Genesis: Chapter & Verse

by Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins

This book is the first time in over 20 years that Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel and Mike Rutherford have collaborated creatively on a project, working together to create the complete history of Genesis. It is a story that spans 30 years and 30 albums selling a staggering 212 million copies worldwide. It embraces world tours that have played to 25 million people and it covers the high-profile departure over the years of one vocalist, (Peter Gabriel), one highly influential guitarist (Steve Hackett) and their best-known drummer and vocalist (Phil Collins). Key fellow members of the band, management, road crew and entourage have also been interviewed, including Jonathan King (their first manager, who got Genesis signed to Decca in 1967), long-time cohort and road manager Richard MacPhail, Anthony Phillips (guitarist, founder member to 1970), Tony Smith (manager since 1973), drummers Bill Bruford, Chris Stewart and John Silver, and Ray Wilson, the Genesis vocalist after Phil Collins.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

360 pages, Hardcover

Published September 6, 2007

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[Helle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Genesis: Chapter & Verse gives a great insight in the story of Genesis and the people who built this great band, from it’s early start in their schooldays to the Turn It On Again Tour. What was interesting to read about was not just the development of Genesis, but also the entire music industry during that time. Also how songs came together, the band members’ favorites, and the dynamics within the band were fantastic to read about. Plus of course that all these amazing and personal stories were accompanied by great pictures, bringing it all to live.
Unfortunately for me, I did not discover Genesis until the late eighties, and this phase of their career is really underexposed in this book. And no matter how incredibly interesting the early days and let’s say “middle period” were, I really missed the same level of details in the last part.