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Tony Banks met Peter Gabriel; Mike
Rutherford met Anthony Phillips. Out of these
teenage friendships and songwriting partnerships a
band called Genesis emerged. In 1967, at the height
of the psychedelic boom, they began recording
together with the man who thought up their name,
producer and pop star in waiting Jonathan King.
In pursuit of success, Genesis took the scenic
route. It was ten years before they scored their
first hit single. Long, radio-unfriendly epics such
as 'Supper's Ready', a 26-minute controlled
freak-out from the 'Foxtrot' album, were their
original stock in trade. Band members subsisted on a
retainer of £10 per week. Hotels proving
sadly unaffordable, the group would drive home to
London and Surrey after every gig. Their live show
looked great - a riot of masks and weird costumes -
but it cost next to nothing. "The challenge was
to create something visually striking that was also
cheap," Banks remembers, "which was a good
discipline."
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