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Phil Collins: “I don’t have many rock’n’roll stories; that was always someone else’s job”
By Dave Everley published
He may not always have been life and soul of the party, but he’s been the heartbeat behind songs across a huge range of genres – to his lasting pride

"If I wake up one day and I can hold a pair of drumsticks then I will have a crack at it": Watch the trailer for the new documentary about the drumming life of Phil Collins
By Fraser Lewry published
The Phil Collins documentary Drummer First will premiere later this month

Genesis announce 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
By Jerry Ewing published
New Dolby ATMOS mix of The Lamb... overseen by Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks at Real World Studios

How The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway forced Peter Gabriel and Genesis apart
By Daryl Easlea published
1974’s ambitious double-album took a heavy toll on the people who worked on it – then its lukewarm reception and bewildering stage show made things even more tense

Genesis’ 10 best songs with Peter Gabriel
By Chris Roberts published
The band’s first phase features a charming, very English sense of melancholy and melodrama – matched with wilful prog complexity

"It's got some good stuff on it." Tony Banks revisits the classic Genesis live album Seconds Out
By Chris Roberts last updated
"It's got some good stuff on it," says a typically understated Tony Banks, on Genesis's Seconds Out

The heavenly harmony of the spheres: A beginner's guide to the Mellotron in six essential songs
By Paul Henderson published
The official sound of prog, made in Birmingham

“More than just music – it’s part of your DNA”: What The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper did for prog
By Dave Everley published
Rick Wakeman, Roger Waters and Robert Fripp were among those listening when the BBC played the record in full in 1967 – and weren’t the only ones who experienced artistic epiphanies that night

“They’d ask what I was doing while those guys were in the charts”: Tony Banks outside Genesis
By Raziq Rauf published
Keyboardist’s solo albums may not have reached the heady heights of his bandmates’ output – but he’s had a great time making “more progressive” music with artists of his own choosing, including Fish, Toyah and Nik Kershaw

Genesis’ Selling England By The Pound wore a smile over hidden depths
By Daryl Easlea published
By the time they’d toured their 1973 album, they’d had a sit single, proved Phil Collins could deliver lead vocals, and offered a hint at what would come after Steve Hackett and Peter Gabriel left
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