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Genesis in 1976

"Genesis is a strange band... they were privileged but brutalised": Steve Hackett remains "very proud" of his six years with Genesis, but has no regrets about leaving

By Paul Brannigan published

"I choose to celebrate Genesis’s classic work with a band that relishes it" says Steve Hackett

Deborah Bonham, John Bonham, Peter Gabriel

“John Bonham said rock and blues wasn’t a good place for girls. He wanted me to be a vet or a lawyer… for a while I went down the opera route”: Despite her brother’s misgivings, Genesis helped shape Deborah Bonham’s career

By Jo Kendall published

Singing sister of Led Zeppelin drummer had tried to become Gong’s Shakti Yoni - but that was before Selling England By The Pound and Foxtrot changed her life

Frank Zappa, Chester Thompson

"Every time we finished a rehearsal, I felt that my brain was sweating": former Genesis/Weather Report drummer Chester Thompson on why playing with Frank Zappa was the best education he ever received

By Paul Brannigan published

Playing with Frank Zappa could be a challenging experience, as legendary drummer Chester Thompson discovered

Guy Garvey and Peter Gabriel

“Hearing that incredible orchestration and hearing Peter Gabriel really belting out my lyrics… that was an ambition I didn’t know I had”: How ex Genesis singer helped Elbow frontman’s family through parents’ divorce

By Stephen Humphries published

Gabriel's So album will always have a special place in the Garvey world

Mike Rutherford

“People do albums and say, ‘I just do it for myself’ – that’s absolute rubbish. No one ever really means that”: How Mike Rutherford measures his success

By Daryl Easlea published

Genesis co-founder’s ‘hobby band’ Mike + The Mechanics had no grand plan – but made an impact anyway

Taking A Break. Genesis, L-R: Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Steve Hackett, Tony Banks.

“The true owners are not the creators; it’s the listeners. They hear everything that’s working. Who needs to know the detail about how difficult it was?” Wind & Wuthering got Genesis through the punk era - but not without a struggle

By Daryl Easlea published

One reviewer claimed it made Yes and Pink Floyd redundant, but was their last album with Steve Hackett also their final truly progressive work?

Genesis in 1976

“A slice of terrace commentary from a band more associated with croquet than soccer”: Genesis’ largely forgotten Spot The Pigeon EP

By Daryl Easlea published

Three tracks left off Wind & Wuthering gave Genesis their first Top 20 hit

Peter Gabriel onstage at Shepperton Studios

An hour of stunning Peter Gabriel-era Genesis footage has received the 4K treatment

By Fraser Lewry published

Genesis's 1973 five-song set from Shepperton Studios has been the subject of a painstaking 50th anniversary remaster

Kate Bush, Phil Collins, John Carpenter, Geddy Lee and Matt Bellamy at various live shows

18 of the darkest, most terrifying prog rock songs ever made

By Jerry Ewing published

Have a very proggy Halloween with our playlist of dark, morbid proggy delights...

Steve Hackett

"It’s the biggest project I was ever involved with." How Steve Hackett made Genesis Revisited II

By Paul Sexton published

Steve Hackett corralled some of the biggest names in modern prog to re-interpret classic Genesis songs for Genesis Revisited II.

Mike Rutherford

“The teacher’s hatred of my guitar probably goes a long way to explaining why I persevered with it”: How Genesis’ Mike Rutherford survived boarding school

By Ian Winwood published

His early days were full of challenges, but he had the unwavering support of his dad

Keith Emerson onstage

"The psychedelic scene was largely over by the summer of 1968, but that spirit of musical adventure was still running rampant": A beginners' guide to the origins of prog rock

By Hugh Fielder published

Where on earth did progressive rock come from?

Trevor Horn

"We’d been working on it for two weeks… Mike Oldfield had wiped it. There was no undo button. I was in shock. It was the only time it’s ever happened to me in 40 years": Trevor Horn's lows and highs

By Daryl Easlea published

Known as ‘the man who invented the 80s,’ producer and musician Trevor Horn always enjoyed sneaking prog into the mainstream

Genesis in 1981

"You can't dance or clap along to it. When we play it live, you can always see the audience getting caught out": Turn It On Again by Genesis even confused Peter Gabriel

By Mark Blake published

Deceptively straightforward but with a rhythmic banana skin, Turn It On Again began Genesis's transformation from major cult band to stadium-filling hit-makers

Steve Hackett and Eddie Van Halen onstage

"It enabled me to be the fastest gun in the west for about five minutes:" Steve Hackett, Eddie Van Halen, and the murky origins of finger tapping

By Fraser Lewry published

Eddie Van Halen famously popularised finger tapping, but Steve Hackett was doing it as long ago as 1971

Steve Hackett

Steve Hackett to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway on tour next year

By Jerry Ewing published

Steve Hackett announces Genesis Greats, Lamb Highlights & Solo tour for the UK for October 2024

Nuno Bettencourt

“When we talk about progressive rock, the most important part of that is the ‘rock’”: Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt on how Yes and Genesis delivered “simplexity”

By Grant Moon published

Guitar icon hails bands including Rush and King Crimson, who delivered music that was “hard and heavy enough, but they took some risks outside the box”

Steve Hackett

Steve Hackett shares new live clip of Can Utility And The Coastliners

By Jerry Ewing published

Steve Hackett's new live release Foxtrot At Fifty + Hackett Highlights is out now

Segments of the sleeves of five underrated prog album

The most underrated albums by 10 major prog bands

By Classic Rock published

Showing a little love for the overlooked classics by prog giants Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Rush and more

Genesis

“I just didn’t feel I could pull off the things Peter Gabriel did. I said: ‘I’ll give it a go but don’t expect me to wear costumes!’” Phil Collins’ first show as Genesis frontman

By Chris Roberts published

It took the revamped band months of worry off stage but just half an hour of fun on stage to secure their future in 1976