Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Phil Collins (lead vocals, piano and drums), Mike Rutherford (guitar and bass guitar), and Tony Banks (keyboards). Peter Gabriel, Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett
also played major roles in the band in its early years. 
Genesis began as a 1960s pop band. During the 1970s, they evolved into a progressive rock band, incorporating complex song structures and elaborate instrumentation, while their concerts became theatrical experiences with innovative stage design, pyrotechnics, elaborate costumes and on-stage stories. This second phase was characterised by lengthy performances such as the 23 minute "Supper's Ready" and the 1974 concept album, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. In the 1980s, the band produced accessible pop music based on melodic hooks; this change of direction gave them their first number one album in the United Kingdom, Duke, and their only number one single in the United States, "Invisible Touch".
Genesis has changed personnel several times. Stage fright forced founding member Anthony Phillips to leave the band in 1970. In 1975, Collins, then the band's drummer, replaced Peter Gabriel as lead singer after a lengthy search for a replacement. To facilitate Collins's move to lead vocals during concerts, Bill Bruford, and later Chester Thompson, played drums for the band as they toured, with Collins joining in briefly during lengthy instrumental passages. In 1977, guitarist Steve Hackett left the band. After Phil Collins left the band in 1996, Genesis recruited Ray Wilson (formerly of Stiltskin). Wilson appeared on the 1997 album Calling All Stations, after which the band announced an indefinite hiatus. However, in 2007, Banks, Collins and Rutherford reunited for a 20-city tour of Europe and North America, which included a free concert at Rome's Circo Massimo in front of 500,000 fans. Genesis was among five bands inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.
Genesis has changed personnel several times. Stage fright forced founding member Anthony Phillips to leave the band in 1970. In 1975, Collins, then the band's drummer, replaced Peter Gabriel as lead singer after a lengthy search for a replacement. To facilitate Collins's move to lead vocals during concerts, Bill Bruford, and later Chester Thompson, played drums for the band as they toured, with Collins joining in briefly during lengthy instrumental passages. In 1977, guitarist Steve Hackett left the band. After Phil Collins left the band in 1996, Genesis recruited Ray Wilson (formerly of Stiltskin). Wilson appeared on the 1997 album Calling All Stations, after which the band announced an indefinite hiatus. However, in 2007, Banks, Collins and Rutherford reunited for a 20-city tour of Europe and North America, which included a free concert at Rome's Circo Massimo in front of 500,000 fans. Genesis was among five bands inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.
1969 - And the Word Was
1969 - From Genesis To Revelation
1970 - Trespass
1971 - Nursery Cryme
1972 - Foxtrot
1973 - Selling England by the Pound
1974 - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
1976 - A Trick Of The Tail
1976 - Wind & Wuthering
1978 - ...and then there were three
1980 - Duke
1981 - Abacab
1982 - Three Sides Live
1983 - Genesis
1986 - Invisible Touch
1991 - We Can't Dance
1997 - Calling All Stations
Singles, EP's
1977 - Spot The Pigeon (CDF 40)
1983 - Mama (866 599-2)
1986 - Land Of Confusion (20VD-1073)
1986 - Land Of Confusion (SNEG3-12)
1987 - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight (DRAW 412)
1991 - I Can't Dance (665 091)
1991 - No Son Of Mine (664 019)
1992 - Hold On My Heart (665 335)
1992 - Jesus He Knows Me (665 486)
1992 - Tell Me Why (665 573)
1997 - Congo (GENSD 12)
1997 - Shipwrecked (GENDX 14)
1997 - Shipwrecked (GENSD 14)
