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Genesis Discography & Biography

Genesis had its roots in the Garden Wall, which formed in 1965 with members Peter Gabriel (vocals), Tony Banks (keyboards) and Chris Stewart (drums), all students at the Charterhouse school. Classmates Anthony Philips (guitar/vocals) and Mike Rutherford (bass/guitar/vocals) from the Anon joined and in 1967 they sent ademo to Charterhouse alum Jonathan King at Decca Records. King named the group G

enesis and they released two singles "The Silent Sun" and "A Winter's Tale".

In 1969, Genesis released a debut album, From Genesis To Revelation (with new drummer John Silver), to little success. They moved to Charisma Records in 1970 and Trespass was released, also to little success. Following the release of Trespass, Phillips and Mayhew left and were replaced by Steve Hackett and Phil Collins. Another commercial failure, 1971's Nursery Cryme was released, but the followup, Foxtrot, made it into the UK Top 20. Genesis continued to have success withSelling England By The Pound and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.

Peter Gabriel left in 1975 to pursue a hugely successful solo career. Phil Collins replaced Gabriel on vocals, as well as continuing to be the drummer for the g

roup. The first Collins led album, A Trick Of The Tail, turned out to be their most successful to date and Wind And Wuthering continued that success. Steve Hackett left in 1977, and the band continued as a trio. 1978's And Then There Were Three had a softer, more commercial sound than their previous progressive rock albums and it was their first gold album. Genesis continued to have mainstream success into the 80's with Duke, Abacab and Genesis. In 1986 they had the biggest album of their career with the huge Invisible Touch, which spawned five US Top 5hits. Throughout the 80's, Phil Collins pursued a hugely successful solo careerand Mike Rutherford had a number of hits with his band Mike + the Mechanics.

Genesis didn't follow up Invisible Touch until 1991's We Can't Dance, and although it was another hit, Collins left to focus on solo albums. Banks and Rutherford carried on using the Genesis name for one more album with new singer Ray Wilso

n, 1997's Calling All Stations. It was a commercial and critical dud and the remaining Genesis members split.

Genesis Discography

1969 From Genesis to Revelation1970 Trespass1971 Nursery Cryme1972 Foxtrot1973 Selling England by the Pound1973 Genesis: Live1974 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

1976 Trick of the Tail1976 Wind & Wuthering1977 Seconds Out1978 And Then There Were Three C1980 Duke1981 Abacab1982 Three Sides Live1983 Genesis1986 Invisible Touch1991 We Can't Dance1992 Genesis Live: The Way We Walk, Vol. 11993 Genesis Live: The Way We Walk, Vol. 21997 Calling All Stations

1998 Genesis Archives, Vol. 1: 1967-19751999 Turn It On Again: Best of 81-832000 Genesis Archives, Vol. 2: 1976-1992