Happy the Man; Stagnation; The Fountain
of Salmacis; The Light; Moss; Twilight Alehouse; The Musical Box; The
Return of the Giant Hogweed; The Knife
Tony Banks Phil Collins Peter
Gabriel Steve Hackett Mike Rutherford
Tony Banks, writing in the
Chapter and Verse autobiography, 2007 said:
"We played a lot at Friars
Aylesbury which was a great venue for us throughout this period, and we
were friendly with Dave Stopps who ran it"
Peter Gabriel, on breaking
his leg at Friars, writing in
the Chapter and Verse autobiography, 2007 said:
"I was still trying to work
out how to break the gap between stage and audience. Very often I felt I
was a filter between the audience and the band, because sometimes they
thought they could play behind a black curtain and it wouldn't matter. I
knew that it did matter and we had to make those connections. So at Friars
I wanted to jump out in the audience, which would have been fine, except
that a dancer doing some early headbanging, and probably well pissed,
changed direction at a crucial moment and broke my fall as I jumped off
the stage. Consequently I landed badly and broke a bone in my leg, but
because it was 'The Knife', an up number, I was pumped full of adrenalin.
I knew something had gone but I couldn't feel any pain at all. I got some
people from the audience to carry me back on stage, couldn't stand up and
finished the number on my knees. Eventually the rest of the band had gone
off stage after taking their bows. I was still there on my knees and I
could see them thinking "You old ham, stop milking it"
Thanks Luca Alberici for the
below
Where do you start? ! Steve
Hackett joined the band, replacing Anthony Phillips and in 1975 Peter
Gabriel left Genesis to pursue a solo career and has been phenomenally
successful. Hackett left to pursue a solo career in 1977 after the Wind
and Wuthering album. Genesis remained a core three piece (their 1978 album
wonderfully called "...and then there were three"....) and went on to
become one of the world's biggest bands and whilst huge
played Friars
again in 1980 creating the biggest demand in Friars history. Genesis were
still filling stadiums until 1992. Collins officially left in 1995, with
him enjoying huge solo success alongside his Genesis commitments. Banks
and Rutherford soldiered on with Ray Wilson from Stiltskin, but after one
album called it a day. The core trio reunited in 2007 and proved they
could still fill stadiums. Rumours still persist that a reunion with
Hackett and Gabriel is on the cards (having not been able to do it in
2007)
