Genesis in the 1970s

Genesis were a highly prolific and creative band in the 1970s, releasing eight studio and two live albums, playing a thousand concerts, and launching the solo careers of four members. They weathered the departures of Anthony Phillips, Peter Gabriel, and Steve Hackett and ended the decade as a self-contained trio of Tony Banks, Phil Collins, and Mike Rutherford. The 1970s represents their artistic peak as a hothouse for incredible songwriters, helping create the progressive rock genre, pioneering the multimedia concert experience, and making a rakishly worn daffodil the headgear of choice for the cognoscenti.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 30 September 2021
Publisher: Sonicbond Publishing

Few bands have been as prolific or consistently creative as Genesis were in the 1970s, both together and apart. Over that decade, the mothership released eight studio and two live albums, played a thousand concerts, and launched the solo careers of four of its members. Through it all, they weathered the departures of Anthony Phillips, Peter Gabriel, and Steve Hackett, ending the decade as a self-contained trio of Tony Banks, Phil Collins, and Mike Rutherford, one that was about to become the biggest band in the world. For many, however, the 1970s represent their artistic peak as a hothouse for incredible songwriters. It made for a combustible, heady brew when those talents were all harnessed in the service of the band, helping create the progressive rock genre, pioneering the multimedia concert experience, and making a rakishly worn daffodil the headgear of choice for the cognoscenti.

Genesis began the decade by playing before an audience of one and asking if he had any requests? and ended it by headlining the Knebworth Festival in front of 80,000 fans. This book tells the whole story of that tumultuous decade, on record and on stage, together and apart.

Weight: 300g
Dimension: 148 x 211 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781789521467