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Sail away, away…ripples never come back (Genesis in 1976)
On Feb. 20, 1976, Genesis released their A Trick of the Tail album in the US. It was the band’s seventh LP, and their first recording following the departure of Peter Gabriel. After a search for a new lead singer, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1976, A Trick of the Tail, Genesis, Mike Rutherford, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Ripples, Steve Hackett, Tony Banks
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The trouble was started by a young Errol Flynn (Genesis in 1976)
On Dec. 27, 1976, Atco Records released Wind and Wuthering, the eighth Genesis album, in the US (four days after the LP was released in Britain). Wind and Wuthering picked up where A Trick of theTail left off—a post-Peter-Gabriel band … Continue reading
And then there were four … (1974, the last from Peter Gabriel with Genesis)
On Nov. 18, 1974, Genesis released The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, their sixth studio LP and the last Genesis album with lead singer Peter Gabriel. This double album was the band’s first attempt at a rock opera (the concept … Continue reading
Now these are the hands we’re given … (“Land of Confusion” — Genesis)
For the week ending Nov. 1, 1986, the single “Land of Confusion” from Genesis debuted at #64 on the Billboard Hot 100. At the same time, the band’s previous single, “Throwing It All Away,” was at #12. It had been … Continue reading
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Tagged 1986, Genesis, Invisible Touch, Land of Confusion, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, protest song, puppets, Spitting Image, Tony Banks
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