Overview
This is the story of a band that reinvented itself so completely, so often, that each new chapter seemed impossible, until it spectacularly happened.
Born at Charterhouse School in 1967, Genesis grew from a group of schoolboys into one of the most unlikely success stories in rock history. They pioneered progressive rock with theatrical grandeur, then shed that skin entirely to become one of the defining pop acts of the 1980s. No other band of their era pulled off that transformation so completely, or so convincingly.
Beautifully illustrated with photographs spanning six decades of live performances, recording sessions and life on the road, and featuring complete discographies and tour documentation, this book charts every phase, line-up change and creative reinvention with the attention the band's catalogue deserves.
Published to mark the band's 60th anniversary, it traces the extraordinary path of a band that refused every label the world ever tried to give them, and yet never lost sight of their identity.
Born at Charterhouse School in 1967, Genesis grew from a group of schoolboys into one of the most unlikely success stories in rock history. They pioneered progressive rock with theatrical grandeur, then shed that skin entirely to become one of the defining pop acts of the 1980s. No other band of their era pulled off that transformation so completely, or so convincingly.
Beautifully illustrated with photographs spanning six decades of live performances, recording sessions and life on the road, and featuring complete discographies and tour documentation, this book charts every phase, line-up change and creative reinvention with the attention the band's catalogue deserves.
Published to mark the band's 60th anniversary, it traces the extraordinary path of a band that refused every label the world ever tried to give them, and yet never lost sight of their identity.
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