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Arthur Brown

“The facts don’t matter. Whoever has the better story wins!” When Pink Floyd, Arthur Brown, Rush and others got in trouble with the law, the results were remarkably prog

By Martin Kielty published

Never mind the usual drink and drug offences… quirky, eccentric incidents seem to surround some of those who make music the same way

Peter Gabriel in 1974

"I was debagged on a regular basis. And in Chicago I barely held on to my underpants": From Genesis to revelations with Peter Gabriel

By Hugh Fielder published

From Genesis frontman to solo star and beyond: The rise, fall and rise again of Peter Gabriel, the great innovator

A composite photograph of Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour performing onstage

“Almost overnight after the Sex Pistols, prog rock came to a halt”: 1977 was the supposedly the year punk killed prog. The truth is very different

By Tommy Udo published

Exploding the myth that progressive rock’s ‘dinosaurs’ were finished off by punk

Phil Collins and Arya Goggin

“Ninety per cent of drummers are interchangeable, but you definitely know when he’s playing… I wish I could be as creative as him”: If a Skindred show slumps, Phil Collins saves the day

By Jo Kendall published

Welsh metal band’s drummer Arya Goggin hails the Genesis icon and reveals some of his secrets

Pennyghael House, once owned by Genesis

If you ever dreamed of living in a mansion in Scotland formerly owned by Genesis, we have excellent news: there's one on the market right now, and it's going for a song

By Paul Brannigan published

Pennyghael House, a nine-room mansion on the Isle of Mull once owned by Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford, is up for sale:, and in need of some love and attention

Jimmy Carter portrait

"What a man! What a life! What a loss!": Peter Gabriel pays heartfelt tribute to 'the rock'n'roll president' Jimmy Carter

By Fraser Lewry published

Former US President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100

Tony Banks

“I’m probably the one who’s most aware of everything we’ve done. I probably like our music the most”: Genesis’ Tony Banks wonders if the world needs any more of his music

By Daryl Easlea published

Keyboard icon looks back on his classical albums, recently assembled in a box set, recalls being knocked off the No. 1 spot by gardener Alan Titchmarsh – and remembers offering Peter Gabriel a new gig

Genesis in 1976

Genesis Phil Collins-years book gets an update

By Jerry Ewing published

Genesis: 1975 to 2025 - The Phil Collins Years will be published by Kingmaker on April 17

Phil Collins

“I don’t have many rock’n’roll stories for you – that was always someone else’s job”: Phil Collins was pranked by George Harrison, outdrunk by John Martyn, blown away by Robert Fripp and well-behaved with Eric Clapton

By Dave Everley published

He may not always have been life and soul of the party, but he’s been the heartbeat behind songs across a huge range of genres – to his lasting pride

Drummer First screengrab

"If I wake up one day and I can hold a pair of drumsticks then I will have a crack at it": Watch the trailer for the new documentary about the drumming life of Phil Collins

By Fraser Lewry published

The Phil Collins documentary Drummer First will premiere later this month

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Genesis announce 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

By Jerry Ewing published

New Dolby ATMOS mix of The Lamb... overseen by Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks at Real World Studios

“Suddenly he had a different attitude, and from that moment it wasn’t as much fun… It’s strange when one of the guys is a little less keen”: How The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway forced Peter Gabriel and Genesis apart

By Daryl Easlea published

1974’s ambitious double-album took a heavy toll on the people who worked on it – then its lukewarm reception and bewildering stage show made things even more tense

“An obvious smash in hindsight, given its chart-friendly tale of a gardener who refuses to grow up because he’d rather push his lawnmower around”: Genesis’ 10 best songs with Peter Gabriel

By Chris Roberts published

The band’s first phase features a charming, very English sense of melancholy and melodrama – matched with wilful prog complexity

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"It's got some good stuff on it." Tony Banks revisits the classic Genesis live album Seconds Out

By Chris Roberts last updated

"It's got some good stuff on it," says a typically understated Tony Banks, on Genesis's Seconds Out

A Mellotron, and inside a Mellotron

The heavenly harmony of the spheres: A beginner's guide to the Mellotron in six essential songs

By Paul Henderson published

The official sound of prog, made in Birmingham

The Beatles in 1967

“This was more than just music… It’s part of your DNA if you were that age at the time. It defines the times”: Yes, Genesis and Pink Floyd alumni on what The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper did for prog

By Dave Everley published

Rick Wakeman, Roger Waters and Robert Fripp were among those listening when the BBC played the record in full in 1967 – and weren’t the only ones who experienced artistic epiphanies that night

Tony Banks

“In interviews they’d talk about Phil and Mike then say, ‘What have you been doing while these guys have been in the charts?’ It takes as long to make a record that’s not a success as it does to make one that is”: Tony Banks on his career outside Genesis

By Raziq Rauf published

Keyboardist’s solo albums may not have reached the heady heights of his bandmates’ output – but he’s had a great time making “more progressive” music with artists of his own choosing, including Fish, Toyah and Nik Kershaw

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“I had to threaten them. If they weren’t going to include all of my ideas on it, I was off. No one was expecting me to be quite so forthright”: Genesis’ Selling England By The Pound wore a smile over hidden depths

By Daryl Easlea published

By the time they’d toured their 1973 album, they’d had a sit single, proved Phil Collins could deliver lead vocals, and offered a hint at what would come after Steve Hackett and Peter Gabriel left

Adrian Lukis

“I took off my apron. My manager said, ‘You’ve got tables to serve,’ and I said, ‘I’m talking to Peter Gabriel!’” How actor Adrian Lukis was talked out of signing a music contract by his Genesis hero

By Jo Kendall published

After connecting with fellow public schoolboys, he went on to admire Pink Floyd’s intellectualism, appreciate Curved Air’s sexiness, and get lost in Jean-Luc Ponty while on acid

Steve Hackett onstage

"It was a watershed moment for the band, with our existence very much under threat": Steve Hackett on The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway and keeping the Genesis flame alight

By Dave Ling published

Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett's latest 'themed' tour enables him to visit "the best of both worlds"