Genesis

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Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, in Godalming, Surrey, in 1967. The band's longest-lasting and most commercially successful line-up consisted of keyboardist Tony Banks, bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford and drummer/singer Phil Collins. In the 1970s, during which the band also included singer Peter Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett, Genesis were among the pioneers of progressive rock. Banks and Rutherford have been the only constant members throughout the band's history.

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Genesis are one of the world’s biggest selling and most successful bands of all time. They have sold an estimated 100 million albums and have played to sold-out stadiums and arenas all over the world for decades.

The evolution of Genesis is unique, their sound developed and progressed throughout their career and with multiple line-up alterations in the early years, the classic line-up of Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford took shape in 1976.

‘And Then There Were Three’ (1978) was the first album the band released as a three-piece and spawned the single ‘Follow You Follow Me’ which was their first UK top ten and US top 30 single and proved to be the start of huge commercial global success. The albums ‘Duke’ (1980), ‘Abacab’ (1981), ‘Genesis’ (1983), ‘Invisible Touch’ (1986) and ‘We Can’t Dance’ (1991) followed for the trio, alongside almost constant global stadium tours cementing the band as one of the most successful of all time.

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• 01 1.3M Invisible Touch was released 40 years ago today! May 19, 2026
• 02 137.9K 🎹 Celebrating Tony Banks’ 76th birthday. Mar 27, 2026
• 03 97K Genesis perform "Follow You Follow Me" on the "Turn It On Again" Tour in Rome, 2007. Nov 25, 2025
• 04 40.7K Genesis released "Land of Confusion" on this day in 1986 as a single from "Invisible Touch". Nov 10, 2025
• 05 14.8K Miles Showell on working with Genesis' original 1974 analogue master tapes Nov 5, 2025