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GENESIS

Genesis are an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, in 1967. Genesis’ initial line-up consisted of vocalist Peter Gabriel (born in Chobham, February 13, 1950), keyboardist Tony Banks (born in East Hoathly with Halland, East Sussex, March 27, 1950), guitarist Mike Rutherford (born in Chertsey, Surrey on October 2, 1950), guitarist Anthony Phillips and drummer Chas Stewart. Genesis were formed from the remnants of two other groups, and initially called themselves (New) Anon before sending a tape off to Jonathan King at Decca, who renamed the band Genesis. Genesis temporarily became Revelation for their first album From Genesis to Revelation, but it sold 650 copies, and so they reverted back to Genesis when an American group of the same name split up. Genesis had a slight change of personnel in 1971 when Stewart and Phillips left and Steve Hackett (born in Pimlico on February 12 1950) became their guitarist, and Phil Collins (born in Chiswick, January 30, 1951) joined as their drummer. Genesis enjoyed a career mainly in the field of progressive rock, where Peter Gabriel would perform on stage with a lawnmower on his head, until he decided to leave in 1975 for a successful solo career, as did Hackett. Genesis then promoted Phil Collins into the role of lead singer, and the definitive trio line-up began to make more straightforward rock, which saw them become huge in the US. Genesis had six UK Official Album Chart Number 1s, including 1986’s Invisible Touch which sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK. Genesis’ members all enjoyed solo careers alongside the band activities, with Phil Collins becoming a huge star in his own right, and Mike Rutherford forming Mike and the Mechanics. Genesis sold over 150 million albums worldwide and were awarded the Outstanding Contribution to British Music at the Ivors in 1983. Image: Patrick Balls/Martin Griffin

GENESIS Songs stats

UK No. 1s
0
UK Top 10s
8
UK Top 40s
21
UK Top 75s
30
Weeks in the Top 1
0
Weeks in the Top 10
21
Weeks in the Top 40
118
Weeks in the Top 75
187

GENESIS Albums stats

UK No. 1s
6
UK Top 10s
21
UK Top 40s
26
UK Top 75s
27
Weeks in the Top 1
12
Weeks in the Top 10
116
Weeks in the Top 40
348
Weeks in the Top 75
478

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Chris Alcroft

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Genesis have always had a huge fan base.150 million album sales worldwide - I mean,come on now!
But very much maligned by the pretentious,egotistical music press over the years.
Their loss guys!!