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“Some albums are a natural birth. This one was definitely a breech birth. It came out kicking and screaming”: the turbulent story of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, the album that tore Genesis in two

Genesis’ The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is one of the great 70s concept albums – and the album that saw Peter Gabriel bid farewell to the band

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“Peter Gabriel was forced to start slipping into this persona… If we’d not had two 12-strings to retune, would he ever have started telling all those stories?” Why so many musicians envy Anthony Phillips’ career after Genesis

Illness, heartbreak and stage fright may have led some to think of him as an also-ran – but under the radar he’s much, much more than the “ex-genius” people thought they read on a poster

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“Fans say, ‘You were part of the band.’ I was never part of the band… I was an employee. And all things come to an end”: Chester Thompson’s career in and out of Genesis

American drummer recalls his life and times with Frank Zappa, Weather Report, Phil Collins, Unitopia and even the Bee Gees

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"The musicianship just isn't on display, which is astonishing - bordering on criminal - given the talent involved": Calling All Stations by Genesis fails to improve with age

Facing a future without Phil Collins, the remaining men of Genesis turned to that fella from Stiltskin

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“I’d never attempted to write a whole record on my own. I wasn’t feeling confident. I was concerned I might end up with a load of outtakes and waste the money”: How Steve Hackett made Voyage Of The Acolyte

Missing his pal Peter Gabriel and sensing more change in the air with Genesis, the guitarist overcame his confidence issues to become the first member to release a solo album

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“Neoclassical metal wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t heard Selling England By The Pound”: Genesis’ Tony Banks is Yngwie Malmsteen’s prog hero

Swedish guitar virtuoso hails keyboardist’s Bach-style playing (and he also has soft spots for ELP, Kansas and UK)

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‘Don’t say: what if we did this reggae style?’ The huge yet humble lives of unofficial band members

From Manic Street Preachers to Simple Minds, few bands are complete without their full-time touring players. They discuss the peaks and practicalities of life on the sidelines

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Carson Wentz’s 17 carries obliterated previous Rams record for most rushes by QB

Carson Wentz carried the ball 17 times on Sunday, which is by far the most ever by a Rams QB in one game

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YouTuber Alex Ball gets his hands on Tony Banks’ old Roland JD-800 synth and finds that it still contains his Genesis tour patches from the ‘90s

Best of 2023: A Banks preset bank, you might say

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“The true owners are not the creators; it’s the listeners. They hear everything that’s working. Who needs to know the detail about how difficult it was?” Wind & Wuthering got Genesis through the punk era - but not without a struggle

One reviewer claimed it made Yes and Pink Floyd redundant, but was their last album with Steve Hackett also their final truly progressive work?

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“A slice of terrace commentary from a band more associated with croquet than soccer”: Genesis’ largely forgotten Spot The Pigeon EP

Three tracks left off Wind & Wuthering gave Genesis their first Top 20 hit

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Cherry Audio has revived the ARP Pro Soloist, a classic '70s synth used by Tony Banks, Herbie Hancock and more

You can buy it on its own or as part of the new Synth Stack 4, which offers 'everything Cherry Audio' in one collection

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Commanders season opener in 12 days: Washington’s best No. 12

12 days until the Commanders open the 2023 NFL season. Who wore No. 12 best for the franchise? There are lots of players who donned the No. 12.

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“I just didn’t feel I could pull off the things Peter Gabriel did. I said: ‘I’ll give it a go but don’t expect me to wear costumes!’” Phil Collins’ first show as Genesis frontman

It took the revamped band months of worry off stage but just half an hour of fun on stage to secure their future in 1976

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“The others realised they couldn’t stop me because it was too close to the show… I got away with it, although it was a close-run thing”: How Peter Gabriel developed his Genesis frontman act

It may have caused conflict, but his insistence on sticking with his artistic vision paid off in countless ways

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Anthony Banks, son of former MSU QB, shows off Michigan State football visit pictures

The son of a former MSU QB was on campus visiting the coaching staff:

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Tony Banks makes legal claim against former Tayside Aviation owners

The Civil Aviation Authority is investigating alleged falsification of maintenance records prior to the sale to ARB Aviation in December 2021

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Mike Rutherford: "The last Genesis show felt bizarre"

With Mike + The Mechanics currently on an extensive UK tour, Mike Rutherford talks singers, drummers, taking it easy, and the last days of Genesis

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Tony Banks on why he would have “screwed up” In The Air Tonight if Phil Collins had given it to Genesis

“I bet I would’ve said, ‘Phil, what are you doing, you can’t use just three chords in a song”

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Perth-based Balhousie Care Group bought by international health care firm in multi-million pound deal

The deal with AcalisCare means Balhousie and its 1400 staff now enter an “exciting growth phase”, said former chairman Tony Banks, who founded the local business 30 years ago

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Balhousie Care Group bought by AcalisCare

Chairman Tony Banks will step down but stay on, with the group remaining headquartered in Perth

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Flash flooding: Toddlers rescued, fish flop in parking lot

Law enforcement officers in central Mississippi carried toddlers out of a flooded day care center after storms dumped rain that caused creeks to overflow

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Phil Collins bids farewell to fans as he performs his last ever show amid health battle

Phil Collins, told fans at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday night that he will have to 'get a real job' after an astonishing music career spanning 55 years

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Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea exit changes everything and nothing

The Russian’s decision to sell the club marks the end of an era, but the door he opened in 2003 is unlikely to blow shut with his departure either

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"It's got some good stuff on it." Tony Banks revisits the classic Genesis live album Seconds Out

"It's got some good stuff on it," says a typically understated Tony Banks, on Genesis's Seconds Out

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