There are three bands named Genesis.
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1. Genesis formed in 1967 in Godalming, Surrey (United Kingdom) and was one of the most popular progressive rock bands in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. During the 1970s, Peter Gabriel was the lead singer until his departure, when drummer Phil Collins stepped up to the mic and replaced him.
Starting as an amalgam of two bands formed by schoolboys attending Charterhouse School in Godalming, England, the original lineup consisted of Peter Gabriel, Anthony Phillips, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, and Chris Stewart, though Stewart was soon replaced as drummer by John Silver and then John Mayhew. By the end of 1970, Phillips and Mayhew had left the band, with Collins joining as drummer, and by early 1971, guitarist Steve Hackett had filled the gap left by Phillips. The lineup of Gabriel, Banks, Hackett, Rutherford, and Collins remained in place until Gabriel's departure in 1975.
During the period of 1970-1975, the band produced some of the most widely-acclaimed albums of the progressive rock era, including "Nursery Cryme", "Foxtrot" (featuring the side-long epic "Supper's Ready") and the seminal album "Selling England by the Pound", which generated Genesis' first foray into the charts with "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)". This lineup culminated with the band's magnum opus "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" in 1974. Following the tour promoting the album, frontman Peter Gabriel left the group in mid 1975.
Genesis decided to continue on as a four-piece, producing two albums, "A Trick of the Tail" and "Wind & Wuthering", which found the band proving to themselves and to the world that they could move on after Gabriel's departure. Collins stepped up to fill the role of lead vocalist after countless auditions for a new singer proved fruitless by the completion of recording for "A Trick of the Tail". Hackett quietly departed after the "Wind & Wuthering" tour in 1977, feeling that his creative input for the band was being repressed.
In 1978, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford contributed music to a British movie called "The Shout" based on a short story by Robert Graves, directed by Jerzy Skomilowski and produced by Jeremy Thomas. (More credits and info here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078259/combined)
Genesis then became a trio which began to move away from the dying embers of progressive rock. They established themselves as a more commercially-friendly outfit with the release of their 1978 album "...And Then There Were Three...", finding their first US hit with the single "Follow You Follow Me".
Banks, Rutherford, and Collins became more adept at writing radio-friendly songs in the 1980s. This reached a peak with the release of 1986's "Invisible Touch", in which more than half of the album's eight songs made it to the singles chart, including the title track, "Land of Confusion" and "In Too Deep". All three band members produced solo albums during Genesis' downtime in the 80s and 90s - most notably Collins' increasingly successful solo work, and Rutherford's sideline group "Mike and the Mechanics" which found moderate success - with evolving styles reflected both when going solo and when recording together as Genesis.
Collins left the group in 1996, and was replaced vocally by Ray Wilson, the former lead singer of Scottish band "Stiltskin". Israeli born drummer Nir Zidkyahu and "Spock's Beard" drummer Nick D'Virgilio stepped in to fill the drumming role. Their 1997 album "Calling All Stations" was unable to find worldwide success, and despite scoring a minor U.K. hit with "Congo", the group slowly faded out of public consciousness. In 1998, after the "Calling All Stations" tour (the US leg of which was cut short due to poor album sales), Wilson was released from the band, and Zidkyahu and D'Virgilio, having never been "official" band members, went their separate ways. The band, now down to only Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford, took a break from performing and recording.
In 1999 Banks, Rutherford, Collins, Gabriel, and Hackett collaborated to re-record "The Carpet Crawlers" for greatest hits compilation "Turn It on Again: The Hits".
During the latter part of 2005, rumors spread that the band would reform again in its most famous five-man configuration. Genesis management stated that there were no current plans at that time, and that nothing would change in the following twelve months. Phil Collins then said in a radio interview in April 2006 that the classic Genesis line-up was considering a new live-staging of "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway", but it was not to be. On 7th November 2006, Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford announced they would be doing a twenty-date tour of Europe in the summer of 2007, with a North American tour to follow.
A Live DVD of the final European concert in Rome, where the band performed free for 500,000 fans, was released May 26th 2008: "When In Rome - Live 2007".
In April of 2011, Phil Collins, after completing a reunion tour with Genesis, said in a newspaper interview that he has no plans to tour or make another album, effectively retiring after over 40 years in the music business.
Official website: www.genesis-music.com
2. In 1967-8, there was an American band that was also named Genesis. It was a psychedelic rock group based in Los Angeles which released one album In the Beginning in 1968. The name conflict was known to the record label of UK Genesis, which is why their debut album From Genesis to Revelation coyly omitted the band's name except in the album title. While both bands suffered poor sales for their debuts, the US band broke up in late 1968 not long after one of their members was drafted into the army. This more or less ended any significant confusion except in situations like Last.fm or lazy Googling.
3. A Colombian group called Génesis also exists. If you are scrobbling songs by that group and have ended up on this page, please fix your tags to Génesis with the first "e" accented.
1. Genesis formed in 1967 in Go… Read Full Bio ↴There are three bands named Genesis.
1. Genesis formed in 1967 in Godalming, Surrey (United Kingdom) and was one of the most popular progressive rock bands in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. During the 1970s, Peter Gabriel was the lead singer until his departure, when drummer Phil Collins stepped up to the mic and replaced him.
Starting as an amalgam of two bands formed by schoolboys attending Charterhouse School in Godalming, England, the original lineup consisted of Peter Gabriel, Anthony Phillips, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, and Chris Stewart, though Stewart was soon replaced as drummer by John Silver and then John Mayhew. By the end of 1970, Phillips and Mayhew had left the band, with Collins joining as drummer, and by early 1971, guitarist Steve Hackett had filled the gap left by Phillips. The lineup of Gabriel, Banks, Hackett, Rutherford, and Collins remained in place until Gabriel's departure in 1975.
During the period of 1970-1975, the band produced some of the most widely-acclaimed albums of the progressive rock era, including "Nursery Cryme", "Foxtrot" (featuring the side-long epic "Supper's Ready") and the seminal album "Selling England by the Pound", which generated Genesis' first foray into the charts with "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)". This lineup culminated with the band's magnum opus "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" in 1974. Following the tour promoting the album, frontman Peter Gabriel left the group in mid 1975.
Genesis decided to continue on as a four-piece, producing two albums, "A Trick of the Tail" and "Wind & Wuthering", which found the band proving to themselves and to the world that they could move on after Gabriel's departure. Collins stepped up to fill the role of lead vocalist after countless auditions for a new singer proved fruitless by the completion of recording for "A Trick of the Tail". Hackett quietly departed after the "Wind & Wuthering" tour in 1977, feeling that his creative input for the band was being repressed.
In 1978, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford contributed music to a British movie called "The Shout" based on a short story by Robert Graves, directed by Jerzy Skomilowski and produced by Jeremy Thomas. (More credits and info here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078259/combined)
Genesis then became a trio which began to move away from the dying embers of progressive rock. They established themselves as a more commercially-friendly outfit with the release of their 1978 album "...And Then There Were Three...", finding their first US hit with the single "Follow You Follow Me".
Banks, Rutherford, and Collins became more adept at writing radio-friendly songs in the 1980s. This reached a peak with the release of 1986's "Invisible Touch", in which more than half of the album's eight songs made it to the singles chart, including the title track, "Land of Confusion" and "In Too Deep". All three band members produced solo albums during Genesis' downtime in the 80s and 90s - most notably Collins' increasingly successful solo work, and Rutherford's sideline group "Mike and the Mechanics" which found moderate success - with evolving styles reflected both when going solo and when recording together as Genesis.
Collins left the group in 1996, and was replaced vocally by Ray Wilson, the former lead singer of Scottish band "Stiltskin". Israeli born drummer Nir Zidkyahu and "Spock's Beard" drummer Nick D'Virgilio stepped in to fill the drumming role. Their 1997 album "Calling All Stations" was unable to find worldwide success, and despite scoring a minor U.K. hit with "Congo", the group slowly faded out of public consciousness. In 1998, after the "Calling All Stations" tour (the US leg of which was cut short due to poor album sales), Wilson was released from the band, and Zidkyahu and D'Virgilio, having never been "official" band members, went their separate ways. The band, now down to only Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford, took a break from performing and recording.
In 1999 Banks, Rutherford, Collins, Gabriel, and Hackett collaborated to re-record "The Carpet Crawlers" for greatest hits compilation "Turn It on Again: The Hits".
During the latter part of 2005, rumors spread that the band would reform again in its most famous five-man configuration. Genesis management stated that there were no current plans at that time, and that nothing would change in the following twelve months. Phil Collins then said in a radio interview in April 2006 that the classic Genesis line-up was considering a new live-staging of "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway", but it was not to be. On 7th November 2006, Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford announced they would be doing a twenty-date tour of Europe in the summer of 2007, with a North American tour to follow.
A Live DVD of the final European concert in Rome, where the band performed free for 500,000 fans, was released May 26th 2008: "When In Rome - Live 2007".
In April of 2011, Phil Collins, after completing a reunion tour with Genesis, said in a newspaper interview that he has no plans to tour or make another album, effectively retiring after over 40 years in the music business.
Official website: www.genesis-music.com
2. In 1967-8, there was an American band that was also named Genesis. It was a psychedelic rock group based in Los Angeles which released one album In the Beginning in 1968. The name conflict was known to the record label of UK Genesis, which is why their debut album From Genesis to Revelation coyly omitted the band's name except in the album title. While both bands suffered poor sales for their debuts, the US band broke up in late 1968 not long after one of their members was drafted into the army. This more or less ended any significant confusion except in situations like Last.fm or lazy Googling.
3. A Colombian group called Génesis also exists. If you are scrobbling songs by that group and have ended up on this page, please fix your tags to Génesis with the first "e" accented.
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Genesis Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Genesis:
"I Can't Dance" Hot sun beating down Burning my feet just walking around. H…
#03 Firth of fifth The path is clear Though no eyes can see The course laid…
04 (instrumental)…
06 Fading Lights Another time it might have been so different If only we…
06 Follow You Follow Me Stay with me My love I hope you'll always be Right here…
06 Inside And Out Brother Seems they're letting him out next year He's behavi…
06. Evidence Of Autumn The girl from all those songs Who made everything feel righ…
06. The Lady Lies The man steps out in the moonlight At the sound of…
08 Home By The Sea/Second Home By The Sea Creeping up the blind side Shinning up the wall Stealing thr…
09 Its Yourself Stepping out the back way Hoping nobody sees Feeling can be …
11 Open Door I see your smiling face, by the open door There's…
11 The Carpet Crawlers There is lambswool under my naked feet The wool is soft…
16.the carpet crawlers There is lambswool under my naked feet. The wool is soft…
5. Anything She Does You know, You decorate the garage wall, Hang in people's hal…
5. Home By The Sea Images of sorrow, pictures of delight Things that go to mak…
6. Throwing It All Away Need I say I love you Need I say I care Need…
A Place to Call My Own And I've nearly found a place to call my own Waking…
A Trick of the Tail Bored of the life on the city of gold He'd…
A Winter's Tale The winter's bitterness is lost It's the fireside warmth tha…
A Winter's Tale 1969 The winter's bitterness is lost It's the fireside warmth th…
Abacab Look up on the wall, there on the floor Under the…
Adios Recuerdo los momentos que vivimos los detalles más hermosos …
Afterglow Like the dust that settles all around me, I must find…
Aisle of Plenty "I don't belong here" said old Tessa out loud "Easy, love,…
Alien Afternoon Woke up in the morning staggered out of bed Thought about…
All In A Mouse LOVING COUPLE: I can't see you but I know you're there. Go…
All in a Mouse's Night [LOVING COUPLE:] I can't see you but I know you're there. G…
Alone Tonight There's nothing here that I can understand And no one cares…
Am I Very Wrong Am I very wrong To hide behind the glare of an…
And the Lamb lies down on Broadway And the lamb lies down on Broadway. Early morning Manhattan,…
Another Record It's funny you know, 'Cos there's an old rock 'n' roller He'…
Anything Now And whether you want it Or whether you hate it And try…
Anything She Does You know, You decorate the garage wall, Hang in people's hal…
Anyway All the pumping's nearly over for my sweet heart. This is…
Apocalypse in 9-8 With the guards of Magog, swarming around, The Pied Piper…
As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs Can't you feel our souls ignite Shedding ever changing colou…
Back in N.Y.C I see faces and traces of home Back in New York…
Ballad of Big Big Jim Cooley commanded respect, whatever he wanted he coul…
Banjo Man Gimme a song I know, something I can relate to People…
Behind The Lines I held the book so tightly in my hands, I saw…
Biko September '77 Port Elizabeth weather fine It was business …
Blood on the Rooftops Dark and grey, an English film, the Wednesday Play We always…
Broadway Melody of 1074 Echoes of the Broadway Everglades With her mythical Madonnas…
Build Me A Mountain Do you have champagne in your dreams? Where do you dine…
Burning Rope The warming sun, the cooling rain The snowflake drifting on …
Calling All Stations Calling all stations Can anybody tell me, tell me exactly wh…
Can Utility And The Coastliners The scattered pages of a book by the sea Held…
Carpet Crawlers There is lambswool under my naked feet The wool is soft…
Chamber of 32 Doors At the top of the stairs he finds a chamber.…
Cinema Show Home from work, our Juliet Clears her morning meal She dabs …
Congo You say that I put chains on you But I don't…
Conquerer He climbs inside the looking glass And points at everything …
Counting Out Time The palpitating cherry-red organ was returned to its rightfu…
Cuckoo Cocoon Wrapped up in some powdered wool-I guess I'm losing touch. D…
Cul-de-sac Wake up now, this is the time you've waited for. Far…
Dance on a Volcano Holy Mother of God You've got to go faster than…
Dancing With a Moonlit Night "Can you tell me where my country lies?" Said the uni…
DancingWithTheMoonlitKnight "Can you tell me where my country lies?" Said the uni…
Deep in the Motherlode Get out of the way fat man. You got something…
Dodo Too big to fly, dodo ugly so dodo must die, Doggo…
Dodo Lurker Too big to fly, Dodo ugly so dodo must die. Dog go,…
Dodo + Lurker Too big to fly, Dodo ugly so dodo must die. Dog go,…
Dodo/Lurker Too big to fly, Dodo ugly so dodo must die. Dog go,…
Domino The grey of evening fills the room There's no need to…
Domino Part 1: In the Glow of the Night The grey of evening Fills the room No need to look outside T…
Domino: In The Glow Of The Night / The Last Domino The grey of evening fills the room No need to look…
Domino: Part One The grey of evening fills the room, No need to look…
Domino: Part One: In the Glow of the Night The grey of evening fills the room No need to look…
Down And Out It's good to be here! How've you been? Check my bags,…
Dreaming In and out of darkness, in and out of sleep Trying…
Driving The Last Spike Leaving my family behind me Not knowing what lay ahead Wavin…
Duchess Times were good, She never thought about the future, she jus…
Duke's End (Instrumental)…
Duke's Travels I am the one who guided you this far, All you…
Dusk See my hand is moving Touching all that's real And once it…
Easy Lover Easy lover She'll get a hold on you believe it…
Eleventh Earl of Mar The sun had been up for a couple of hours, Covered…
Entangled When you're asleep they may show you Aerial views of the…
Every Day Can you light a fire in Winter's face Or say…
Evidence of Autumn The girl from all those songs Who made everything feel righ…
Fading Lights Another time it might have been so different If only we…
Fading Lights [Dolby Digital S Another time it might have been so different If only we…
Feeding the Fire You are terrified by the smallest sound Because you live you…
Fireside Song As daybreak breaks the mist upon the earth It came to…
Firth Of Fifth The path is clear Though no eyes can see The course laid…
Firth Of Fifth/I Know What I Like It's one o'clock and time for lunch (hum de dum,…
Fly On A Windshield There's something solid forming in the air, The wall of deat…
Follow Me Follow You Stay with me My love I hope you'll always be Right here…
For Absent Friends Sunday at six when they close both the gates A…
Fountain of Salmacis From a dense forest of tall dark pinewood, Mount Ida…
Gênesis Somos el comienzo de una nueva humanidad Somos la esperanza …
GENESIS INVISIBLE TOUCH Well I've been waiting, waiting here so long But thinking no…
Genesis-I Can't Dance Hot sun beating down Burning my feet just walking around Hot…
Get Huh Huh, huh, huh, huh Yeah Cliché, if it's not making doll…
Get 'em Out by Friday Get 'em out by Friday You don't get paid 'til the…
Going Out to Get You I can pacify your violence I can guarantee no pain Feel th…
Guide Vocal I am the one who guided you this far, All you…
Guide Vocal: Turn It on Again I am the one who guided you this far All you…
Hair On The Arms And Legs See him digging, see him weeding Every single day of the…
Happy The Man Happy the man - he lives a simple life He doesn?t…
Harlequin Came the night a mist dissolved the trees And in…
Harold The Barrel A well-known bognor restaurant-owner disappeared Early this …
Hearts on Fire In life there are those decisions Which direction you should…
Heathaze No cloud, a sleepy calm Sun baked earth that's cooled by…
Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist Exhausted by all this conjecture, our hero gets the chance…
Hey! I'll tell you the story Of how my life ran Well, at…
Hidden In The World Of Dawn Pastel colours bring the sky to life Cleanse the night with…
Hold On My Heart Hold on my heart Just hold on to that feeling We both…
Home by the Sea Creeping up the blind side Shinning up the wall Stealing thr…
Home By the Sea / Second Home By the Sea Home by the Sea home by the Sea Home by the…
Home by the Sea [Dolby Digital Creeping up the blind side, shinning up the wall Stealing t…
home by the sea/second home by the sea Creeping up the blind side Shinning up the wall Stealing thr…
Horizons (Instrumental)…
I Can Hace tiempo lo vi, entendi Mi intuicion, nunca la perdi Nunc…
I Can't Dance Hot sun beating down Burning my feet just walking around Hot…
I Can't Dance [Dolby Digital S Hot sun beating down Burning my feet just walking around. H…
I Cant Dance Hot sun beating down Burning my feet just walking around Hot…
I Know What I Like It's one o'clock and time for lunch (hum de dum,…
I know what I like / Stagnation It's one o'clock and time for lunch Yum de dumb de…
I'd Rather Be You Oh yeah You know I never wanted to be closer And I'll…
if that's what you need Talking makes us human that's what I was told So why…
Illegal Alien Got out of bed, wasn't feeling too good With my wallet…
Illegal Alien [Dolby Digital Got out of bed, wasn't feeling too good With my wallet…
Image Blown Out People moving about the town upside down, you know why Littl…
In Hiding Pick me up, put me down Push me in, turn me…
In Limbo Please take me away Far from this place Leaving me here Take…
In the Air of the Night I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh…
In The Beginning Ocean of motion Squirming around and up and down Pushing tog…
In The Cage I got sunshine in my stomach Like I just rocked my…
In the cage / Cinema show / Duke's travels / Afterglow I got sunshine in my stomach Like I just rocked my…
In the Rapids Moving down the water John is drifting out of sight, Its o…
In the Wilderness Leaving all the world to play They disappear And the leaves …
In Too Deep All that time I was searching with nowhere to run…
Inside Brother Seems they're letting him out next year He's behavin…
InToo Deep All that time I was searching with nowhere to run…
Invisible Touch Well I've been waiting, waiting here so long But thinking no…
It Speed it up won't slow it down What goes around comes…
It / Watcher of the Skies When it's cold, it comes slow. It is warm, just watch…
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dont u think it as got to do with Peter Gabriel getting out of the Band? im 56.... just a thought...