Archive for the 'Genesis' Category
Bill Bruford on Genesis, Yes, and King Crimson
I recently took the book Genesis: Chapter and Verse (2007) out of the library. It’s mainly a collection of quotations from each of the band members, as well as collaborators, on various stages in Genesis’ history. There are some interesting things in here.
Bill Bruford, who is best known as the drummer of Yes [...]
Post-Gabriel Genesis: A Trick of the Tail (1976)
Listen while you read: “Dance on a volcano” (audio snippet)
I have been a fan of Genesis for some years. Just now memories are coming back of earlier days, when I was 13 (1982-83), listening to Genesis on 103 PhD, coming out of Buffalo (for many years when someone referred to a “PhD”, I thought [...]
Read More..>>Peter Gabriel sings in German – 3. Melt (ein deutsches album) (1980)
Listen while you read: Biko (audio snippet)
I was lucky enough to find one of Peter Gabriel’s lesser known albums at the local record store in Waterloo (“Orange Monkey”). After leaving the then well-known Genesis to pursue his solo career in the mid 1970s, Gabriel went on to create a number of interesting and somewhat [...]
