Genesis

Genesis are a British rock band formed in Surrey in 1967. They are one of the world's best-selling music artists, and their discography includes 15 studio and six live albums.

Founding members Tony Banks (guitars) and Mike Rutherford (keyboards) have continued to stay with the group until the present day. The original line-up also included Peter Gabriel (vocals) and Anthony Philips, although they both quit, the latter being replaced by Steve Hackett on guitar and Phil Collins on drums and vocals. Gabriel also famously left in 1974, with Collins taking over full vocal duties. Hackett also left in 1977, leaving Banks, Rutherford, and Collins, the core-trio who have remained active to the present day, or at least until The Last Domino? Tour which ended on 26 March 2022, the 46th anniversary of the first Genesis concert with Collins as lead vocalist, which took place in London, Ontario in 1976.

Style
Although Genesis became master so the prog-rock genre during much of the 1970s, with long form songs with complex arrangements, albeit in a rock style, the slimmed-down trio version of the band gradually moved towards less complex compositions and arrangements, leaning towards pop-rock, most notably with the hit single Follow You Follow Me, from the album ..And Then There Were Three.., which went Top 10 in the UK in 1978. Successive albums such as Duke (1980) and Abacab (1981) also produced hit singles, influenced by Phil Collins' solo career which tended more towards pop and soul music. Genesis continued to have hit singles during the 1980s - That's All, Invisible Touch, Land of Confusion - continuing into the 1990s - No Son of Mine, I Can't Dance. The group have never forgotten their 'prog' routes however, and even some album tracks recording during the 'pop/rock' years still bear a certain complexity and tonality, typical of their earlier output.

Discography
UK albums


 * From Genesis to Revelation (1969)
 * Trespass (1970)
 * Nursery Cryme (1971)
 * Foxtrot (1972)
 * Selling England by the Pound (1973)
 * The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
 * A Trick of the Tail (1976)
 * Wind & Wuthering (1976)
 * ...And Then There Were Three... (1978)
 * Duke (1980)
 * Abacab (1981)
 * Genesis (1983)
 * Invisible Touch (1986)
 * We Can't Dance (1991)
 * Calling All Stations (1997)

TV/Radio

 * 27 March 1980 - TOTP, Turn It On Again
 * 01 September 1983 / 15 September 1983 - TOTP, Mama (video)
 * 27 August 1983 - Rock Around the Clock, in concert