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Genesis Reunite for BBC Documentary
By Ryan Reed, Rolling Stone
June 16, 2014

Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, Tony Banks
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It isn't quite the reunion Genesis fans have been pining for, but it's still a reason to celebrate: The beloved quintet lineup from the band's classic prog-rock era (Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Tony Banks, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford) has joined forced for a new feature-length BBC documentary, Genesis: Together and Apart. Gabriel's team confirmed the news today on his website, noting that no official air date has been announced.
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The project – which features previously unseen and rare footage – will trace the band's evolution from their early prog days to their transitional period following Gabriel's departure (and Collins taking over as frontman) to their radio-friendly commercial success in the Eighties. All five members even appeared together in a press photo – the first time since a 1998 event promoting their first box set.
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Of course, this non-musical reunion will likely stir rumors of a full-band tour. Gabriel quit Genesis in 1975, and the last time all five members played together was in 1982 at the Milton Keynes Bowl, with the goal of helping Gabriel escape mounting debt after the commercial failure of the first WOMAD festival. For the show, dubbed "Six of the Best," the frontman joined forces with the then-trio line-up (Collins, Banks, Rutherford) and touring members Daryl Stuermer and Chester Thompson; Hackett flew in from South America, making it in time for two encore songs, "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" and "The Knife."
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Ten years ago, Gabriel and his former bandmates met in a hotel room in Glasgow and discussed a possible reunion tour centered around their 1974 double-LP concept album epic The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. The idea fizzled out, however, when Gabriel got cold feet – he was only interested in playing a few shows, but the others had plans of a bigger tour, which would have conflicted with Gabriel's intense schedule.
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"It was growing into this bigger thing, and I had all these other ideas that I wanted to do, and I could feel the suction of the black hole," Gabriel told Rolling Stone in 2011. "I get on pretty well with everybody – it wasn't personal issues – I just didn't want to lose that sort of light-footedness that I enjoy now. . . You know, we had a great run. They did way better after I left anyway. So I don't think anyone has anything to complain about."
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The Eighties line-up of Collins, Banks and Rutherford came together with Stuermer and Thompson for a massive world tour that drew from the band's entire discography. Following the jaunt, Collins suffered nerve damage to his hands, making it nearly impossible for the musician to play drums (and seemingly crushing the hopes of another reunion). While Collins has been in a state of semi-retirement in recent years, he's changed his tune over the last few months – even hinting vaguely at the chances of another Genesis tour.
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"I have started thinking about doing new stuff," he recently told the press. "[Maybe playing] some shows again, even with Genesis. Everything is possible. We could tour in Australia and South America. We haven't been there yet."
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Meanwhile, Gabriel maintains that his involvement would be unlikely, though his stance is still "never say never." "It really didn’t happen last time," he told Rolling Stone in April. "I think there’s a small chance, but I don't think it’s very high."

Can't wait to see that documentary!

Some new stuff from the old boys would be appreciated, also..but I know that the chances for that are pretty dim.

How's Phil Collins doing, by the way? He seemed to be in pretty rough shape thise last few years, not being able to play the drums, quitting his career?

Is he back in track or did he retire for good?

Doalwa said:

How's Phil Collins doing, by the way? He seemed to be in pretty rough shape thise last few years, not being able to play the drums, quitting his career?

Is he back in track or did he retire for good?

Not sure, but he's been making some public appearances. Phil sang with the band at his son's middle school in Miami and I've heard he's writing songs. I don't know if Phil can drum or not.

Genesis will release the 3CD anthology collection ‘R-Kive’ on September 22nd on Virgin EMI / Universal Music Catalogue. Spanning 42 years, the 37-track set documents the band’s history with classic Genesis material compiled alongside selections from the solo careers of Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, and Mike Rutherford / Mike + The Mechanics. The international release of the album will follow on September 29th.

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Genesis and their associated solo projects have accumulated a remarkable and undiminished series of accomplishments over the years, and have collectively amassed an incredible fourteen chart-topping albums as well as over two dozen more which reached the Top 10. In total, Genesis and the members’ related solo projects have sold more than 300 million albums worldwide.

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Chronologically ordered, ‘R-Kive’ features the Genesis’s biggest hits including ‘Invisible Touch’, ‘Turn It On Again’, ‘Land of Confusion’ and ‘I Can’t Dance’. Along the way it also visits Mike + The Mechanics’ classics ‘The Living Years’ and ‘Over My Shoulder’, Collins’s ‘In The Air Tonight’ and his Philip Bailey duet ‘Easy Lover’, and Peter Gabriel’s ‘Solsbury Hill’.

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‘R-Kive’ opens with ‘The Knife’- a nine-minute proto-punk number which became a favourite closing set during the band’s early shows, and was written before either Hackett or Collins had joined the band. In addition to 22 Genesis songs, each member’s work outside of the band is represented democratically with three songs each.

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Such an approach contributes to a hugely eclectic body of work which features early material including the sprawling seven-section odyssey ‘Supper’s Ready’ and the title track of the conceptual masterpiece ‘The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway’.

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Yet ‘R-Kive’ also visits the unexpected – as evidenced by Hackett’s flamenco-inspired ‘Nomads’, Gabriel’s ‘Signal To Noise’ which featured Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (“possibly the greatest singer we had worked with”), and ‘Calling All Stations’, the sole representative from the short-lived era in which Genesis were fronted by former Stiltskin vocalist Ray Wilson.

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“This album jogs memories about old albums, things people might have missed the first time around,” says Collins. “Most of the time, the singles always seem to be the things that are remembered from albums. Sometimes the lesser-known tracks deserve better than to be forgotten.”

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“I’m a songwriter first of all,” adds Rutherford. “When you put these songs together, it’s a wonderfully impressive array and variety of songs. It’s an interesting combination that doesn’t normally get put on the same page.”

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The release of ‘R-Kive’ will be followed by the accompanying reunion documentary ‘Genesis: Together and Apart’ which will be broadcast by the BBC in early October. An accompanying DVD, ‘Sum Of The Parts’ will also be issued by Eagle Rock on November 17th (November 18th in North America).

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Genesis ‘R-Kive’ Track Listing
Disc 1
‘The Knife’ from ‘Trepass’ (1970)
‘The Musical Box’ from ‘Nursery Cryme’ (1971)
‘Supper’s Ready’ from ‘Foxtrot’ (1972)
‘The Cinema Show’ from ‘Selling England by the Pound’ (1973)
‘I Know What I Like’ from ‘Selling England by the Pound’ (1973)
‘The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway’ from ‘The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway’ (1974)
‘Back in N.Y.C.’ from ‘The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway’ (1974)
‘The Carpet Crawlers’ from ‘The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway’ (1974)
‘Ace of Wands’ from Steve Hackett‘s ‘Voyage of the Acolyte’ (1975)
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Disc 2
‘Ripples’ from ‘A Trick of the Tail’ (1976)
‘Afterglow’ from ‘Wind & Wuthering’ (1976)
‘Solsbury Hill’ from Peter Gabriel‘s first self-titled album (1977)
‘Follow You Follow Me’ from ‘And Then There Were Three’ (1978)
‘For a While’ from Tony Banks’ ‘A Curious Feeling’ (1979)
‘Every Day’ from Steve Hackett’s ‘Spectral Mornings’ (1979)
‘Biko’ from Peter Gabriel’s third self-titled album (1980)
‘Turn It On Again’ from ‘Duke’ (1980)
‘In the Air Tonight’ from Phil Collins’ ‘Face Value’ (1981)
‘Abacab’ from ‘Abacab’ (1981)
‘Mama’ from ‘Genesis’ (1983)
‘That’s All’ from ‘Genesis’ (1983)
‘Easy Lover’ (Phil Collins and Philip Bailey duet, originally released in 1984)
‘Silent Running’ from Mike + The Mechanics’ self-titled album (1985)
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Disc 3
‘Invisible Touch’ from ‘Invisible Touch’ (1986)
‘Land of Confusion’ from ‘Invisible Touch’ (1986)
‘Tonight Tonight Tonight’ from ‘Invisible Touch’ (1986)
‘The Living Years’ from Mike + The Mechanics’ ‘Living Years’ (1989)
‘Red Day on Blue Street’ from Tony Banks’s ‘Still’ (1991)
‘I Can’t Dance’ from ‘We Can’t Dance’ (1991)
‘No Son of Mine’ from ‘We Can’t Dance’ (1991)
‘Hold On My Heart’ from ‘We Can’t Dance’ (1991)
‘Over My Shoulder’ from Mike + The Mechanics’ ‘Beggar on a Beach of Gold’ (1995)
‘Calling All Stations’ from ‘Calling All Stations’ (1997)
‘Signal to Noise’ from Peter Gabriel’s ‘Up’ (2002)
‘Wake Up Call’ from Phil Collins’ ‘Testify’ (2002)

Peter was hard 2 recognize.

October 2014