An early instigator of my long-running, on-again off-again relationship with prog rock. I was already somewhat familiar with Peter Gabriel as a solo artist, and Phil Collins-helmed Genesis, before I discovered their shared past (ah, life as a kid in the pre-internet age, when an encyclopedic knowledge of music history wasn't at your fingertips). But once I discovered Gabriel-era Genesis, I was immediately hooked. 1971's
Nursery Cryme totally floored me (as explained in
my book), and its opening ...
Published on October 15, 2022 09:09