Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, in Godalming, Surrey, in 1967. The band's longest-lasting and most commercially successful line-up consisted of keyboardist Tony Banks, bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford and drummer/singer Phil Collins. In the 1970s, during which the band also included singer Peter Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett, Genesis were among the pioneers of progressive rock. Banks and Rutherford were the only constant members throughout the band's history. The band were formed by Charterhouse pupils Banks, Rutherford, Gabriel, guitarist Anthony Phillips and drummer Chris Stewart. Their name was provided by former Charterhouse pupil and pop impresario Jonathan King, who arranged for them to record several singles and their debut album From Genesis to Revelation in 1969. After splitting from King, the band began touring, signed with Charisma Records and shifted to progressive rock with their succeeding album Trespass (1970). Phillips departed after the album's recording, with Banks, Rutherford and Gabriel recruiting Collins and Hackett before recording Nursery Cryme (1971). Their live shows began to feature Gabriel's theatrical costumes and performances...
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Members
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- 1967–1968Chris Stewart — drums (drum set), original, percussion
- 1967–1970Anthony Phillips — guitar, original
- 1967–1975★Peter Gabriel — flute, lead vocals, oboe, original, percussion
- 1967–2022Tony Banks — guitar, keyboard, original
- 1967–2022Mike Rutherford — bass guitar, guitar, original
- 1968–1969Jonathan Silver — drums (drum set), percussion
- 1969–1970John Mayhew — drums (drum set), percussion
- 1970–1996Phil Collins — drums (drum set), lead vocals, percussion
- 1970–1977Steve Hackett — guitar
- 1970–1971Mick Barnard — guitar
- 1997–1999Ray Wilson — lead vocals
- 2006–2022Phil Collins — drums (drum set), lead vocals, percussion
Discography
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Albums (20)
- 1969From Genesis to Revelation
- 1970Trespass
- 1971Nursery Cryme
- 1972Foxtrot
- 1973Selling England by the Pound
- 1974The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
- 1976A Trick of the Tail
- 1976Wind & Wuthering
- 1978…And Then There Were Three…
- 1978All We Need’s a Hit
- 1980Duke
- 1981★Abacab
- 1983Genesis
- 1986Invisible Touch
- 1991We Can’t Dance
- 1992Limbo
- 1997…Calling All Stations…
- 1998Alternate Calling All Stations
- 2002The Demos Down on Broadway
- 2013Abacab Sessions
EPs (5)
- 1977Spot the Pigeon
- 19823×3
- 1982Paperlate
- 1987Visible Touch
- 1991We Can’t Dance
Singles (52)
- 1968A Winter’s Tale
- 1968The Silent Sun
- 1969Where the Sour Turns to Sweet
- 1970Looking for Someone / Visions of Angels
- 1971The Knife
- 1972Happy the Man
- 1973I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
- 1973Watcher of the Skies / Willow Farm
- 1974Counting Out Time
- 1974In the Beginning / The Serpent
- 1974The Carpet Crawlers / The Waiting Room
- 1976A Trick of the Tail
- 1976Entangled / A Trick of the Tail
- 1976Ripples / It’s Yourself
- 1977Your Own Special Way
- 1978Follow You Follow Me
- 1978Go West Young Man (In the Motherlode) / Scenes From a Night’s Dream
- 1978Many Too Many
- 1980Duchess
- 1980Misunderstanding
- 1980Turn It On Again
- 1981★Abacab
- 1981Keep It Dark
- 1981Man on the Corner
- 1981No Reply at All
- 1982Paperlate
- 1982Paperlate / You Might Recall
- 1983Home by the Sea
- 1983Illegal Alien
- 1983Mama
- 1983That’s All
- 1986In Too Deep
- 1986Invisible Touch
- 1986Land of Confusion
- 1986Throwing It All Away
- 1987Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
- 1991I Can’t Dance
- 1991No Son of Mine
- 1992Hold On My Heart
- 1992Jesus He Knows Me
- 1992Never a Time
- 1992Tell Me Why
- 1997Congo
- 1997Shipwrecked
- 1998Not About Us
- 1999The Carpet Crawlers 1999
- 2009In Too Deep / I’d Rather Be You
- 2021I Can’t Dance (Sander & Salerno reinterpretation)
- 2025Back in N.Y.C.
- 2025Fly on a Windshield
- 2025In the Cage
- 2025The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
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Lives (262)
- 19731973‐02‐22: Palasport, Rome, Italy
- 1973★Live
- 1973Moonswept Paradise
- 1973Quebec City 1973
- 1974The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (live)
- 19751975‐01‐24: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 19751975‐04‐19: Empire Theatre, Liverpool, UK
- 1975Swelled and Spent
- 19771977‐01‐03: Live in London
- 19772 Down, 3 Left
- 1977British Biscuit
- 1977Seconds Out
- 1979Living in a Twilight Alehouse
- 1982Gabacabriel
- 1982Three Sides Live
- 1983Firth of Fifth (live)
- 1984Just a Job to Do
- 1984Mit Raphus Cucullatus
- 1985The Mama Tour
- 19871987‐06‐08: Platz der Republik, Berlin, Germany
- 19871987‐06‐20: Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany
- 1988Invisible Touch Tour
- 19891974-04-21: University Sports Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
- 1989Twilight Alehouse
- 19901978-10-13: Live USA: Uptown Theater, Chicago, IL, USA
- 19901978‐10‐13: Live in Chicago 1978: Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
- 1990Live Supper
- 1990Live USA — imt 000.017
- 1990The Lamb Woke Up Again
- 1990The Musical Fox
- 1990The Real Last Time
- 1991Illegal Alien
- 1991Live in London 1975
- 1991Recorded Live in Basel, Switzerland, January 1972
- 1991The Unreleased Live Collection
- 19921992‐07‐17: Live in München
- 19921992‐08‐02: Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, UK
- 19921992‐11‐16: Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
- 1992Genesis featuring I Can’t Dance & Jesus He Knows Me — imt 2 CD 920.033
- 1992I Know What I Like
- 1992In Concert 1976
- 1992Invisible Touch: Live
- 1992Land of Confusion
- 1992Live USA — imt 2 CD 920.031
- 1992Live USA — imt 900.124
- 1992Live USA — imt 900.126
- 1992Live USA, Vol.1
- 1992Los Angeles ’86
- 1992The Way We Walk, Volume 1: The Shorts
- 1992Three Nights in Philly
- 19931972‐04‐18: Piper Club, Rome, Italy
- 1993From One Fan to All Others
- 1993In the Cage
- 1993Land of Confusion
- 1993The Easy Rider Generation in Concert
- 1993The Lamb Lives
- 1993The Way We Walk, Volume 2: The Longs
- 1997Genesis Live: Follow You, Follow Me
- 1997Knebworth Show
- 1997Nothing Left Now
- 1997Practice Makes Perfect
- 1997Romeo Show
- 19981998‐02‐25: Nir Perfect: Live at the Birmingham NEC
- 1998Calling Radio Stations
- 1998Live / The Way We Walk
- 1998Long Ago in the Rome Hills
- 1998Voices in the Academy
- 1999Live in Tokyo
- 20001974‐03‐03: Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA, USA
- 2001The Way We Walk: Live in Concert
- 2002Rare Tapes
- 20041977‐05‐21: Ibirapuera Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil
- 2004★Live
- 20061973‐02‐25: De Montfort Hall, Leicester, UK
- 2007Albany, NY 09·12·07
- 2007Amsterdam, NL 01·07·07
- 2007Berlin, DE 03·07·07
- 2007Berne, CH 17·06·07
- 2007Boston, MA 09·11·07
- 2007Brussels, BE 24·06·07
- 2007Buffalo, NY 09·08·07
- 2007Chicago, IL 10·02·07
- 2007Chicago, IL 10·03·07
- 2007Chicago, IL 10·04·07
- 2007Cleveland, OH 09·29·07
- 2007Columbus, OH 09·22·07
- 2007Denver, CO 10·06·07
- 2007Detroit, MI 09·30·07
- 2007Düsseldorf, DE 26·06·07
- 2007Düsseldorf, DE 27·06·07
- 2007East Rutherford, NJ 09·27·07
- 2007Frankfurt, DE 05·07·07
- 2007Hamburg, DE 15·06·07
- 2007Hannover, DE 23·06·07
- 2007Hartford, CT 09·16·07
- 2007Helsinki, FI 11·06·07
- 2007Herning, DK 14·06·07
- 2007Hollywood, CA 10·12·07
- 2007Hollywood, CA 10·13·07
- 2007Katowice, PL 21·06·07
- 2007Leipzig, DE 04·07·07
- 2007Linz, AT 19·06·07
- 2007Live Over Europe 2007
- 2007London, UK 08·07·07
- 2007Lyon, FR 12·07·07
- 2007Manchester, UK 07·07·07
- 2007Montreal, QC 09·14·07
- 2007Munich, DE 10·07·07
- 2007New York, NY 09·25·07
- 2007Ottawa, ON 09·15·07
- 2007Paris, FR 30·06·07
- 2007Philadelphia, PA 09·18·07
- 2007Philadelphia, PA 09·19·07
- 2007Philadelphia, PA 09·20·07
- 2007Pittsburgh, PA 09·09·07
- 2007Pittsburgh, PA 09·09·07
- 2007Prague, CZ 20·06·07
- 2007Rome, IT 14·07·07
- 2007Sacramento, CA 10·10·07
- 2007San Jose, CA 10·09·07
- 2007Selling Equipment by the Pound
- 2007Stuttgart, DE 28·06·07
- 2007Toronto, ON 09·07·07
- 2007Washington, D.C. 09·23·07
- 2008When in Rome 2007
- 2009Live 1973–2007
- 2009Live in Poland
- 2012Live at the Rainbow 1973
- 2014Sum of the Parts
- 2014Sum of the Parts / Three Sides Live
- 2014Three Sides Live — video
- 2015Selling Unplanned by the Sound — rehearsals
- 20161977-07-02: Swiss Wuthering: Hallenstadium, Zürich, Switzerland
- 2019Mind the Gap
- 20201978‐03‐30: War Memorial, Rochester, NY, USA
- 2020In the Windy City
- 2020The Lost Tapes
- 2020Transmission Impossible
- 20212021‐10‐07: SSE Hydro, Glasgow, UK
- 2021Live at Knebworth
- 2021Nassau Coliseum 1981: The Long Island Broadcast
- 20221980-05-07: Lyceum Ballrooms, London, UK
- 2022French Dressing
- 2022LA Complete
- 2022The Reunion Rehearsal
- 2022The Shrine Auditorium
- 2023BBC Broadcasts
- 2023Berlin
- 2023Getting in Tune
- 2024Horizons
- 2024King Biscuit Flower Hour 1976 (live radio broadcast)
- 2025The Carpet Crawlers (live at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, 1/24/75)
- 2025Watcher of the Skies (live at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, 1/24/75)
- 2026Six Sides Live · Volume III · The Complete Mama Tour 1983 Broadcast
- —1970‐02‐22: The Shepherd, BBC Studios, London, UK
- —1971‐03‐07: La Ferme Hof ter Musschen, Woluwe‐Saint‐Lambert, Belgium
- —1972‐01‐09: John Peel Session, Studio T1, BBC Studios, Kensington House, Shepherds Bush, London, UK
- —1972‐03‐02: In Concert, Paris Studios, BBC, London, UK
- —1972‐03‐20/21: ‘Pop Shop’, Brussels, Belgium
- —1972‐08‐11: Reading Festival, Reading, UK
- —1972‐09‐19: Marquee Club, London, UK
- —1972‐11‐18: Imperial College, London, UK
- —1973‐01‐15: Stadthalle, Heidelberg, Germany
- —1973‐01‐20: Palasport, Reggio Emilia, Italy
- —1973‐01‐22: Palasport, Rome, Italy
- —1973‐10‐20: Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
- —1973‐11‐08: Massey Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
- —1973‐12‐19: Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA
- —1974-04-24: Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA
- —1974-04-24: WBCN Studios, Boston, MA, USA
- —1974-05-04: Academy of Music, New York, NY, USA
- —1974-11-21: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- —1974-12-18: Century Theatre, Buffalo, New York, USA
- —1974‐04‐06: Student Union Auditorium, Toledo, OH, US
- —1974‐05‐06, late show: The Very Last Pound: Academy of Music, New York City, NY, USA
- —1975-01-22: The Lamb Lies Down on Berkeley: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA, USA
- —1975-04-15: The Empire Pool, Wembley, London, UK
- —1975‐04‐10: Martinihal‐Centrum, Groningen, Netherlands
- —1975‐04‐15: Empire Pool, Wembley, London, UK
- —1976-04-29: Robbery, Assault and Berkeley: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA, USA
- —1976-07-09: Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland
- —1976‐04‐10: Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA, USA
- —1976‐04‐13: Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- —1976‐06‐10: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK
- —1976‐07‐10: New Bingley Hall, Stafford, UK
- —1977-01-02: Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
- —1977-02-24: Boston Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- —1977-03-25: Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA
- —1977-06-24: Earls Court Arena, London, UK
- —1977‐03‐03: Colisée de Québec, Québec City, Canada
- —1978-06-03: Palais des Sports, Dijon, France
- —1978-10-22: The Summit, Houston, TX, USA
- —1978‐04‐09: University Assembly Hall, Bloomington, IN, USA
- —1978‐06‐24: Knebworth Park, Stevenage, UK
- —1978‐07‐25: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, USA
- —1978‐10‐13: Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
- —1978‐10‐14: Uptown Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
- —1980‐04‐28: Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland
- —1980‐04‐30: City Hall, Newcastle, UK
- —1980‐06‐19: The Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada
- —1980‐06‐30: Saratoga Performing Arts Centre, Saratoga Springs, New York
- —1981-11-29: Perpetual Soundwave: Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, NY, USA
- —1981‐10‐30: Live in Frankfurt am Main
- —1981‐11‐14: Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois
- —1981‐11‐21: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- —1981‐11‐30: Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland
- —1981‐12‐02: Civic Centre, Hartford, Connecticut
- —1981‐12‐05: Ottawa Civic Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
- —1981‐12‐11: Carrier Dome Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
- —1982-08-01: Civic Centre, Peoria, Illinois, USA
- —1982-08-13: Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX, USA
- —1982-08-18: Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, Michigan, USA
- —1982-08-29: Jarry Park, Montreal, QC, Canada
- —1982-09-26: Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
- —1982-09-29: All the Help I Can Get, Reunion Concert Rehearsal, Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK
- —1982-09-30: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England
- —1982‐08‐07: Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA, USA
- —1982‐08‐19: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, USA
- —1982‐08‐26: Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
- —1983-11-26: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- —1983-11-27: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- —1983-12-01: Civic Centre, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- —1983-12-02: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA
- —1983-12-07: Civic Centre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- —1983-12-10: Norfolk Scope, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
- —1984-01-12: The Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- —1984-02-01: Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- —1984-02-16: Lawlor Events Centre, Reno, Nevada, USA
- —1984-02-17: Thomas & Mack Centre, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- —1984-02-20: Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA, USA
- —1984-02-25: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England
- —1986-10-01: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
- —1986-10-03: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
- —1986-10-15: The Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA
- —1986‐09‐30: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
- —1987-02-01: Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky
- —1987‐07‐02: Wembley Stadium, London, UK
- —1992-05-09: Astrodome, Houston, TX, USA
- —A Hole in Heaven
- —Abacab to the Savoy
- —As Good as Gold Live — 1980‐05‐07: Lyceum Ballroom, London, England, UK
- —Brush Back Your Hair
- —Dave & Steph… Your First Suppers Ready
- —Genesis at the L.A. Forum (DR) 1
- —Home at Last
- —In a House of Dreams
- —In Concert
- —Live (Unapproved)
- —Live in Pavia
- —Live in Sheffield
- —Live in the City of Light
- —Out of the Subway
- —Paris Olympia
- —Rael Visits the Garden State
- —Silent Sorrows of the Saarbrucken Slippermen
- —Some of You Are Going to Die
- —The Coastliners
- —The Great Lost Live Album
- —This Planet’s Soil
- —Turning It On… Tony’s Birthday
- —Twilight Alehouse
- —Wrapping Up the World in Clothes of Brass and Cellophane
Compilations (44)
- 197370’s Pop Sound
- 1975Rock Theatre
- 1978The Story of Genesis
- 1990The Vertigo Years
- 1990Trespass / Nursery Cryme / Foxtrot
- 1991Selling England by the Pound / The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway I & II
- 1991Turn It On Again: Best of ’81–’83
- 1992Happy the Man
- 1994Mega
- 1994Progressive Power
- 1998Archive 1967–75
- 1998Romantic Ballads
- 1999Giganty Rocka
- 1999Turn It On Again: The Hits
- 20001969–1977
- 20001978–1997
- 2000Archive #2 1976–1992
- 2002It’s Only Knock and Knowall
- 2004Platinum Collection
- 2004The Video Show
- 200714 From Our Past
- 20071970–1975 — sampler CD
- 20071976–1982
- 20071983–1998
- 2007Extra Tracks 1976–1982
- 20081970–1975
- 2008Genesis — The Mail on Sunday
- 2008The Early Days of Genesis
- 2009Greatest Hits, Part One: 1970–1978
- 2009Greatest Hits, Part Two: 1978–1999
- 2010What I Like About Them
- 2014R‐Kive
- 2014The Ultimate Best of Genesis
- 201750 Years Ago
- 2020The Lost Radio Recordings: BBC Sessions 1970–1972
- 2021The Last Domino?
- 2022Ten Songs for You
- 2023Extra Tracks 1983–1998
- —Collection
- —Lalo’s Selection: Best of Phil Collins and Genesis
- —The 12″ Versions
- —The Best of Genesis
- —The Complete BBC Sessions: 1970–1972
- —Ultrasound Remixes
Remixs (1)
- —We Can’t Dance: The Dance Album
Others (14)
- 1988The Conversation Disc Series
- 1988The Last Domino / Invisible Touch
- 1992Interview Disc
- 1996The Complete Guide to the Music of Genesis
- 1997Calling All Stations Tour Ticket
- 2007North American Tour Press Preview
- 2016According to Phil Collins
- —1973-01-17: AFN Radio, Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, West Germany
- —1973-10-30: Cinema Landscapes: Shepperton Film Studios, Borehamwood, UK
- —1974‐02‐12: ‘Melody’, ORTF TV Studios, Paris, France
- —1975-10-xx: A Trick of the Tail Outtakes: Trident Studios, UK
- —Interview Picture Disc
- —Moonlight Knight
- —Selling England by the Session
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Supporting musicians (2)
- 1982–1982★Peter Gabriel
- 1982–1982Steve Hackett