Genesis – reports, reviews, interviews, tour dates, a discography and further information about your favourite rock group.
Ten years after the A History video from 1991 Genesis have published the more compact and up-to-date Genesis Songbook. Whether the new approach in this documentary lives up to the first attempt from 1991 is something Christian Gerhardts considers in this review.
The successful first Archive set was followed by a second archive covering the years from 1976 to 1992. Tom Morgenstern and Helmut Janisch discuss whether the new box is a worty successor to the first.
Alan Hewitt’s book offers a rapid introduction to the world of Genesis. He introduces the major events as well as all members of the band, providing a relatively comprehensive biography. A special feature of this book is a table of tour dates as they were known at the time the book was prepared for printing.
It took Genesis more than 30 years to release a real Hits compilation. They had earned the right long ago, but in the end they probably were more of an album band. Read here to find out what Hits means and whether it is worthwhile getting.
Genesis fans flocked to the shows, of course, when Genesis toured Europe in 1998. Here are some guest reviews…
In 1998, Genesis finally released their boxset Genesis Archive 1967-1975. Read more in our in-depth review about the boxset.
From November to mid-December 1997 Genesis had scheduled the first leg of their North American tour. Slow ticket sales and technical problems caused that part of the tour to be postponed indefinitely first and cancelled completely later. The first show was therefore the Budapest show on 29/01/1998.
Besides the eleven tracks on the album itself Calling All Stations spawned seven more new tracks that were released on a number of singles.
Since Phil Collins left Genesis in 1996, a lot of rumours were spread about the future of Genesis and a possible replcement. Even a comeback of Peter Gabriel was rumoured and names like Steve Hackett, Fish, Paul Carrack, Chester Thompson or Daryl Stuermer circulated, then Ray Wilson became the new singer.
The band had known it for three years, but it was made official only in March 1996: Phil Collins leaves Genesis to have more time to follow up his own projects. Read about the backgrounds here and also read the official statement.
