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GENESIS

The famous group Genesis began his musical career in progressive rock in the mid 60's after the union of two school bands school of Surrey Charterhouse called Garden Wall, which was the singer Peter Gabriel ( London, England , 1950) and keyboardist Tony Banks ( Sussex, England , 1951) and Anon , training consisting of guitarist and singer Anthony Phillips and bassist, guitar and vocals Michael Rutherford . These four characters with drummer Chris Stewart would join producer Jonathan King and choose a new name for the joint project, New Anon, which subsequently rebautizaría as Genesis . It was a band that wanted to create a new style of folk-rock with symphonic scope, based arpeggios in 12-string guitar and piano riffs and organ virtuoso.

The group's name, given by Jonathan King alludes to Genesis, first book of the Bible (at first called From Genesis to Revelation , as his first album, because in United States was a group with the same name).

would remove the market in 1968 their first single, the unseen The silent sun, a prelude to From Genesis to revelation (1969), edited by Decca Records, his first LP that neither had much impact because at that time it was fashionable was the psychedelic music, and which involved the new drummer John Silver , replaced soon after by John Mayhew . It orchestrations used against the wishes of the band.

His second album, Trespass (1970), produced by Tony Stratton Smith , not get too popular resonance, even included long songs and variations in the use of instruments in the songs. After this album there were further changes in the group with the departure of Anthony Phillips (As was said, stage fright) and John Mayhew .

In August of that year, enter Phil Collins on drums. With it, the group becomes a quartet for a few shows until you see the fifth element of Genesis , guitarist Mick Barnard . The new guitarist does not meet the expectations of the group, who think he can match the role fulfilled Phillips, so they decide to fire him, taking his place Steve Hackett. And with this training record his third album, Nursery Cryme (1971), which includes topics such as > The musical box and For absent friends.

The compositions have the complexity of other progressive rock bands. The letters mainly narrated tales of fantasy, futuristic and social criticism. The concerts were saturated with sound and video effects, mainly of innovative visual elements such as laser light.

Genesis leader in this first stage was Peter Gabriel, a notorious frontman of theatrical skills, which he used for his performances on stage giving the proceedings a more dramatic and theatrical, including costume changes and surreal introductions in each of the songs. This change makes presentations Genesis in the mouth of the public, making it one of the most controversial and successful bands in their live concerts during the years 70. Foxtrot (1972), confirms the defined style, with great musical complexity and literiaria, and includes the song 23 minutes Supper's ready , considered one of the masterpieces of progressive rock, and the subject Watcher of the Skies , become their most commercial album to date.

Genesis live (1973) serve to transfer the vinyl world renowned live performances. Disco designed as a thank you to the German public for their welcome on the tour by Europe, should have just left there. However, demand from other places was so high that it was finally released worldwide. A drive test was constructed as a double album, including the aforementioned Supper's ready. However, the record company's desire to reach more listeners did it was changed, eliminating the issue, to become single.

Selling England by the pound (1973) his final studio album of 1973 was again a major success and received rave reviews by the critics and fans. The album contains songs like Firth of fifth and I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) . While it followed the same line of previous work demonstrated a remarkable maturity of the band, which was deemed by many to be the most representative album period Peter Gabriel in Genesis . Includes, anecdotally, a track sung by Phil Collins , More fool me .

In 1974, Genesis adventure in a far more ambitious conceptually speaking, the double disc The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway . The album is a concept album of short songs which Gabriel tells the story of extraordinarily Rael in search of his brother. Saving The carpet crawlers, not in it matters that have achieved great commercial importance, in which coincides with the highest artistic quality throughout Gabriel stage, however, it should be noted that this is a hinge work for the progressive rock world, only comparable with others such as Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles of , Dark Side of the Moon of Pink Floyd, In the court of the Crimson King Crimson King of , Crime of the Century Supertramp of , Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin of , Paranoid Black Sabbath of or of Tommy The Who .

During the creation of ambitious The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway there were some tensions among group members, particularly Banks and Gabriel . Gabriel was the lyricist, while the other members of the band composed the music, except for Counting out time and The carpet crawlers. The light dies down on Broadway was composed by Banks and Rutherford . Sound effects The waiting room and the vocal effects The grand parade of lifeless packaging were produced by ambient composer Brian Eno .

After

recording the album, the band goes on tour, and after finishing it in August 1975, Peter Gabriel decided to leave the band for personal reasons, to start new projects. Rutherford recalls, "Not that we had lost the trial. We were sure we could keep writing music because Tony and I had done all The lamb ... However, the issue was whether people were going to take it anymore. " Because

output Gabriel, the band is forced to audition to get a vocalist., But not be clear what kind of singer needed, but if they did not want to consider moving away much of the vocal style of Peter Gabriel . Phil Collins, who made the choir, was commissioned to train candidates. Time passed, and nothing caused them any impression of what the group decided it was Collins who took the job.

was hard to imagine the future of Genesis without the leadership of Peter Gabriel but Trick of the trail (1975) was well received, peaking at number 3 on the UK charts and 31 in the Americans, showing that Collins could do forget Gabriel, achieving even better previous sales jobs. Songs like Ripples , Dance on a Volcano Entangled and captivated the audience. For live performances, the band hired a drummer as Phil Collins was singing. First they offered it to Roger Taylor of Queen, who did not accept and because of this, go Bill Bruford, ex-member of Yes and King Crimson . Later Chester Thompson (Weather Report , Frank Zappa), occupy place.

In 1976, he recorded Genesis Wind & wuthering . The most representative of the album were Blood on the rooftops , Afterglow and One for the vine . Also in 1977, appears an EP, Spot the pigeon, which contained extra songs recording Wind & wuthering .

A new live album is produced by the band in 1977, Seconds out, leaving Hackett training after this release, and the remaining three members, Collins, Banks and Rutherford would continue as a trio, adopting a more pop sound and less progressive. Hackett left the band because he felt that its importance as a composer in the band was not right, continued to maintain a good relationship with others. This is demonstrated in his first solo album in 1975, even in parallel Genesis, Voyage of the accolyte , which Collins and Rutherford played a crucial role, to the extent considered by some critics as "The Genesis disc due out after the departure of Gabriel ." It hired a new guitarist, Daryl Stuermer , to continue the American and European tour, which also handled really low in some areas, in which Rutherford himself took the role of guitarist.

In any case, despite the complicity over the years have shown Banks, Collins and Rutherford with Stuermer and Thompson for the studio albums the group was reduced to three-member official historical. The departure of guitar solos Extraordinary further change in the sound of the band. The complexity of art that had reached its peak in 1973-74 would disappear forever, ushering in a period characterized by dance tracks, and not by the musical development and flight interpretation.

The group remained a trio, a fact evidenced by the title of the album released in 1978 ... And Then There Were Three ... , which Rutherford serves as a guitarist and bass and, along with Banks , composes all the material. With this album managed to get his first hit on U.S. radio, thanks the subject Follow you, follow me . The popularity of Genesis was reflected in sales of the album, which won a gold in the U.S. .

Duke, a much more commercial album, was released two years later, in 1980. The LP managed to place in the No. 1 lists UK in 11 in United States and included the issue of Collins, Misunderstanding and the great success Turn it on again, it has not disappeared from the commercial music stations almost thirty years. In it, Phil Collins shown as a composer, drummer and singer as well. From the moment Genesis dedicated to adapt their style to the voice of Collins , while retaining some of its original style. The passage of Gabriel to Collins involved a different management of the stage. Now they had a person close to the hearing, but lost sight of Gabriel chameleon besides this original rock style. Collins air brought a bluesy, more jazz.

In 1981, they recorded Abacab , album which includes the collaboration of the band Earth, Wind & Fire on the subject No reply at all . All members of Genesis were in the 30 years and were the force that opposed the emergence of punk and were successful. Banks recalls its popularity: "Until now we have not had a single discussion about money." With sales increasing around the world, focused on improving their live performances. In the 1981-1982 tour broke attendance records of public events driven by a new lighting system called Vari-Lite . A decade then were the first to use video screens in stadiums HD.

Another live album, Three Sides Live is launched in 1982. That same year, prepare a concert, where they appear Peter Gabriel and Hackett . The concert took the title of Six of the best and was held at the Milton Keynes Bowl .

In 1983, the album appears Genesis, soon performing in the No. 1 lists UK. Topics such as Mama , That's all and Home by the sea were hits on radio stations, while the song Just a job to do became the main theme of the TV show The Insiders .

Genesis released the album that has given more sales in 1986. This is the album Invisible Touch , who managed to get five singles in American radio ( Throwing it all away , In too deep, Tonight, tonight, tonight , Land of confusion and Invisible Touch). Land of confusion was also honored for having one of the best videos of the year, with the animated figures in Spitting image of Collins, Banks and Rutherford original and a caricature of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher as protagonists.

"Despite the perception of the media, we were never a singles band," says Rutherford . "In our heads we were a band that played songs long but managed to place some successes. "A year later, the band managed to become the first band to sell tickets for four full consecutive concerts at Wembley Stadium . The following year, the readers of Rolling Stone magazine the band declared in 86.

After a hiatus of 5 years in which its components are dedicated to their solo careers and alternative projects, Genesis decides to record and release We can not dance in 1991, which follows the above with many styles characteristic of the group, although the weight of Collins is perhaps greater than in previous ones, and production rises (metaphorically and physically) the volume of the battery.

The disc includes several issues that came to position itself very well in the charts (No. 1 in England and No. 4 in U.S. ) Jesus He Knows Me , I can not dance, of mine is not , Hold on my heart , Tell me why, Never a time, Driving the last spike and Fading lights. The album also includes the song Since I lost you (Collins written in memory of the death of the son of Eric Clapton , Conor ). This boosted sales of 10 million copies worldwide, the group's biggest selling album to date and with the largest audience you had in England when sold out two concerts at Knebworth in 1992. "We were surprised that Phil still want a record of Genesis " recalls Banks . "We were loyal to each other, but the pressure due to solo success made it difficult for officials in a band. "

Having been for 25 years with the band, Phil Collins goes to early 1996. Following this event, Rutherford Banks and decide to continue with the band, but it is necessary to recruit other members, joining her Ray Wilson on vocals. Also, Nick D'Virgilio and Nir Zidkyahu come to play battery (but only for concerts) and Anthony Drennan on guitar, similarly, sporadically. Wilson's voice is closer Gabriel that Collins, leading to a more rock album. "We liked Ray instantly evokes images of his voice," says Banks . "He has a natural dark. With Ray can write in a heavier, more atmospheric than it did with Phil . We also liked that it had too much history." One of the things that caught the attention of this new singer was her capacity to adapt to the group, but also to compose 3 songs for an album of a band with so much history and weight.

With this new formation, Genesis reappears in 1997 to release the album Calling All Stations , which sold well in Europe thanks to the song Congo, peaking at 29 in the charts. However, there was the same in the U.S. , where they could not even reach the Top 50 . For this reason, Genesis had to cancel the tour they had planned. After completing a European tour, the two original members Wilson fired and decide to leave temporarily.

in 1998 launched a four-disc compilation, Genesis Archive 1967-75, in which new material is presented with a live recording with Peter Gabriel singing (including a full presentation of the classic live The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway , Shrine Auditorium , Los Angeles, January 24, 1975). A year later came another compilation album of hits Turn It On Again: The Hits , a collection containing most of the great successes of the era Phil Collins, plus I Know What I Like of Selling England by the pound and a remake of The carpet crawlers interpreted by formation of the time except Peter Gabriel, although five members were not in the same studio together during recording, recorded their parts in different studies. In 2000 appears

another compilation album, Genesis Archive # 2: 1976-1992 , containing material of the period in which Phil Collins was the main voice.

Between June and October 2007 Genesis developed the tour Turn It On Again, returning to the stage. This tour initially consisted of 20 concerts in Europe and 20 in North America, which were subsequently expanded given the massive success of the event. That document included subjects of all stages of the band, with great scenic apparatus, designed by Mark Fisher , famous for working on the best tours U2, Pink Floyd and Rolling Stones .

Although he never lost touch, making even a small performance in 2004 as a trio, is 2007 the time of the meeting of more stable formation of the band, with Thompson and Stuermer accompanying Banks, Collins and Rutherford . Former members of the golden age, Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett not participate in this tour, although Hackett on several occasions has expressed its willingness to consider a possible union, and Gabriel ensures it does not exclude possibility of joining them again, but in the future, because now wants to concentrate on their work.

Alongside this tour discography reissued Genesis SACD and DVD formats with high-definition audio, surround sound and remastered. In addition, the page The Music edit each one of the concerts of the tour in Encore Series. In July 2007 the group opened the concert Live Earth 07/07/1907 at Wembley Stadium , London .

result of the concerts in the new tour, in November he released a double live album Live Over Europe 2007 , with a selection of songs performed in various concerts in Europe, while in May 2008 launched the DVD Free concert held in Rome entitled When in Rome.

Despite the constant rumors of unification of the band, including Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett, the fact remains that has not yet become effective. In this regard, Tony Banks said the group members agreed, even Phil Collins could take charge of the battery, but he said he has a spinal injury that prevents him from playing the drums.

In September 2009, published Genesis Genesis Live 1973-2007 , a box-set contains remixed and remastered editions of the first five albums the band, and was published in November other Video box-set of the group's concerts filmed between 1981 and 1982.

In March 2010 Genesis were included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame presented by Phister guitarist, Trey Anastasio . Collins, Banks , Rutherford and Steve Hackett appeared at the ceremony, but Peter Gabriel could not attend because he was on tour to promote his album Scratch my back. Genesis not act in the ceremony. Phister opened the show, and continued after the speech with Anastasio No reply at all .

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Canciones recomendadas :

Where the sour turns to sweet , In the beginning , Fireside song , In the wilderness , Silent sun , A winter's tale (From Genesis to revelation)

White mountain , Visions of angels , Stagnation , The knife (Trespass)

The musical box , The return of the giant Hogweed , Seven stones , The fountain of Salmacis (Nursery cryme)

Watcher of the skies , Get'em out by Friday , Can-utility and the coastliners , Horizons , Supper's ready (Foxtrot)

Dancing with the moonlit knight , I know what I like (in your wardrobe) , Firth of fifth , The battle of Epping Forest , The cinema show (Selling England by the pound)

The lamb lies down on Broadway , Fly on a windshield , In the cage , Back in N.Y.C. , Hairless heart , Counting out time , The carpet crawlers , Lilywhite Lilith , Anyway , The Lamia , The colony of slippermen , The light lies down on Broadway (The lamb lies down on Broadway)

Dance on a volcano , Entangled , Squonk , Robbery, assault and battery , Ripples... , The endos (A trick of the tail)

Match of the day , Inside and out (Spot the pigeon EP)

Eleventh earl of mar , One for the vine , Your own special way , All in a mouse's night , Blood on the rooftops , Afterglow (Wind & wuthering)

Down and out , Undertow , Ballad of big , Snowbound , Burning rope , Deep in the motherlode , Many too many , The lady lies , Follow you follow me (...And then there were three...)

Behind the lines , Duchess , Man of our times , Misunderstanding , Turn it on again , Alone tonight , Duke's travels , Duke's end (Duke)

Abacab , No reply at all , Keep it dark , Dodo/Lurker , Man on the corner , Like it or not (Abacab)

Paperlate (Three sides live)

Mama , That's all , Home by the sea , Second home by the sea , Illegal alien , Taking it all too hard , Just a job to do (Genesis)

Invisible touch , Tonight, tonight, tonight , Land of confusion , Into deep , Anything she does , Domino , Throwing it all away (Invisible touch)

No son of mine , Jesus he knows me , Driving the last spike , I can't dance , Never a time , Tell me why , Hold on my heart , Fading lights (We can't dance)

Calling all the stations , Congo , Shipwrecked , Not about us , If that's what you need , Uncertain weather (Calling all the stations)

Vídeos :

Silent sun , In the beginning y Where the sours turns to sweet , de su primer álbum From Genesis to revelation :

Silent sun - Genesis

In the beginning - Genesis

Where the sour turns to sweet - Genesis

A direct The knife and Visions of angels, the album Trespass:

The knife (live) - Genesis

Visions of angels - Genesis

Two direct for television Belgian The musical box and The fountain of Salmacis , Nursery Cryme album :

The musical box - Genesis

The fountain of Salmacis - Genesis

Watcher of the Skies , Horizons and Supper's ready into three parts, the album Foxtrot :

Watcher of the skies (live) - Genesis

Horizons - Genesis

Supper's Ready Part . 1 (live) - Genesis

Supper's Ready Part. 2 (live) - Genesis

Supper's Ready Part. 3 (live) - Genesis

Tres directos de Dancing with the moonlit knight , I know what I like (in your wardrobe) y Firth of fifth , del álbum Selling England by the pound :

Dancing with the moonlit knight (live) - Genesis

I know what I like (in your wardrobe) (live) - Genesis

Firth of fifth - Genesis

Tres directos de The lamb lies down on Broadway , Fly on a windshield y In the cage , The carpet crawlers y Back in N.Y.C. , del álbum The lamb lies down on Broadway :

The lamb lies down on Broadway (live) - Genesis

Fly on a windshield (live) - Genesis

In the cage (live) - Genesis

The carpet crawlers - Genesis

Back in N.Y.C. - Genesis

Cuatro directos de Entangled , Squonk , Robbery, assault and battery and The endoscopic , album A trick of the tail :

Entangled (live) - Genesis

Squonk (live) - Genesis

Robbery, assault and battery (live) - Genesis

Los endos (live) - Genesis

Inside and out live EP Spot The Pigeon :

Inside and out (live) - Genesis

Dos directos de Eleventh earl of mar y Afterglow , y One for the vine , del álbum Wind & wuthering :

Eleventh earl of mar (live) - Genesis

Afterglow (live) - Genesis

One for the vine - Genesis

Follow you follow me , Down and out , The burning rope , Deep in the motherlode and Many too many , album ... And Then There Were Three ... :

Follow you follow me - Genesis

Down and Out - Genesis

The burning rope - Genesis

Deep in the Motherlode - Genesis

Many too many - Genesis

Several live versions of Turn it on again , Behind the lines, Duke's travels , Duchess y Misunderstanding , del álbum Duke :

Turn it on again (live) - Genesis

Behind the lines (live) - Genesis

Duke's travels (live) - Genesis

Duchess (live) - Genesis

Misunderstanding (live) - Genesis

Tres directos de Abacab , No reply at all y Dodo / Lurker and Man on the corner , album Abacab :

Abacab (live) - Genesis

No reply at all (live) - Genesis

Dodo / Lurker (live) - Genesis

Man on the Corner - Genesis

Paperlate , song featured in the live Three sides live :

Paperlate - Genesis

Three direct Mama , Home by the sea and That's all and Illegal alien , album Genesis :

Mama (live) - Genesis

Home by the sea (live) - Genesis

That's all (live) - Genesis

Illegal Alien - Genesis

Invisible touch , Land of confusion , In too deep, and two direct Tonight, tonight, tonight y Throwing it all away , del álbum Invisible touch :

Invisible touch - Genesis

Land of confusion - Genesis

In too deep - Genesis

Tonight, tonight, tonight (live) - Genesis

Throwing it all away (live) - Genesis

No son of mine , I can't dance , Tell me why , Jesus He Knows Me , and direct Hold on my heart , from the album We Can not Dance :

No Son Of Mine - Genesis