Music Magazine Prog Special: Genesis Third Edition Back Issue

Say the name Genesis to someone and you’ll get one of two responses. One is that they were the cornerstone British progressive rock band fronted by Peter Gabriel who helped lay down the foundations for the genre in the early 70s. The other is that they were the arena-packing pop-rock behemoths fronted by Phil Collins who spent much of the 80s dominating the airwaves in the UK, the USA and pretty much everywhere else on the planet during that decade and beyond. Both are true – few bands have had two such distinct and different halves to their careers. But it doesn’t quite tell the full story. Genesis weren’t just one thing or the other. They wrote pop songs during their prog era, while there were moments during their mid-80s imperial phase when their progressive roots were still visible. And then there are the spaces between those two towering pillars of their career – their beginnings as a tentative folk-pop outfit, the transitional albums they made after the departure of Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett that now sound like the 1980s arriving a couple of years early, and even their unfairly maligned swansong, Calling All Stations, the sole album with singer Ray Wilson. But their momentous achievements are carved in stone. The 23-minute Supper’s Ready remains the definitive progressive rock song, setting the template for everything that followed. This collection of interviews and articles taken from the hallowed pages of Prog and Classic Rock magazines is a celebration of all that. Inside, you’ll find exclusive interviews with the main protagonists alongside a look back at the key albums they made, from Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot through The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway and beyond, plus the 40 greatest Genesis songs ever. So sit back, put on Supper’s Ready at maximum volume and enjoy.