Genesis
Genesis is a Grammy Award-winning Progressive Rock band from England who have sold over 150 million albums worldwide and had numerous hits over their 30+ year career. The original lineup consisted of Peter Gabriel as the lead singer, and after Gabriel left to pursue a solo career the band chose to enlist drummer Phil Collins to step in on vocals.
In 2007, the "three man lineup" of Banks, Collins & Rutherford reunited for the Turn It On Again Tour, playing in fourteen countries across Europe & the Americas. A new box set containing the band's five live albums remixed in 5.1 surround will be released in the Fall of 2009.
Band Members
- Tony Banks: Keyboard
- Phil Collins: Drums (1970-)/Vocals (1976-)
- Peter Gabriel: Vocals (1967-1975)
- Steve Hackett: Guitar (1970-1977)
- John Mayhew: Drums (1969-1970)
- Anthony Phillips: Guitar (1967-1970)
- Mike Rutherford: Guitar
- John Silver: Drums (1968-1969)
- Chris Stewart: Drums (1967-1968)
- Ray Wilson: Vocals (1997-1998)
Albums
- 1969: From Genesis to Revelation
- 1970: Trespass
- 1971: Nursery Cryme
- 1972: Foxtrot
- 1973: Live
- 1973: Selling England by the Pound
- 1974: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
- 1976: A Trick of the Tail
- 1977: Wind & Wuthering
- 1977: Seconds Out
- 1978: ...And Then There Were Three...
- 1980: Duke
- 1981: Abacab
- 1982: Three Sides Live
- 1983: Genesis
- 1986: Invisible Touch
- 1991: We Can't Dance
- 1992: The Way We Walk"
- 1997: Calling All Stations
- 2007: Live Over Europe"
Featured Video
"Return of the Giant Hogweed" live January 10th 1973 in Le Club Bataclan, Paris.
References
Fast Facts
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Formed
1967
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Origin
Surrey, England
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Albums Sold
150 Million
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Grammy Awards
1 (Best Concept Music Video for Land of Confusion 1988)
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Fact:
In 1987 Land of Confusion was nominated for 7 MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year, Best Direction, Best Concept Video, Best Special Effects, Best Art Direction, Most Experimental Video, Viewer's Choice, and lost all but one of the awards to former member Peter Gabriel.
