Favorite bands and musicians? My list is long. Picking one for each letter of the alphabet is challenging. Sometimes you have to work around a first name or last. Alan Parsons Project – A studio creation, two talented guys wrote the intricate songs and hired musicians to help create the music. For nearly a decade, … More Favorite Bands: A to Z
The last new music by these three was 29 years ago. After several tours, Phil Collins announced his departure from the band in 1996. The album was a massive hit (four million copies), although it failed to reach number one (only number four) in the U.S. There were hit singles on the album, although all … More Genesis: We Can’t Dance (1991)
My intent is not to review every Genesis album; this one was not even on my radar. Funny how your material picks itself. Duke was the beginning of their “pop” phase, although the strands of progressive-rock were prevalent in their music. Gone were the epic suites of long songs. Mostly. Duke was important for several … More Genesis: Duke (1980)
The title refers to the group as now a trio, after the departure of guitarist Steve Hackett. This happened to be their highest charting album on the American charts, and serves as the dividing line between their progressive-rock origins and the more commercial pop-rock incarnation. And Then There Were Three is a quirky album, it … More And Then There Were Three: Genesis (1978)
The band’s twelfth studio album was perhaps their best of their post-prog period. Simply titled, Genesis, it was a supercharged delight. Did it outsell all other Genesis albums? No. Did it score higher on the charts than any other of their albums? No. Did it have more singles than other Genesis albums? No. So, what … More Genesis (1983)
If you are a reader of my blogs, you will see that I like to compare albums by an artist. Not to pick a winner and loser, rather to look at writing styles, production techniques and where that artist or group are in their careers. Peter Gabriel: Genesis (1967-1975), solo (1975 – present) A tale … More Peter Gabriel: Us or Up?
Time to explore Phil’s solo catalog for a groovy kind of love. Phil has a song with that title. Sorry, couldn’t resist. Phil Collin’s owned the 1980s, the guy was everywhere. When he retired, a lot of his fans were ready. The Phil Collins backlash was underway. For as successful as he was, Phil was … More Phil Collins: Mixtape
This was the album where Genesis turned the corner as songwriters. This would also be their finest album of the classic period: Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Steve Hackett. By turning the corner, I mean they became very accomplished songwriters, beginning with this album through the end of the decade, Genesis … More Genesis: Selling England By the Pound (1973)
Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks and Steve Hackett are the lesser known members of the rock group Genesis. Each was a key member of the band, and each has had a respectable career apart from the group. Steve Hackett Of the three, Steve Hackett has done the most to keep the early Genesis music alive … More Genesis: The Three Other Guys
Phil Collins had a rather unlikely solo career. Not just a solo career, a monster career apart from Genesis. Taking over the microphone from Peter Gabriel in 1975 started Collins on this journey. It was just a matter of time until he left Genesis, which spelled the end of the band. The two decades Collins … More Phil Collins solo
