Playlists containing Genesis

Genesis, one of the longest-running rock groups ever, started in 1966 when the founding members—vocalist Peter Gabriel, keyboardist Tony Banks, and bass player Michael Rutherford—were still teenagers. In the following five years, the group came to include drummer Phil Collins and guitarist Steve Hackett, and they began to aesthetically come into their own in the early ’70s, releasing some early art-rock classics like 1971’s <i>Nursery Cryme</i>, 1972’s <i>Foxtrot</i>, and 1973’s <i>Selling England By the Pound</i>, the last of which scored them a UK hit with “I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe).” Their ambition reached fever heights with 1974’s <i>The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway</i>, a double-LP concept record showing Gabriel and company at their most theatric. They played 103 shows in promotion of the album, after which Gabriel left the group in 1975 to pursue a solo career. After auditioning many potential vocalists, they settled on Collins, with whom they recorded 1976’s <i>A Trick of the Tail</i>, which continued within the progressive art-rock vein the group had been recently exploring with Gabriel. After 1977’s <i>Wind & Wuthering</i>, Hackett departed, and the three remaining group mainstays began to shift towards a more overtly pop sound, which records like 1980’s <i>Duke</i> and 1981’s <i>Abacab</i>, drastic departures from their earlier work, crystallized into a distinctive, hit-making sound. 1986’s <i>Invisible Touch</i> became their best-selling record, and despite the group’s radical aesthetic shift (which coincided with Collins’ rising star as a solo pop artist), they held onto a loyal fan base that stretched back to their earliest days. Their success continued into the early ’90s with 1991’s <i>We Can’t Dance</i>, after which Collins departed the group and their activities became relatively dormant. In summer of 2007, the Collins-Rutherford-Banks lineup staged a successful reunion tour. Read more about Genesis in Crawdaddy!: <a href="http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=3196" target="_blank">“From a Member of Genesis, Some Revelations"</a> <a href="http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=9270" target="_blank">“Genesis: Trespass"</a>...more