the right replacement.
Banks said, It was a combination of things. He could
make it swing a little bit ... he could also tell good jokes
and make us laugh ... And he could sing, which was an advantage because Mike and I were not very good at backup vocals.[47] In August 1970, Collins became the new
drummer for Genesis. Caryls audition was unsuccessful;
Rutherford thought he was not the player the group were
looking for.[46]

That was the closest we came to busting up. For some

reason we felt so close that if one left, we thought we
couldn't carry on. Of all the changes we've been through,
surviving Ant leaving was the hardest.

After a short holiday, Genesis began to write and rehearse

as a four piece band in Farnham, Surrey. The now empty
guitar sections in their songs allowed Banks and Rutherford to expand their sound and play what Gabriel described as interesting chords.[47] As they had not found
a new guitarist, Genesis resumed as a live act with Rutherford adding bass pedals and Banks playing lead guitar
lines on a Pianet through a distorted fuzz box amplier
in addition to his keyboard parts, something that he credits in helping him develop his technique.[48] In November 1970, after a second audition with Caryl fell through,
Dave Stopps, owner of Friars club in Aylesbury, suggested they use Mick Barnard of The Farm, who joined
the band for their gigs which included Genesiss television
debut on BBCs Disco 2.[49] After two months of performances, the band found Barnard lacked in expertise
and wished to try someone else.[50] In December, Gabriel
spotted a Melody Maker advert from Steve Hackett, formerly of Quiet World, who wanted to join a band of receptive musicians, determined to drive beyond existing
stagnant music forms.[51] Gabriel advised Hackett to become familiar with Trespass and attend their upcoming
gig at the Lyceum Theatre in London.[51] Hackett auditioned with the group in a at in Earls Court and formed
an instant rapport with Rutherford through a common interest in inversion chords.[52] After Hackett joined in January 1971,[53] Stratton-Smith organised a UK tour with
Genesis opening for fellow Charisma acts Lindisfarne and
Van der Graaf Generator.[54] Their rst overseas dates
took place in March with gigs in Belgium[55] followed by
their rst of three consecutive appearances at the annual
Reading Festival on 26 June.[56]

Mike Rutherford.[41]
After Trespass was recorded, ill health and developing
stage fright caused Phillips to leave Genesis. His last
show with the band took place in Haywards Heath on
18 July 1970.[29] He felt the increased number of gigs
aected the groups creativity and that several songs
he wrote were not recorded or performed live.[42] He
had contracted bronchial pneumonia and became isolated
from the rest of the band, feeling that it had too many
songwriters in it.[43] Banks, Gabriel, and Rutherford saw
Phillips as an important member, being the most instrumental in encouraging them to turn professional. They
regarded his exit as the bands greatest threat and the
most dicult to overcome. Gabriel and Rutherford decided they would continue; Banks agreed on the condition that they nd a new drummer that was of equal
stature to the rest of the group. Mayhew was therefore
red, though Phillips later thought Mayhews workingclass background clashed with the rest of the band which
aected his condence.[41]

1.3

197072: Collins and Hackett join and

Nursery Cryme

The search for a new guitarist and drummer began with

advertisements placed in copies of Melody Maker. The
invitation was spotted by drummer Phil Collins, formerly of Flaming Youth who already knew StrattonSmith. He recalled, My only knowledge of Genesis
was through seeing the ads for their gigs. It seemed like
they were constantly working. ... I thought 'At least
I'm going to be working if I get the gig'.[44] Roger Taylor, subsequently of Queen, turned down an invitation to
audition.[45] Collins went to the audition at Gabriels parents house in Chobham, Surrey with his Flaming Youth
band mate, guitarist Ronnie Caryl. As they arrived early,
Collins took a swim in the pool and heard what the other
drummers were playing. They put on 'Trespass, and
my initial impression of a very soft and round music, not
edgy, with vocal harmonies and I came away thinking
Crosby, Stills and Nash".[46] Gabriel and Rutherford no-

Rehearsals for the bands third album, Nursery Cryme,

took place at Luxford House near Crowborough, East
Sussex that Stratton-Smith had owned.[57] Recording began at Trident Studios in August 1971 with Anthony
and Hentschel reprising their respective roles as producer and assistant engineer. The bands sound evolved
with Hacketts more aggressive electric guitar work and
Banks adding a Mellotron to his set of keyboards that
King Crimson previously owned.[58] The opening track,
"The Musical Box", originated when Phillips and Mayhew were in the group. The band developed the
piece further including the addition of new guitar parts
from Hackett.[59] The album marks the rst instance of
Hackett using the tapping technique which is featured
on The Musical Box and The Return of the Giant

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Hogweed.[60] Hackett and Collins wrote For Absent
Friends and marks the rst Genesis track with Collins
on lead vocals. Whitehead depicted scenes and characters from the lyrics to The Musical Box and a Victorian
manor house based on Gabriels parents home on the albums cover.[61]

1 HISTORY
ment engineers were tried out, the band settled with John
Burns and a new producer, Dave Hitchcock.[70] The album features what music critic and author Chris Welch
described as one of the groups most accomplished
works,[71] the 23-minute track "Suppers Ready". It remains the bands longest track recorded. Songs such as
the Arthur C. Clarke-inspired "Watcher of the Skies" solidied their reputation as songwriters and performers.
Whitehead gained inspiration for the fox character on
the albums cover from "Foxy Lady" by Jimi Hendrix.[72]
Foxtrot was released in October 1972 and reached No. 12
in the UK. It fared even better in Italy where it went to No.
1. Foxtrot was well received from critics. Chris Welch
of Melody Maker thought Foxtrot was a milestone in
the groups career, an important point of development
in British group music, and that Genesis had reached
a creative peak.[73] Stephen Thomas Erlewine thought
Foxtrot marked the rst time Genesis attacked like a rock
band, playing with a visceral power.[74] Stratton-Smith
was particularly pleased with the bands eorts, saying
everything that one had believed about the band had
come through.[69]

Nursery Cryme was released in November 1971 and went

on to reach No. 39 in the UK in 1974.[33] Though the
group still had a minor cult following at home, they started
to achieve commercial and critical success in mainland
Europe, with the album reaching No. 4 in the Italian
charts.[62] From November 1971 to August 1972, Genesis toured to support the album which included further
visits to Belgium, and Italy for the rst time where they
played to enthusiastic crowds.[33] They recorded radio
sessions for BBCs Sounds of the Seventies program in
January[63] and March[64] and performed at the Reading Festival that was praised by numerous critics who
attended.[65] During the tour Genesis recorded Happy
the Man, a non-album single, with "Seven Stones" from
Nursery Cryme on its B-side.[66] At its conclusion, Hackett considered leaving the band citing exhaustion from
touring but the band persuaded him to stay.[67]
The Foxtrot tour covered Europe and North America
from September 1972 to August 1973. The show at
the National Stadium in Dublin on 28 September 1972
1.4 197274: Foxtrot and Selling England marked the debut of Gabriel wearing a costume on stage,
by the Pound
something that surprised the other band members as
they were not kept uninformed. Originally suggested
by Charisma booking agent Paul Conroy, Gabriel went
o stage during an instrumental section in The Musical Box and reappeared in his wifes red dress and a
foxs head.[75] The incident resulted in front cover reports in the music press, allowing the band to double
their performance fee.[76] Gabriels costumes expanded
in the following months to include uorescent face paint
and a cape tted with bat wings for Watcher of the
Skies, several guises throughout Suppers Ready, and
a mask of an old man for The Musical Box. In December 1972, Stratton-Smith organised the bands rst
gigs in the US with a show on at Brandeis University in
Waltham, Massachusetts and Philharmonic Hall in New
York City with openers String Driven Thing, in aid of the
United Cerebral Palsy Fund.[77] They were well received
despite the band complaining of technical issues.[78] An
album of recordings from the following UK leg, initially recorded for the American radio program King Biscuit Flower Hour, was released as Genesis Live in July
1973.[79] It reached No. 9 in the UK[33] and No. 105
in the US.[33]
Gabriel in 1974 performing Watcher of the Skies, dressed in a
cape with bat wings and uorescent makeup.

Following rehearsals in the basement of Una Billings

School of Dance in Shepherds Bush,[68] Genesis
recorded Foxtrot at Island Studios between August and
September 1972.[69] During the initial sessions, disagreements among Charisma and Anthony contributed to the
end of his association with Genesis. After two replace-

Selling England by the Pound was recorded at Island Studios in August 1973, the second Genesis album that
Burns co-produced. Much of it was written at Una
Billings School of Dance and Chessington.[80] Gabriel
contributed lyrics based on the idea of commercialism
and the decline of English culture and the rise in American inuences.[81] Its title refers to a UK Labour Party
slogan to make it clear to music critics who may thought

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197475: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and Gabriels departure

Genesis were beginning to sell out to America.[82] The

lyrics "Firth of Fifth" features an extended electric guitar
solo from Hackett. The albums cover is a modied version of a painting named The Dream by Betty Swanwick
who added a lawn mower to tie the image to the lyrics of
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)".[83]

rector William Friedkin asked him to write a screenplay,

but returned after the project was shelved.[94] In August
1974, production moved to Glosspant, a remote area of
Wales with Burns, as co-producer, operating Island Studios mobile equipment. Further work and mixing took
place at Island where Brian Eno contributed synthesizers
and eects that the albums sleeve credits as Enossication. When Gabriel asked Eno how the band could
repay him, Eno said he needed a drummer for his track
"Mother Whale Eyeless". Collins said, I got sent upstairs
as payment.[95] Gabriel was pleased with Enos work but
Banks was less enthusiastic.[96]

Selling England by the Pound was released in October

1973 to a positive critical reception, though slightly more
muted than Foxtrot.[84] The album reached No. 3 in the
UK and No. 70 in the US.[33] By this time, Genesis
had made little eort to organise their nances and were
150,000 in debt.[85] They hired promoter Tony Smith
as their new manager to improve their fortunes and published the bands subsequent music though his company,
Hit & Run Music Publishing. The Selling England by
the Pound tour visited Europe and North America between September 1973 and May 1974. Their six shows
in three days at The Roxy in Los Angeles were well received by audiences and critics. The success of the tour
earned the group the Top Stage Band title by readers
of NME.[33] At its conclusion, MacPhail resigned as their
tour manager as he wished to pursue other interests.[86]
"I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" was released
as a UK single with Twilight Alehouse, a non-album
track recorded in 1972, that reached No. 21 following
its release in February 1974. Its success led to an oer Rutherford, Gabriel, and Collins in 1974 during The Lamb...
for Genesis to appear on BBCs national show Top of the tour. Gabriel is wearing the Slipperman costume.
Pops; they declined as the group thought it would not suit
their image.[87]
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was released in
November 1974 and reached No. 10 in the UK and No.
[20]
1.5 197475: The Lamb Lies Down on 41 in the US. Counting Out Time and "The Carpet Crawlers" were released as singles in 1974 and 1975,
Broadway and Gabriels departure
respectively. Its sleeve is the rst of four Genesis alIn June 1974, Genesis started work on their double bums designed by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis. From November 1974 to May 1975,
concept album, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.[88]
Genesis
completed 102 dates across North America and
It marked the start of Gabriels increasingly strained reEurope
as
part of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
lationship on the rest of the group which contributed to
[33]
tour.
Their
set included The Lamb... performed in
his departure. The album was written at Headley Grange
its
entirety
with
an encore, a decision that was not supin East Hampshire where upon their arrival, the buildported
by
the
entire
band considering most of the audiing was in a state left by the previous band with exence
were
not
yet
familiar
with the large amount of new
[89]
crement on the oor and rat infestations.
Gabriel ob[97]
material.
The
stage
show
involved new, more elabojected to Rutherfords idea of an album based on The
rate
costumes
worn
by
Gabriel,
three backdrop screens
Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupry, thinking the
that
displayed
1,450
slides
from
eight
projectors,[98] and a
[90]
idea was too twee. He persuaded the band with a less
[99]
fantastical and more complicated story involving Rael, a laser lighting display. Music critics often focused their
Puerto Rican youth living in New York City who em- reviews on Gabriels theatrics and took the bands musical
as secondary which irritated the rest of the
barks on a spiritual quest to establish his freedom and performance
[100]
band.
identity while meeting several bizarre characters on the
way.[91] Gabriel wrote the story with inuences from West
Side Story, a kind of punk twist to Pilgrims Progress,
author Carl Jung, and the lm El Topo by Alejandro
Jodorowsky.[92] Most of the albums lyrics were written
by Gabriel, leaving much of its music to the rest of the
group. His absence from a considerable amount of writing sessions due to diculties with his wifes rst birth
was something Rutherford and Banks were horribly unsupportive of.[93] Gabriel also left the group when di-

During their stay in Cleveland on The Lamb... tour,

Gabriel told the band he was to leave at its conclusion.[101]
He wrote a statement regarding his departure to the English press that was published in August 1975 titled Out,
Angels Out, explaining he had become disillusioned
with the music industry and wanted to spend extended
time with his family.[102] Banks later stated, Pete was
also getting too big for the group. He was being portrayed
as if he was 'the man' and it really wasn't like that. It was

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a very dicult thing to accommodate. So it was actually crowds. Collins adopted a more humorous rapport with
a bit of a relief.[101]
the audience, unlike Gabriels theatrical approach, which
was successful. The shows in Glasgow and Staord were
lmed for their concert lm Genesis: In Concert, released
1.6 197577: Collins on lead vocals, A in cinemas in February 1977 as a double bill with White
Trick of the Tail, and Wind & Wuther- Rock.[114]

ing
Following The Lamb... tour, Hackett recorded his rst
solo album Voyage of the Acolyte as he felt unsure that
Genesis would survive following Gabriels departure.[103]
He reconvened with the remaining group members in
London in July 1975.[104] Collins idea of continuing as an
instrumental four piece was quickly rejected by the group
as they thought it would become boring.[105] Rehearsals
for A Trick of the Tail took place in Acton where material was quickly written and with little eort;[106] most of
Dance on a Volcano and Squonk was put together in
the rst three days.[107] Recording began in October 1975
at Trident Studios with Hentschel as producer. As a replacement singer had not been found, the band decided
to recorded the album without vocals and audition singers
as they went. They placed an anonymous advertisement
in Melody Maker for a singer for a Genesis-type group
which received around 400 replies. Collins proceeded to
teach selected applicants the songs; Mick Strickland was
invited into the studio to sing, but the backing tracks were
in a key outside of his natural range and the band decided
not to work with him.[105] Having failed to nd a suitable vocalist, Collins went in the studio and attempted to
sing Squonk. His performance was well received by the
band, and they decided that he should be their new lead
vocalist. Collins then sang on the remaining tracks.[108]
My real worry was actually what to say to the audience,
because Peter had always had this obeat charisma that
gave the band a strange aura. I was much more friendly
and approachable ... I spent more time ... worrying about
what to say between songs than I did about what I going
to do once the songs started.
Phil Collins.[109]
A Trick of the Tail was released in February 1976 and
was a commercial and critical success for the band. The
album reached No. 3 in the UK and No. 31 in the
US.[20] It spawned two singles, "A Trick of the Tail" and
"Entangled". In June, the album was certied Gold by the
British Phonographic Institute for selling over 100,000
copies[110] which helped the band clear the 400,000 of
debt they owed when Gabriel left.[111] For the rst time in
their career Genesis lmed promotional videos for their
songs, including A Trick of the Tail, Ripples, and
Robbery, Assault and Battery.[112] Before the upcoming tour, Collins sought a drummer he felt comfortable
about playing drums while he sang; he chose Bill Bruford who oered to do the job.[113] From March to July
1976, Genesis performed across North America and Europe with the A Trick of the Tail tour, to enthusiastic

In September 1976, Genesis relocated to Relight Studios in Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands with Hentschel
to record Wind & Wuthering. It was put together in a
short amount of time and a considerable amount of material was written beforehand, of which the most suitable songs were picked for development. Rutherford
spoke of the bands conscious eort to distance themselves from songs inspired by fantasy, something that their
past albums were full of.[115] The band spent roughly six
weeks writing the album[116] with a basic form of each
track put down in twelve days.[117] Additional recording and production work was done at Trident Studios
that October.[118][117] Hackett, having already released a
solo album, enjoyed the greater amount of control over
the recording process that working within a group could
not provide. He felt his songs, including Please Don't
Touch which he later released on his second album
Please Don't Touch!, were rejected from the nal track order in favour of material that Banks, in particular, had put
forward. Collins spoke of the situation, We just wanted
to use what we agreed was the strongest material, irrespective of who wrote it.[118] Wind & Wuthering was released in December 1976 and reached No. 6 the UK and
No. 26 in the US.[119] Rutherfords track, Your Own
Special Way, became the its sole single and went to No.
43 in the UK. Its B-side is Its Yourself, originally intended for A Trick of the Tail.[120]
Prior to the 1977 tour Bruford declined an oer to return as second drummer, leaving Collins searching for
a replacement. He heard American drummer Chester
Thompson, of Frank Zappa's band and Weather Report,
play a drum passage on "More Trouble Every Day" from
Zappas live album Roxy & Elsewhere. Collins said,
It oored me completely ... I had never met him. I
rang him up and said, 'Hi Chester, I've heard your stu,
would you like to play with Genesis?' ... He didn't
even audition!"[121] Genesis toured Wind & Wuthering
from January to July 1977 across Europe, North America, and for the rst time, Brazil. The stage show cost
400,000 which featured a new PA system, lasers and
smoke, and lighting supplied from two rows of Boeing
747 aircraft landing lights.[122][123] Touring began on 1
January with three sold out shows at the Rainbow Theatre in London where 80,000 applications were made for
the 8,000 available tickets.[124] They returned to London
in June for three nights at Earls Court, then the largest
arena in Britain, supported by Richie Havens.[123] The
bands growing popularity in North America led to an
appearance on The Mike Douglas Show and concerts organised in larger venues than previous tours, including
Madison Square Garden in New York City.[115] Their

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197779: ...And Then There Were Three... and band inactivity

eleven songs were written individually with Banks contributing four, Rutherford three, Collins and Banks one,
and the remaining three written collectively.[127] Their
new material signalled a change in the bands sound with
songs becoming more pop-oriented and commercially accessible, including the group-written track "Follow You
Follow Me". Collins recalled it was the only song on
the album written from scratch during rehearsals.[129]
Rutherford felt comfortable taking on lead guitar duties
in addition to his usual rhythm and bass roles.[127] Collins
later saw the album as a very vocal, solid album that
lacked more rhythmic tracks like Los Endos or songs
from Wind & Wuthering, as coming up with ideas on the
drums while living in his at in Ealing with his family was
dicult.[130]
...And Then There Were Three... was released in March
1978. It received some mixed reviews from critics at
the time, including Michael Bloom of Rolling Stone who
thought the album was the palest shadow of the groups
earlier accomplishments.[131] Chris Welch wrote a positive review in Melody Maker, citing a remarkably powerful album.[132] It was a commercial success and peaked at
No. 3 in the UK[39] and No. 14 in the US.[20] Follow You
Follow Me was released as its lead single and reached
No. 7 in the UK and No. 23 in the US, their highest
Hackett in January 1977 on the Wind & Wuthering tour, the last charting single in both countries since their formation.[20]
before his departure
Its success introduced the band to a new audience, including a larger female interest, helped by its music video airing on Top of the Pops.[133] Its success caused some fans
Brazilian dates were attended by over 150,000 people and
to accuse the group of selling out to more commercial
a proposed 100,000-person gig was cancelled over rioting
music.[129] A follow up single, "Many Too Many", didn't
fears. An armed bodyguard accompanied each member
sell as well as it had already appeared on the album.[134]
throughout their stay.[125]
In the search for a new touring guitarist, Rutherford tried
In May 1977 Genesis released Spot the Pigeon, an
out Alphonso Johnson of Weather Report but he was a
extended play of three tracks left o Wind & Wuthering.
primarily a bassist and could not play Hacketts lead guiIt peaked at No. 14 on the UK singles chart. It was the tar parts comfortably.[135] Johnson then suggested Amernal Genesis release before Hackett left the group. He had
ican guitarist Daryl Stuermer of Jean-Luc Ponty's jazz
been writing more material on his own and found it infusion group who was more comfortable with various
creasingly dicult to contribute more of his ideas within
guitar styles. During Stuermers rehearsal in New York
a group context. He wished to embark on a solo career
City, Rutherford was satised with his performance after
and take the risk in order to nd out just how good I was
they played through Down and Out and Squonk.[135]
[126]
on my own.
News of Hacketts departure coincided
When Stuermer was chosen, he familiarised himself with
with the bands double live album Seconds Out, recorded
a list of 26 songs he was asked to learn by going through
in Paris on the A Trick of the Tail and Wind & Wuthering
ve per day.[136] The ...And Then There Were Three...
[119]
It reached No. 4
tours and released in October 1977.
tour ran from March to December 1978 and visited
in the UK and No. 47 in the US.[119]
North America, Europe, and for the rst time, Japan. It
cost an estimated 2 million to stage which included the
sound system, light and laser displays, and additional ef1.7 197779: ...And Then There Were fects from six computer controlled mirrors,[137][135] all of
Three... and band inactivity
which took eight hours to set up and ve to dismantle.[138]
The show at Madison Square Garden featured an appearBy the time Seconds Out was released, Banks, Ruther- ance from Gabriel who sung I Know What I Like (In
ford, and Collins had already recorded ...And Then There Your Wardrobe)".[139] On 24 June 1978 Genesis headWere Three..., the rst Genesis album recorded as a trio, lined the years Knebworth Festival, their only UK show
in September 1977 at Relight Studios with Hentschel as that year.[140][141]
producer.[127] It was then mixed at Trident Studios in
London. The album is a collection of shorter songs in In December 1978, Genesis began a period of inactivity
order to put across more musical ideas.[128] Most of its as Collinss marriage was at risk of collapse after touring

1 HISTORY

had made him frequently absent from his wife and children. Following a meeting with Banks, Rutherford and
Smith, Collins went to Vancouver, Canada to try and rebuild the family. He explained: I was never going to
leave the band. It was just that if I was going to be living
in Vancouver then we'd have had to organise ourselves
dierently.[137] Banks and Rutherford decided to put
Genesis on an extended break and make their respective
debut solo albums, A Curious Feeling and Smallcreeps
Day, at Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden.[137] In April
1979, Collins returned to the UK after his attempt to save
his marriage failed. With time to spare before working
on a new Genesis album, Collins performed with Brand
X and started writing his rst solo album, Face Value, at
his home in Shalford, Surrey.[137]

1.8

197982: Duke and Abacab

No. 42 in the UK.[39] Duke was supported with a UK

and North American tour from April to June 1980 which
began with a 40-date tour of the UK where all 106,000
tickets were sold within hours of going on sale.[145]

The bands remodelled studio in Chiddingfold, Surrey known as

The Farm. Abacab was the rst album recorded there.

Basically, we reached the point ... where we either became a caricature of ourselves and settled into a rut, or we
changed. There was no doubt in our minds that change In November 1980 Genesis bought Fisher Lane Farm, a
farmhouse with an adjoining cowshed near Chiddingfold,
was the answer.
Surrey, as their new rehearsal and recording facility. The
Mike Rutherford on the bands change in direction.[142] building was remodelled into a studio in four months before recording for Abacab began in March 1981.[146] The
In 1979, Banks and Rutherford moved into Collinss new environment had a productive eect on the writhome in Shalford to write and rehearse material for Duke. ing process as the band wrote enough for a double alThe three found the writing process easier and more bum, but they discarded one hours worth of songs that
enjoyable with less complications compared to ...And sounded too similar to their past albums. Banks said
Then There Were Three.... Rutherford reasoned this as a conscious eort was made to keep melodies as simthey were getting back to the basic stage of ideas be- ple as possible which signalled further changes in their
ing worked on jointly.[137] Banks put it down to their direction.[147] The shift was underlined in its production
break in activity, resulting in good ideas ... which when Hentschel, their producer and engineer since 1975,
hasn't happened for some time.[137] Duke continued the was replaced by Hugh Padgham after Collins liked his
bands transition into writing shorter songs with each production on Face Value and Gabriels third solo almember contributing two songs for the group to develop. bum.[148] Production duties were solely credited the band
Banks put forward Heathaze and Cul-de-Sac, Ruther- for the rst time with Padgham as their engineer.[149] The
ford used Man of Our Times and Alone Tonight, album is formed of group written material with an indiand Collins had "Misunderstanding" and Please Don't vidual song from each member. "No Reply at All" feaAsk. All three wrote the remaining ve tracks includ- tures the Phenix Horns, the horn section of American
ing "Duchess", the rst Genesis song that uses a drum band Earth, Wind & Fire.[150]
machine, specically a Roland CR-78 imported from Abacab was released in September 1981 with four difJapan.[143] In its original form, the album was to contain ferent covers, each with a dierent colour scheme, based
a 30-minute track based on a ctional character named on an abstract design by Bill Smith. The album was
Albert, but the idea was cancelled to avoid comparisons a greater commercial success than Duke, spending two
to Suppers Ready from Foxtrot. In November 1979, weeks at No. 1 in the UK and reaching No. 7 in the US
the band recorded Duke at Polar Studios with Hentschel where it went on to sell two million copies. Three sinreprising his role as producer. Its cover, done by French gles from the album entered the top forty in both counillustrator Lionel Koechlin, features the character Albert tries; "Abacab" reached No. 9 in the UK and No. 26 in
and other artwork from his book, L'Alphabet d'Albert, the US, No Reply at All reached No. 29 in the US,[20]
published in 1979.[144]
and "Keep It Dark", a European only single, went to No.
Released in March 1980, Duke was the bands biggest
commercial success at the time of release, spending two
weeks at No. 1 in the UK and peaking at No. 11 in the
US.[119] The album spawned three singles; "Turn It On
Again" went to No. 8 in the UK,[119] "Misunderstanding"
reached No. 14 in the US,[20] and "Duchess" peaked at

33 in the UK.[39] Abacab was supported with a tour of

Europe and North America from September to December 1981. The tour marked the bands rst use of the
Vari-Lite, a computer controlled intelligent lighting system. Following a demonstration at The Farm, the band
and Smith showed an immediate interest in the technol-

1.10

198596: Invisible Touch, We Can't Dance, and Collinss departure

ogy and became shareholders of the company.[151] In May

1982, three tracks recorded during the Abacab sessions
"Paperlate", You Might Recall, and Me and Virgil
were released as an extended play in Europe titled 33
which peaked at No. 10 in the UK.[39] Its cover is a
homage to the Twist and Shout EP by The Beatles with
sleeve notes written by their former publicist Tony Barrow.[152]

1.9

198285: Three Sides Live and Genesis

Rock Instrumental Performance.[160]

In March 1984, Genesis took a break in activity to allow
each member to continue with their solo careers. Rutherford formed his group Mike + The Mechanics, Banks
worked on his solo album Soundtracks, and Collins released No Jacket Required which achieved worldwide success and increased his popularity as a result. In a June
1985 interview, Collins spoke of the bands intention to
start work on a Genesis album that year,[161] ending rumours to a false announcement that aired on BBC Radio
1 suggesting Genesis had split.[162]

In June 1982, Genesis released the double live album

Three Sides Live in two dierent versions. The North 1.10
American edition contains three sides of live recordings with the fourth comprising the 33 tracks and two
from the Duke sessions. The European release contains
a fourth side of extra live tracks.[153] The album reached
No. 2 in the UK and No. 10 in the US[39] and coincided with the home video release of the Three Sides Live
concert lm recorded in 1981. A tour of North America
and Europe followed that ran from August to September
1982, featuring guest appearances from Bill Bruford and
the Phenix Horns.[153] On 2 October, Genesis headlined
a one-o concert with Gabriel at the Milton Keynes Bowl
under the name Six of the Best, supported by Talk Talk,
The Blues Band, and John Martyn. The concert was organised to raise money for Gabriels World of Music, Arts
and Dance project which was, by that point, in considerable debt.[154] Hackett, who ew in from abroad, arrived
in time to perform the last two songs.[155]
Work on the twelfth Genesis album, Genesis, began in
March 1983 with Padgham returning as engineer.[156] It is
the rst album written, recorded, and mixed at the remodelled studio at The Farm. Banks remembered the band
were scarce for new musical ideas which felt at times
as though we were stretching the material as far as we
could.[157] "Mama" concerns a mans obsession with a
prostitute at a Cuban brothel.[158] It originated from a beat
Rutherford came up with on a LinnDrum machine that
was fed through his guitar amplier and an echo gate.[157]
Collinss laugh on the track originated from "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. "Thats
All" was the bands attempt to create a pop song with a
melody in the style of The Beatles with Collins attempting a "Ringo Starr drum part. Released in October 1983,
Genesis went to No. 1 in the UK and peaked at No. 9 in
the US,[20][39] where it reached Platinum by December
that year and went on to sell over four million copies.[159]
Five tracks were released as singles; Mama reached No.
4 in the UK, their highest charting UK single to date,
and Thats All reached No. 6 in the U.S. The Mama
Tour ran from November 1983 to February 1984, covering North America and ve UK shows in Birmingham.
The latter shows were lmed and released as Genesis Live
The Mama Tour. In 1985, Genesis was nominated for
a Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
and Second Home by the Sea was nominated for Best

198596: Invisible Touch, We Can't

Dance, and Collinss departure

The single "Land of Confusion" featured Spitting Image puppets

of the band in the style of The Beatles' 1963 album With the
Beatles.

Genesis reconvened at The Farm in October 1985 to start

work on Invisible Touch which lasted for six months.[163]
They continued their method of song writing used on
Genesis by developing material from group improvisations. Banks remembered the time as a strong period
creatively for the band, with ideas owing out of us.[164]
"Invisible Touch" was developed in such a way, when the
group were working on The Last Domino, the second
part of "Domino". During the session, Rutherford began
to play an improvised guitar ri to which Collins replied
with an o-the-cu lyric She seems to have an invisible touch which became the songs chorus hook.[165]
Following its release in June 1986, the album spent
three weeks at No. 1 in the UK and reached No. 3
in the US.[20][39] Despite the mixed reviews, Invisible
Touch was a big commercial success and remains the
biggest selling Genesis album with over six million copies
sold in the US.[159] The albums ve singles Invisible
Touch, "Throwing It All Away", "Land of Confusion",

10
"In Too Deep", and "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" entered
the top ve on the US singles chart between 1986 and
1987[20] with Invisible Touch topping the chart for one
week.[166] Genesis became the rst group and foreign act
to achieve this feat, equalling the ve singles record set by
Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, and Madonna.[167] The
ve singles performed less well in the UK, ranging from
Nos. 14 to 22.[39] In 1987, Genesis were nominated for
an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band,
Duo, or Group. Padgham was nominated for a Brit Award
for Best British Producer,[168] and "The Brazilian" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.[169] The music video for Land of
Confusion was nominated for an MTV Video of the Year
Award. Genesis commissioned the creators of the satirical British television show Spitting Image, Peter Fluck and
Roger Law, to make puppets of them in the style of the
show.[170]

1 HISTORY
the UK for one week and No. 4 in the US,[20][39] where
it went on to sell over 4 million copies.[159] The album
spawned six singles released from 1991 to 1993; "No Son
of Mine" went to No. 6 in the UK and "I Can't Dance"
reached No. 7 in the UK and the US.[20][39] In 1993,
We Can't Dance was nominated for a Brit Award for Best
British Album.[174]

Nearly 300,000 people at Wembley ... I thought at the

time, and I still think now, that moment was the peak of Genesis performing at the Knebworth Festival in August 1992.
our career.
Tony Banks.[171]
The Invisible Touch Tour was the bands largest world
tour in its history which included 112 dates from September 1986 to July 1987. Genesis received some criticism
in their decision to have Michelob beer as a sponsor. The
tour concluded with four consecutive sold out shows at
Wembley Stadium in London.[172] The shows were released in 1988 as The Invisible Touch Tour.[165] When
the tour ended, Genesis took a ve-year break while each
member committed to their solo projects. They performed twice during this time; on 14 May 1988, they
performed a 20-minute set at the Atlantic Records 40th
Anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden.[172] This
was followed by a set at a charity gig at the 1990 Knebworth Festival in June, headlined by Pink Floyd.[173]

The We Can't Dance tour visited North America and Europe from May to November 1992 with each concert attended by an average of 56,000 people.[175] It featured
their most expensive stage set yet with three moveable
21 by 42 feet (6.4 by 12.8 m) tall Sony Jumbotron video
screens,[176] the rst of its kind produced,[177] and two 80
feet (24 m) sound towers on each side of the stage.[178]
On 2 August Genesis headlined their second Knebworth
Festival concert in their history. In November, they performed six nights at Earls Court; one show was released
on home video as The Way We Walk Live in Concert.
The tour spawned two live albums; The Way We Walk,
Volume One: The Shorts reached No. 3 in the UK and
The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs went to
No. 1 in the UK.[39] Following the tour, the band took
a break in activity. Banks, Rutherford, and Collins performed at Cowdray Castle, Midhurst in September 1993
for a money raising event with Pink Floyd touring guitarist Tim Renwick and drummer Gary Wallis and Queen
drummer Roger Taylor. Rutherford also played bass on
Pink Floyds set at the same concert.[179]
In March 1996, Collins announced his departure from
Genesis. He felt it time to change direction in my musical life. For me now, it will be music for movies, some
jazz projects, and of course my solo career.[180]

The bands current logo, used since 1991.

In 1991 Genesis recorded their thirteenth album, We

Can't Dance, from March to September with their new
engineer and co-producer, Nick Davis. The band took
advantage of the increased capacity the CD oered and
released over 71 minutes of new music across 12 tracks.
Collins wrote the lyrics to Since I Lost You for his
friend Eric Clapton following the death of Claptons fouryear-old son Conor. Following the release of We Can't
Dance in November 1991, the album went to No. 1 in

1.11 19962006: Wilson on lead vocals,

Calling All Stations, and hiatus
Shortly after Banks and Rutherford decided to continue
Genesis in 1996, they went to The Farm to start writing
Calling All Stations. Rutherford initially found the sessions dicult as he saw Collins as the guy in the middle who made Banks and himself work better.[181] Their
best ideas developed in this period were put forward while

1.12

2006present: 2007 tour, reunion speculations, and BBC documentary

11

dinner to celebrate the release of the four-disc box

set, Genesis Archive 196775. The set features Suppers Ready and It with new overdubs by Gabriel and
Hackett.[186] In 1999, Banks, Collins, Rutherford, Hackett, and Gabriel released a new version of "The Carpet
Crawlers" for the compilation album Turn It On Again:
The Hits.[187] On 21 September 2000, Collins, Banks,
Rutherford reunited at the Music Managers Forum, in
honour of their manager Tony Smith. Gabriel attended
the ceremony but chose not to perform.[185] In 2004, Genesis released Platinum Collection, a three-disc box set of
songs from 197097 that reached No. 21 in the UK.[39]

1.12 2006present: 2007 tour, reunion

speculations, and BBC documentary

Ray Wilson

they auditioned new singers, including Francis Dunnery

and Nick Van Eede. The two main contenders, David
Longdon and Scottish singer Ray Wilson of Stiltskin, auditioned throughout 1996 which involved singing along
to Genesis tracks with the lead vocals removed. Wilson was announced as the new Genesis singer in June
1997.[182] Though much of the album was already written by the time he joined, Banks was pleased with his
contributions to album which included writing the lyrics
to Small Talk and ris on "Not About Us" and There
Must Be Some Other Way.[183][184] Banks and Rutherford opted for two drummers on Calling All Stations Israeli session musician Nir Zidkyahu and Nick D'Virgilio
of Spocks Beard.[4]

Genesis performing in 2007

In a press conference held in London in November 2006,

Banks, Rutherford, and Collins announced their reunion
for the Turn It On Again Tour, their rst with Collins in
fteen years.[188] They revealed the initial plan of touring The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway with Gabriel and
Hackett. The ve met in Glasgow in November 2004
to discuss the idea further, but it developed further as
Gabriel was unable to commit due to other projects.[189]
Instead, Banks, Rutherford and Collins decided to proceed with Thompson and Stuermer returning on drums
and guitar, respectively. In March 2007, a press conference was held in New York City to announce the North
Calling All Stations was released in August 1997. It was American leg.[190]
a success in Europe, where it reached No. 2 in the UK, The Turn It On Again Tour included 48 shows across
but the album peaked at No. 54 in the US, their lowest Europe and North America between June and October
charting album there since 1974.[39] Three tracks were re- 2007. The stage, designed by architect Mark Fisher with
leased as singles; "Congo" was the highest charting with a lighting display by Patrick Woodroe, included a 55a peak of No. 29.[39] Genesis completed a European tour metre long LED backdrop formed of 9 million LED
from January to May 1998, adding Zidkyahu on drums lights, the largest screen used for a rock concert at the
and Irish guitarist Anthony Drennan. A North Ameri- time.[191] The European leg saw close to 400,000 tickcan tour was planned but was cancelled following its poor ets sold in 40 minutes for shows in Germany and the
commercial response and lack of ticket sales, which led to Netherlands.[192] On 7 July, Genesis opened the Live
Banks and Rutherford announcing in 2000 that the group Earth concert in London at Wembley Stadium. The show
would no longer be recording and touring.[4] In an April in Dsseldorf was broadcast live into cinemas across Eu2007 interview, Wilson described his exit from the band rope. The leg ended with a free concert on 14 July at
like death by silence.[185]
the Circus Maximus in Rome that was attended in excess
In 1998, Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Phillips, of 400,000 people.[193] It was lmed for DVD that was
Rutherford, and Silver gathered for a photo session and released in 2008 as When in Rome 2007. A live album

12

2 MUSICAL STYLE

formed of recordings from various European dates was of the pop, folk, and psychedelic genres.[2] Several songs
released in November 2007 as Live over Europe 2007.[194] developed during Phillips time in the band originated on
In 2007, the bands studio albums from 197097 were 12-string guitars, often with unconventional tunings. By
digitally remastered by Nick Davis across three box sets: the 1970s, the group began to include fantasy and surin their lyrics, such as the The Musical
Genesis 19761982, Genesis 19831998, and Genesis real elements
[208]
Box.
Nursery
Cryme marks the rst time electric in19701975. Each album is presented as a two-disc set
struments
were
used
more extensively. A Trick of the Tail
containing a CD/Super Audio CD of a new stereo mix
marked
a
return
to
the
bands roots with acoustic passages
and a DVD with a 5.1 surround sound mix and bonus feaand songs inspired by fantasy.[209]
tures including previously unreleased live performances,
interviews, and concert programs.[195] Two DVD box sets Early lyrics drew from psychedelia, fantasy, mythological
followed, Genesis Live 19732007[196] and Genesis Movie gures, and fairytale themes. Gabriel emerged as one
Box 19812007, in 2009.[197]
of the bands main lyricists who often incorporated puns
adSince 2011, Genesis have expressed mixed opinions and double entendres in his lines and track titles and[210]
dressed
various
themes
including
social
commentary.
about a reunion. Collins retired from the music industry as an active musician that year in favour of family Selling England by the Pound contains references to Encommitments[198] and has stated he can no longer play the glish culture of the time including Aisle of Plenty,
drums due to medical issues.[199] Banks cited Collinss where four British supermarket chains are referenced
decision to move on somewhat and pointed out the to reect the albums theme of commercialism. Lit2007 tour was a sort of goodbye.[200] Hackett has said I erary sources are used as inspiration for many Genesis
is based on T. S. Eliot's
would say its possible, but highly improbable. I've always tracks; "The Cinema Show"
[211]
poem
The
Waste
Land,
and
Arthur C. Clarke's novel
[189]
been open to it. I'm not the guy who says no.
Gabriel
Childhoods
End
inspired
the
lyrics
to "Watcher of the
addressed the possibility of a reunion: I never say never.
[212]
Skies".
It really didn't happen last time. I think theres a small
chance, but I don't think its very high.[201] In 2014,
Collins reiterated, Have people thought it through? Its
not as if youre going to get Peter as the singer, me as the
drummer. I cant play any more, so its never going to
happen, adding it would not be appropriate for Gabriel
to sing their 1980s hits.[202]
In 2014 Gabriel, Banks, Rutherford, Collins and Hackett
reunited for Genesis: Together and Apart, a BBC documentary about the bands history and the various solo
albums the members have released. Although he participated in the documentary and promoted it, Hackett was
critical following its broadcast, claiming that it was biased, he hadn't been given editorial involvement and it
completely ignored his solo work despite him speaking
at length about it.[203] The documentary does not feature
Wilsons time in Genesis. Hackett used the documentary Mike Rutherford playing his distinctive double neck guitar, comas an example of how a Genesis reunion would be: Look bining 12-string and bass.
at the documentary and you'll get an idea of the priorities
By the time the group had slimmed down to the trio
that come across.[204]
of Banks, Rutherford and Collins, they had decided to
change lyrical styles, dealing more with everyday matters which connected with female fans.[133] Collins songs,
2 Musical style
in particular, were personal in nature.[213] However, the
group still featured humour in songs such as Illegal
Genesis have always been rst and foremost songwrit- Alien,[214] and dealt with serious themes such as poliers. Any instruments featured on any of the songs were tics on Land of Confusion[215] and commercialisation
used because they helped serve the song. Rutherford later on I Can't Dance.[216]
said We're much more concerned with feel.[205] Though Banks has said that a common way of developing songs
styles changed dramatically over the groups career, they throughout the bands career was for Collins to play the
were always built on musical contrasts and the willingness rhythm, Rutherford to set up a groove and ris, and for
to experiment.[206]
him to add the harmonies and melodies on top. He cites
Members of the original line-up were exposed to classical the Apocalypse in 9/8 section of Suppers Ready,
and church music as well as rock artists of the 1960s.[207] The Cinema Show and Domino as examples of this,
In their early years, Genesis music combined elements and says the restrictions it gave him allowed the group

3.3

Mainstream criticism

13

to produce straightforward pop songs such as Invisible career.[242] Taylor Hawkins, drummer of Foo Fighters,
Touch and Land of Confusion in later years.[217]
has described Seconds Out as amazing and declared
Banks used a number of keyboards during Genesis ca- Collins an incredible drummer. Anyone who wants
drums should check him out the
reer, continually trying out new models, though he used to be good on the[243]
man
is
a
master.
Similarly, Rush drummer Neil
the piano regularly throughout the groups lifetime. In the
Peart
has
praised
the
drumming
of Phil Collins in early
1970s, he frequently used the Hammond organ, Hohner
[244]
Genesis.
Trey
Anastasio
of
Phish
spoke of the band:
Pianet, Mellotron, RMI Electronic Piano and ARP Pro
Its
impossible
to
overstate
what
impact
this band and
[218]
Soloist.
In the 1980s, he used the Sequential Circuits
musical philosophy had on me as a young musician. I'm
Prophet 5 and Prophet 10, the ARP Quadra and various
[245]
Korg synthesizers.[219] For the Turn It On Again tour in forever in their debt.
2007, his main board was a Korg Oasys.[220] As both a
guitarist and bassist, Rutherford regularly swapped between the two roles, and his trademark instrument with 3.3 Mainstream criticism
Genesis, particularly through the 1970s, was a double
neck guitar. In the 1980s and beyond, he favoured the Genesis were targets for criticism throughout the 1970s
from those who considered progressive rock to be preEric Clapton Stratocaster.[221]
tentious. A Ray Lowry cartoon from 1977 depicted an
arena of disinterested fans at a concert with a sign reading
GENESNOOZE above the stage.[246] Inuential BBC
3 Legacy
DJ John Peel championed the band in their early years,
but grew disillusioned with their later excesses.[247]
Some regarded the group as overtly middle class, pay3.1 Sales
ing particular attention to the founding members priGenesis has had a hard time getting respect. In the early vate education, and claimed rock music was being taken
working class, whom they regarded as its
'70s ... it attracted an avid cult following but was largely away from the [248]
core
audience.
Likening his background to that of
ignored by the rock press and public at large ... Even
the
punk
artist
Joe
Strummer,
who had become a peoin the early '80s, when Genesis did nally shed its artples
hero
musician,
Gabriel
stated
in 2013, To this day,
rock inclinations and move toward pop, becoming interwe've
never
outgrown
the
snotty
rich-kid
thing ... we
national stars in the process, the press was unimpressed,
were
always
very
straight
about
where
we
came
from, and
dismissing the group as easy-listening lightweights ... All
[249]
we
were
middle-class,
not
aristocratic.
Gabriels
theof which, to be honest, has been grossly unfair to the
atrics
were
unpalatable
to
some
of
the
mainstream
rock
group.
audience, resulting in a cult following rather than that of
Music critic J. D. Considine.[222]
a mainstream rock band.[250]
Genesis are among the list of best-selling music artists
of all time with an estimated 130 million albums sold
worldwide.[223] Some sources claim they have sold 150
million.[224][225][226] Their total certied album sales include 21.5 million in the US,[227] 7.2 million in the
UK,[228] 5.6 million in Germany,[229] and 3.4 million in
France.[230][231] Genesis have been awarded with eleven
Gold and four Multi-Platinum albums in the UK,[110]
while in the US they have seven Gold, two Platinum, and
four Multi-Platinum albums.[159]

3.2

Inuence

Genesis have been cited as a principal inuence on

the neo-progressive rock subgenre that emerged in the
1980s,[232] featuring bands including Marillion,[233] and
Pallas.[234] Other bands whose members have been inuenced by Genesis include Queen,[235][236] Rush,[235] Van
Halen,[235] Iron Maiden,[237] Simple Minds,[238] Dream
Theater,[239] Mostly Autumn,[240] and Sound of Contact.[241] Guy Garvey of alternative rock band Elbow
was inuenced by 1970s Genesis and Gabriels solo

Q reviewer Andy Fyfe addressed the bands legacy in

2007 by writing that in spite of their commercial success, "... the bottom line is that little of the bands output has aged well ... There are moments of impressive
songwriting, such as the tender "Many Too Many", the
darkly tragic "Duchess" and epic "One for the Vine", but
little of Genesiss music transcends in the way real classics do, and that is why they will remain perennial whipping boys for decades to come.[226] At their commercial peak in the 1980s, the music of Genesis faced accusations from leading critics that it was abbergastingly
insignicant,[251] as well as being barely distinguishable from Collinss songs as a solo artist.[252] The New
Rolling Stone Album Guide documented how the band had
struggled to gain critical respect throughout their long career, being largely ignored in their earliest years, before
being derided as middlebrow throwbacks still in thrall to
the pomposities of art rock in the late 1970s. The bands
subsequent commercial heights had resulted in being dismissed as easy-listening lightweights and the solo careers of Collins and Rutherford had been held against the
group. Rolling Stone writer J. D. Considine argued this
was unfair, as the band had made their share of mediocre
albums but no bad ones.[222]

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3.4

5 DISCOGRAPHY

Fan criticism

Because Genesis overall output has had a variety of styles

from progressive rock to pop, journalists have reported
that fans preferring one era strongly dislike the other.
Rock author Colin McGuire has described the arguments
from fans of the Gabriel era as they sold out and became
too corporate when Collins stepped into the spotlight,
while fans of the Collins era argue the Gabriel years were
boring and hard to stomach. He concluded both eras of
the band should be judged on their own merits.[253] The
band themselves have been aware of these divides; press
interviews for Abacab explicitly stated that fans of Foxtrot might not like the album, but should keep an open
mind.[254] Robert Pollard of Guided by Voices said Genesis with Peter Gabriel might be my biggest inuence but
heavily criticised their later output for its commercialism,
arguing they became the opposite of what they were and
one of the worst bands in the world.[255] According to
Rolling Stone's Erik Hedegaard, Collins in particular was
blamed by those who accused the band of selling out.[256]

3.5

Tribute bands

3.6 Awards and accolades

Main article: List of awards and nominations received
by Genesis
Genesis have received honours and awards throughout
the course of their career. In March 2010, Genesis
were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by
Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio.[258] The bands awards
include a Silver Clef Award for outstanding contributions to British music at its second annual ceremony in
1977.[259] In 1988, band received received one of the only
two Grammy Awards issued for the short-lived Best Concept Music Video category for "Land of Confusion".[260]
Genesis received an American Music Award for Favorite
Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group in 1993.[261] In the same
year, Genesis won an ECHO music award for the Best
International Rock/Pop Group category. In September 2012, a Lifetime Achievement Award was given to
the band at the inaugural Progressive Music Awards.[225]
In 2004, Q ranked Genesis as the seventeenth-biggest
band in a list compiled based on album sales, time
spent on the UK charts, and largest audience for a headlining show.[262] Genesis were honoured at the second
VH1 Rock Honors in May 2007, which featured Banks,
Rutherford and Collins.[263] In 2008, the band received
a Lifetime Achievement Award at the MOJO Awards in
2008.[264]

4 Personnel
Main article: List of Genesis band members

5 Discography
The Musical Box performing in 2011 with costumes and stage
eects sanctioned by Genesis.

Main article: Genesis discography

Genesis have been the inspiration of various worldwide

tribute bands, including ReGenesis from England, The Studio albums
Watch from Italy, and Genetics from Argentina. The
From Genesis to Revelation (1969)
most successful act has been the Canadian-French band
The Musical Box that formed in 1993 and have been o Trespass (1970)
cially endorsed by Genesis.[257] In 1995, the band focused
to recreate Genesis shows during the Foxtrot, Selling Eng Nursery Cryme (1971)
land by the Pound, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway,
Foxtrot (1972)
and A Trick of the Tail tours as accurately as possible
with exact set-lists and similar outts, instruments, stage
Selling England by the Pound (1973)
design.[257] Genesis allowed the group to use their set
of projector slides from The Lamb... tour and various
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
costumes worn by Gabriel. They continue to tour and
A Trick of the Tail (1976)
have played live with guest performances by Hackett and
Collins. A number of UK tribute bands now exist, in Wind & Wuthering (1976)
cluding Los Endos who play earlier Genesis material, and
...And Then There Were Three... (1978)
Mama, who cover all eras.[257]

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Duke (1980)

[26] Genesis 2007, p. 49.

Abacab (1981)

[27] Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 28.

Genesis (1983)

[28] Platts 2001, p. 20.

Invisible Touch (1986)

[29] Hewitt 2001, p. 27.

We Can't Dance (1991)

[30] Genesis 2007, p. 74.

Calling All Stations (1997)

[31] Genesis 2007, p. 71.

[32] Genesis 2007, p. 72.

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[34] Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 27.
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[37] Romano 2010, p. 72.

[3] Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 13.

[4] Welch 2011, p. 125.
[5] Frame 1983, p. 23.
[6] Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 14.
[7] Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 15.
[8] Welch 2011, p. 11.
[9] Platts 2001, pp. 1112.
[10] Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 16.
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[46] Genesis 2007, p. 94.

[15] Bowler & Dray 1992, pp. 2122.

[47] Genesis 2007, p. 95.

[16] Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 20.

[48] Genesis 2007, p. 96.

[17] Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 21.

[49] Rutherford 2015, p. 94.

[18] Genesis 2007, p. 52.

[50] Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 41.

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[53] Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 44.

[21] Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 22.

[54] Genesis 2007, p. 103.

[22] Bowler & Dray 1992, pp. 2324.

[55] Hewitt 2001, p. 32.

[23] Platts 2001, p. 19.

[56] Platts 2001, p. 42.

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[59] Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 53.

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[93] Rutherford 2015, p. 122.
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[62] Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 59.

[95] Thompson 2005, p. 117.

[63] Hewitt 2001, p. 33.

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[68] Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 62.

[100] Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 93.

[69] Various Mojo Magazines 2007, p. 290.

[101] Genesis 2007, p. 158.

[70] Platts 2001, p. 54.

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Martin, Bill (2002). Avant Rock: Experimental Music from the Beatles to Bjork. Chicago: Open Court.
Platts, Robin (2001). Genesis: Inside & Out (1967
2000). Collectors Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1896-52271-5.
Romano, Will (2010). Mountains Come Out of the
Sky: The Complete Illustrated History of Prog Rock.
Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-8793-0991-6.
Rutherford, Mike (2015). The Living Years: The
First Genesis Memoir. Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN
978-1-250-06068-6.
Thompson, Dave (2005). Turn It On Again: Peter
Gabriel, Phil Collins and Genesis. Backbeat Book.
ISBN 978-0-879-30810-0.

Various band members (10 November 2008). Foxtrot DVD from Genesis 19701975 (DVD). EMI.
UPC 0081227990305.
Various band members (10 November 2008). ...And
Then There Were Three... DVD from Genesis 1970
1975 (DVD). EMI. UPC 0081227990305.

7 External links
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