Genesis announce 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway By Jerry Ewing published 20 November 24 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 18 November 24 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 11 November 24 The band’s first phase features a charming, very English sense of melancholy and melodrama – matched with wilful prog complexity
"It's got some good stuff on it." Tony Banks revisits the classic Genesis live album Seconds Out By Chris Roberts last updated 14 October 24 "It's got some good stuff on it," says a typically understated Tony Banks, on Genesis's Seconds Out
The heavenly harmony of the spheres: A beginner's guide to the Mellotron in six essential songs By Paul Henderson published 10 October 24 The official sound of prog, made in Birmingham
“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 9 October 24 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
“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 8 October 24 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
“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 29 September 24 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
“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 23 September 24 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
"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 19 September 24 Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett's latest 'themed' tour enables him to visit "the best of both worlds"
“It was early days for the band. We’d gone out on a limb… it was by no means certain that the response would be positive”: Genesis’ early fears for Foxtrot By Chris Roberts published 15 September 24 Barely planned, recorded in fits and starts and complete with one of King Crimson’s Mellotron, their 1972 album was, they believe, the moment they began to be taken seriously
“I felt they were having second thoughts… I got quite angry – ‘Just stop the bus, I’ll get off, no problem’”: Ray Wilson knows what went wrong during his time in Genesis By Chris Roberts published 1 September 24 The singer who fronted 1997’s Calling All Stations only had one serious argument with Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford – and remains glad he was there at all
"Genesis owes him so much." Band members pay tribute to former tour manager Richard Macphail By Jerry Ewing published 28 August 24 Former Genesis and Peter Gabriel tour manager and "sixth-member" Richard Macphail has died aged 73
“It might not be commercial, but it’s important that the art be preserved”: The attitude that built Decca’s offshoot Deram into one of the labels that pioneered prog By Mike Barnes published 13 August 24 Pye Hastings, Davy O’List and others recall the company that aimed for an audience of “groovy people” and backed The Moody Blues, Caravan, The Move, Camel, Procol Harum and others
“A fine overview of the label’s underground credentials… unclassifiable obscurities abound”: History of Deram (and Decca) celebrated in Psych! British Prog, Rock, Folk & Blues box set By Joe Banks published 13 August 24 A sprawling 3CD / 2LP retrospective of Britain’s first “groovy” record label
“Peter Gabriel got all the credibility, and I got the money – ha!” Phil Collins on his role as Genesis’ class clown and their only contact with the outside world By Mark Blake published 8 August 24 How the “junior member” broke into the band’s songwriting clique, his embarrassment over his solo success, and how the Sex Pistols influenced his choice of record label
“Some albums are a natural birth. This one was definitely a breech birth. It came out kicking and screaming”: the turbulent story of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, the album that tore Genesis in two By Hugh Fielder published 28 July 24 Genesis’ The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is one of the great 70s concept albums – and the album that saw Peter Gabriel bid farewell to the band
Genesis studio albums to be reissued on heavyweight vinyl By Jerry Ewing published 20 July 24 All Genesis studio albums from Trespass to Calling All Stations will be reissued in August and September
“There are qualities of grandeur and flight in her music, yet it comes across as totally unpretentious and emotionally grounded”: Remembering Sandy Denny By Sid Smith published 19 July 24 Tragically silenced at 31, she only had a decade to demonstrate her talents – but her persona and performances remain indelible after more than 40 years
“Peter Gabriel was forced to start slipping into this persona… If we’d not had two 12-strings to retune, would he ever have started telling all those stories?” Why so many musicians envy Anthony Phillips’ career after Genesis By Daryl Easlea published 1 July 24 Illness, heartbreak and stage fright may have led some to think of him as an also-ran – but under the radar he’s much, much more than the “ex-genius” people thought they read on a poster
