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I've been in a serious Genesis rabbithole. It spans all stages of their career, from the baroque-iest to the beardiest to the Miami Vice-iest. It also spans all segments of my listening life way back to early teenage discoveries. And I'm not even gonna be bothered with allegations of cheesiness. No reason not to be fascinated by exquisiteness even when found in fundamental mistakes. So where to begin? A mixtape is probably warranted. Maybe it'll come to that, but meantime, here's a B-side from what consensus views as the low point. And yet, despite the unlikely stadium rockers they'd become, [...]

• Genesis - 04 Do The Neurotic

The Kinks' Dave Davies plugs back in for a sizzling new studio effort, as he continues the long road back from some debilitating health issues. Meanwhile, John Oates continues his intriguing Good Road to Follow solo project. George Benson pays loving, if not always necessarily compelling, tribute to vocal stylings of Nat King Cole. Elsewhere on the jazz scene, we're [...]

May was dominated by both the Band and the Beatles - two titans of the 1960s whose legacies continue to intrigue and delight successive generations of music aficionados. To that end, Something Else! established a song-by-song look into the Band at mid month, and readers helped both installments into the Top 5 of this poll. A new project called The [...]

This album, Ark 2 by Flaming Youth sounds like a conglomeration of every album I have posted so far, minus the heavy stuff.  Found in the dimly lit shelves in the basement of Strictly Discs in Madison, WI, the album provides you with the unexpected. It is extremely theatrical with a space theme inspired by the 1969 moon landing. Its third song, "The Planets," could be an album in itself. Stretching out to almost 13 minutes in length, the song is meant to give character to all of the planets, like Mars, The Bringer [...]

Ray Wilson is enjoying the best of both worlds these days, having just released a terrific new solo project even while joining Steve Hackett for a series of concerts focusing on classic-era Genesis. Wilson, of course, is the underrated singer who got caught up in the undertow of following Phil Collins, producing a lone studio effort in 1997 that remains [...]

Genesis' 1980s-era transition from producer David Hentschel - who oversaw four studio albums beginning with 19762s A Trick of the Tail - had to do with an abiding passion for the thunderous drum sound of Led Zeppelin's John Bonham. "We went up to and including (19802s) Duke with him, then we decided we just wanted to get more size out [...]

This past weekend at KROQ's Weenie Roast , Linkin Park's Chester Bennington stepped into Scott Weiland's shoes as the new singer for Stone Temple Pilots. Judging from the lukewarm chaos that ensued online, it's not a decision that's been accepted with "Open Arms" . That inspired us to list our top five best and worst replacement singers in music history. Now, mind you, we wanted to keep each choice to one name - otherwise we would have just listed every Dead Kennedys frontman that didn't go by Jello Biafra - so hopefully that clears up some confusion. [...]

Guitarist Steve Hackett, with an assist from criminally underrated fellow Genesis alum Ray Wilson, has finally found the emotional centerpoint within one of their old band's signature tunes, "Carpet Crawlers." Initially part of 19742s The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, a farewell project by founding frontman Peter Gabriel, "Carpet Crawlers" has undergone a second revision as a new bonus track [...]

So there's no misunderstandings, I want to be absolutely clear that Unitopia, prog band from Adelaide, are not the Beatles. - By Gilbert Potts

Just over three years ago Phish was given the honor of inducting one of their biggest influences, Genesis, into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a ceremony held in at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on March 15, 2010. Phish front man Trey Anastasio gave the speech inducting Genesis into the Rock Hall, while the quartet performed Watcher of the Skies and No Reply At All. Recently, an exceptional rip of both of Phish's performances, Trey's speech and Genesis's [...]

Steve Hackett's celebrated return to his time with Genesis, both on a hit album and tour, has brought him closer than ever to classic prog-rock songs from the 1970s - but not to his old bandmates. Last year, Hackett issued Genesis Revisited II, a double album of lovingly redone tracks from his time with Phil Collins, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford [...]

Why the hell am I listening to The Smiths? The simple answer is that I saw a friend tweeting that he was listening to them. I was surprised, because I could have sworn that he found Morrissey's voice off-putting. But then a short while later I discovered that Johnny Marr had played a couple of tunes on Jimmy Fallon's Late [...]

Time has been kind to Ray Wilson, who had the misfortune of replacing Phil Collins in Genesis for its final studio album. Calling All Stations, if not undergoing a complete critical reevaluation, is at least becoming better understood. Heck, Steve Hackett has even invited Wilson to join him as part of the 1970s-era guitarist's Genesis Revisited tour. In keeping, Chasing [...]

After Peter Gabriel's exodus from Genesis, the band was scrambling to replace the lead singer that was essential in the group morphing into one of the top prog rock acts of the early '70s. The band reportedly auditioned hundreds of singers before deciding to promote drummer Phil Collins from backup to lead vocalist. As time would prove, the split ultimately [...]

Today's Monday Music Matinee post, Prog Rock Britannia, goes out to Sara, the biggest prog rock fan of all of this blog's readers.  Here is how this well done documentary is described on the BBC  website.... Documentary about progressive music and the generation of bands that were involved, from the international success stories of Yes, Genesis, ELP, King Crimson and Jethro Tull to the trials and tribulations of lesser-known bands such as Caravan and Egg. The film is structured in three parts, charting the birth, rise and decline of a movement famed for complex [...]

Tony Banks reissues his rare soundtrack for the 1983 Faye Dunaway vehicle The Wicked Lady today, the first of a series of solo albums the Genesis keyboardist will revisit - including Bankstatement and Strictly Inc. Wicked Lady, released in 1983 just before Genesis' self-titled album, provides an early glimpse into the classical forays that would become Banks' focus once the [...]

Tony Banks reissues his rare soundtrack for the 1983 Faye Dunaway vehicle The Wicked Lady today, the first of a series of solo albums the Genesis keyboardist will revisit - including Bankstatement and Strictly Inc. Wicked Lady, released in 1983 just before Genesis' self-titled album, provides an early glimpse into the classical forays that would become Banks' focus once the [...]

Nearly a year after releasing a celebrated collaboration with fellow prog legend Chris Squire of Yes, Steve Hackett says another collaboration could be in the offing. The former Genesis guitarist says it just a matter of scheduling. Of course, Hackett is now in the midst of touring behind his sprawling new double-album release Genesis Revisited II, while Squire is leading [...]

Singularity— Northlane Northlane was a band recommend to me by a friend, who likes hardcore/metal much more than I do. Here I am listening to the latest release by Sydney band Northlane, from whom I have not heard a single note. I'm jumping into this review after weeks of listening to mostly garage rock and classic ballads, so here we go. The album starts with a short minute-and-a-half song titled Genesis , which could barely be described as an introduction. It fires right in, and I already know what this [...]

Ray Wilson is, of course, best known for his work with Genesis - having fronted the band for its final studio release in 1997. He'll also appear with Steve Hackett on the guitarist's Genesis Revisited tour. Back in the studio, however, Wilson is collaborating with strings and this new configuration is, in many ways, having an even more profound impact [...]