The Musical Box: The Lamb

Easy Livin wrote: What's the general opinion about tribute bands? Personally, I have an aversion to them. I appreciate that they are keeping the flame burning, and we're certainly unlikely to ever see Genesis perform "The lamb" again, but I don't feel inclined to applaud a band who simply mimics someone else well. There's nothing original about the Musical Box, they are by definition impersonators.

I saw them doing SEBTP, and have to say I really enjoyed it, and would
love to see them doing The Lamb. But it is sort of like going to a
museum, you're thinking the whole time, "How great it must have been
THEN", and reamain emotionally a bit distanced. But the music to the
Lamb is fantastic and contemporary, and deserves to be carried on and
reinterpreted. I worked on a Lamb project in Zürich over a year ago. It was
was a stage production of the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, but we tried
a totally different approach, which was in no way a cover or band tribute,
but an attempt to get to the heart of the story through a fully new
interpretation, and of course in German. I also altered the arrangements,
using electric violin instead of guitar, and the bassist doubled on electric
cello. This way we could emphasize the classical nature of certain
compositions, and go in a more baroque direction. If you want to hear
some samples (poor recording quality) and see some video excerpts,
there is still a site dedicated to this production at

www.thelamb.ishere.de

And some better quality sound samples will soon be up on my site at

www.generalrubric.com/bburman

With links to photos of our Lamb performance at the Zappanale in 2004,
etc. Dani Rohr, who performed and sang in the German Lamb also does a
Zappa Stage piece, which will be performed at the Zappanale festival this
July.

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I'm going too see them here in Glasgow

I am going to Newcastle City Hall in April. Really looking forward to seeing a great show.

selling_echoes wrote: Having missed TMB the three times they came to Quebec City (! - I know I deserve some sort of torture, but I have good reasons *), I was wondering if anyone knows if they are re-doing either the Foxtrot / Selling tour any time in the near future? One of my friends saw Foxtrot, Selling and the Lamb when they came here, he says they were excellent .. and.. just about real. As for the tribute band thing, I don't know. I think I'd applaud these bands for the effort, for the mutual passion for this music, and... we'd never get to see Genesis again, so why not settle for the next best thing? ----- * 1 - I was not into Genesis when they did Foxtrot - Selling * 2 - I was in China when they announced tickets for the Lamb, was rather unfamiliar with the album, was alone, and broke.

when they toured in quebec during the 90's, i was listening the neo prog presented by the quebec city radio prog show "DANGEREUSES VISIONS"! my genesis trip was passed, or should i rather say frozen! i was discovering bands like jadis, the neo IQ, chandelier, collage, ozric tentacles, visible wind...i really began to express my emotions through neo prog! but i think nowadays, i would appreciate very much their representation.

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Here is the January Schedule in Italy:

 

JANUARY 2005
Saturday January 15	Teatro Smeraldo	Milano	Italy
Sunday January 16	Teatro Smeraldo	Milano	Italy
Monday January 17	Mazda Palace	Torino	Italy
Wednesday January 19	Teatro Saschall	Firenze	Italy
Thursday January 20	Teatro Corso	Mestre (VE)	Italy
Friday January 21	Palazzetto Plan di Massiano	Perugia	Italy
Monday January 24	Gran Teatro	Roma	Italy
Wednesday January 26	Palazetto dello Sport	Catanzaro	Italy
Friday January 28	Teatro Team	Bari	Italy
Monday January 31	Teatro Celebrazioni	Bologna	Italy

I saw the Musical Box perform a few years back and although my friend said they wern't as good as re-Genesis - I thought they were awesome - Battle of epping  Forest, Moonlit Knight, suppers ready = absolutely amazing.

Garion81 wrote: I am not sure about tribute bands in general.  I think this one is unique because Early Genesis was like theater and can be recreated that way.  The band (Genesis)  not only puts it stamp of approval on TMB but they also assist them. I would think that speaks volumes for the kind of show you get. It is recreating a moment in time. I am going to see this show in December.  One of the beauties of Progressive Rock is it is timeless and I hope that generations will contiune to remember its roots.

I agree with you I'm going to see the show either in Amsterdam or Munich. The only thing I will miss is Gabriel's humour.

selling_echoes wrote: Having missed TMB the three times they came to Quebec City (! - I know I deserve some sort of torture, but I have good reasons *), I was wondering if anyone knows if they are re-doing either the Foxtrot / Selling tour any time in the near future? One of my friends saw Foxtrot, Selling and the Lamb when they came here, he says they were excellent .. and.. just about real. As for the tribute band thing, I don't know. I think I'd applaud these bands for the effort, for the mutual passion for this music, and... we'd never get to see Genesis again, so why not settle for the next best thing? ----- * 1 - I was not into Genesis when they did Foxtrot - Selling * 2 - I was in China when they announced tickets for the Lamb, was rather unfamiliar with the album, was alone, and broke.

 

DONT WORRY!!! ILL BE BACK!!!  NEVER FEAR!!! THE MUSICAL BOX IS HERE!!!!

 

.....................wow im lame

Oh My God!!!!     I saw The Musical Box last night for the first time in California. What an incredible show!!!!! This concert was almost as perfect as you could get without being transported back thirty years ago to see the original Genesis play it. I do not have enough adjectives to say how absolutely surreal this event was. These people have invented the time machine. Not only do they sound like Genesis, look like Genesis they Feel like Genesis. The stage is exactly the way it was the sound is simply devastatingly real and the skills of these guys are just amazing. Do not think for one minute you are seeing a cover band here. This is a complete recreation of Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour in 1974-5. They played the album complete with no changes and encored with The Musical Box and Watcher of the Skies complete with recreated costumes and stage set up exactly as it was then. If they come within 200 miles of you GO SEE IT!!!! You will not be disappointed.
The singer and the Drummer are agonizingly real. In all our discussions here about Phil Collins we always end with he is a good drummer. No that is very far from the truth. Phil Collins was an amazingly great drummer that drove that band like a 16 cylinder Jaguar. That is one thing you take away from this and the other is how completely special this moment in time was.

Hangedman wrote: the musical box wrote: BUT IM STILL KICKING MYSELF OVER NOT GOING!!!........................ Same, now that its over and done with I wish we had gone.

 

I am sorry for you guys.  I know how you feel though because when the tour was announced they were not even coming to the West Coast. (In fact even worse I missed the real Lamb tour by Genesis by about 6 months. I got into them after that but it was all Gabriel era stuff since TOTT had not been released yet.)  BUT the powers that be  changed their minds and I can't wait, two weeks from last night I am seeing it at the 400 seat Whittier show in California.  4th row center.