Genesis
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“The true owners are not the creators; it’s the listeners. They hear everything that’s working. Who needs to know the detail about how difficult it was?” Wind & Wuthering got Genesis through the punk era - but not without a struggle
By Daryl Easlea published
One reviewer claimed it made Yes and Pink Floyd redundant, but was their last album with Steve Hackett also their final truly progressive work?

“A slice of terrace commentary from a band more associated with croquet than soccer”: Genesis’ largely forgotten Spot The Pigeon EP
By Daryl Easlea published
Three tracks left off Wind & Wuthering gave Genesis their first Top 20 hit

An hour of stunning Peter Gabriel-era Genesis footage has received the 4K treatment
By Fraser Lewry published
Genesis's 1973 five-song set from Shepperton Studios has been the subject of a painstaking 50th anniversary remaster

18 of the darkest, most terrifying prog rock songs ever made
By Jerry Ewing published
Have a very proggy Halloween with our playlist of dark, morbid proggy delights...

"It’s the biggest project I was ever involved with." How Steve Hackett made Genesis Revisited II
By Paul Sexton published
Steve Hackett corralled some of the biggest names in modern prog to re-interpret classic Genesis songs for Genesis Revisited II.

“The teacher’s hatred of my guitar probably goes a long way to explaining why I persevered with it”: How Genesis’ Mike Rutherford survived boarding school
By Ian Winwood published
His early days were full of challenges, but he had the unwavering support of his dad

"The psychedelic scene was largely over by the summer of 1968, but that spirit of musical adventure was still running rampant": A beginners' guide to the origins of prog rock
By Hugh Fielder published
Where on earth did progressive rock come from?

"We’d been working on it for two weeks… Mike Oldfield had wiped it. There was no undo button. I was in shock. It was the only time it’s ever happened to me in 40 years": Trevor Horn's lows and highs
By Daryl Easlea published
Known as ‘the man who invented the 80s,’ producer and musician Trevor Horn always enjoyed sneaking prog into the mainstream

"You can't dance or clap along to it. When we play it live, you can always see the audience getting caught out": Turn It On Again by Genesis even confused Peter Gabriel
By Mark Blake published
Deceptively straightforward but with a rhythmic banana skin, Turn It On Again began Genesis's transformation from major cult band to stadium-filling hit-makers
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