GENESIS TO TOUR - Its Official!

I for one am thrilled at the prospect of any new Genesis material down the road, whether just the three guys or 4 or 5. Most fans probably will be really excited by the news and to compare Genesis to The Musical Box makes no sense. They are a tribute band, nothing more.

Progfans wrote: SirPsycho388 wrote: Wait, there's no Hackett or Gabriel??? I'm not sure if I'm gonna be interested in that. Pay 350$ for see a "Semi-Genesis Reunion"  No thanks...I prefer see the musical box

or re-genesis

I think it's a good thing. They're not 100% prog but they're still a very fine rock band when you compare them to a lot of the other rock bands that are around.

http://www.wiventertainment.de/

 

"For 15 years THE MUSICAL BOX has been re-enacting GENESIS performances as originally presented between 1973 and 1975.

In 2007 the band will tour in Europe with their Gabriel-era shows for the very last time - performing the legendary "SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND" concerts from 1973/74."

This is because their licence runs out soon after. Think mainly because Genesis got jealous lol. Anyone who calls The Musical Box a tribute band is crazy, a tribute band just covers another bands songs and maybe tries to look like them a bit. The Musical Box do exact re-enactments of Genesis shows to every minute detail. The only tiny failing they have is the bass player plays left handed, beyond that it’s pretty much just like being at the original show, which is unlike any tribute band I’ve seen. Re-Genesis are quite average, even poor by comparison.

I have named The Musical Box a tribute band because a cover band just plays covers and a tribute band tries to pay tribute in more than a musical way and that's excactly what The Musical Box does, it's even the ultimate tribute band  .. greetings from 'crazy Erik'

Edited by erik neuteboom - October 19 2006 at 07:12

I'm happy myself. I'm not the hugest fan of their 80s period, but I honestly don't think that if they do record new material, they'd do as much AOR. There's less of a pressure on bands to go commercial than there obviously was in the 80s. They must know it's the prog material that inspires the most affection. And if nothing else, if they do record a new album it would at least ensure the dreadful 'Calling All Stations' wasn't their last.

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: Heavyfreight wrote:   Well said.  It's very easy to get on the "Genesis are crap without Hackett & Gabriel" bandwagon.    No Heavyfreight, it's hard, there's nothing worst for a Genesis fan that their favorite band jopins without the two members that kept it as the best ever.   I rather they never rejoin than if they start again with the boring third class musi of the trio, If I don't listen the howloings and  hyena laughs in  MAMA, that aberration to natuire called Who Dunnitt? or that mediocre and offensice crap called Illegal Alien in 40 years more is too soon.   I agree entirely that their pre Then There Were Three stuff was more progressive and can see why some people stop listening there but there is no getting away from the fact that they are still three fine musicians and with a good session lead guitarist and drummer can really kick ass.    No Heavyfreight, pre ATTW3 WAS PROGRESSIVE. post Duke HAS ABSOLUTELY NO RELATION WITH PROG it's just plain and boring adult contemporary oriented POP, despite the fact ATTW3 and Duke don't cause me jnausea, wouldn't pay adime to see them.   Sadly when you go to see Genesis, two good musicians (Rutherford was never spectacular IMO) is not enough, if I go to see Genesis I want to se the real deal, not a band that made me hate everuyything they released.   If I want to see POP, good POP, I would go to see Fleetwood Mac but not Genes9is.   Whilst I wouldn't travel miles or pay a fortune to see them I still remember the Mama and We Can't Dance tours and whilst they weren't the same as Seconds Out they were still damn good shows.   The only Genesis show I went was for the IT Tour, I spent all the concert in the bar and only entered to the hall during the medley and left after it because it was so depressive.    If they rehearse well and play some of the earlier stuff it should be well worth seeing.   No Gabriel and no Hackett, no Genesis IMO.   Iván

This news is a huge disapointment to fans of the "real" Genesis. I will never forgive these guys for stabbing their old fans in the back after the departures of Gabriel and Hackett. My God, didn't they make enough money in the 80's and 90's? The buzz around the net is saying that Gabriel still may rejoin (probably Hackett then too) in a 2008 tour, but not for this planned 2007 tour. I'm guessing that albums sales have slacked in recent years, plus Phil just divorced his third wife. She must have made a killing! Let's call it "The We Can Still Dance To Make More Money Tour." Absolutely pathetic! They will not see a dime of my money! And once again I will say, No Gabriel, No Hackett, No Way!!   

Edited by Dennis - October 19 2006 at 13:35

Heavyfreight wrote: Dennis wrote: I will never forgive these guys for stabbing their old fans in the back after the departures of Gabriel and Hackett.       In what way?    The band changed and evolved.  If you didn't like the new stuff then that was your choice.  Not sure how they stabbed their fans in the back.

IMHO the band went backwards and regressed from being a highly advanced and artistic musical and theatrical entity of the highest standards and quality to a simplistic "pop" orientated band, with a lowering of musical standards and lyric content. Anyone who is a serious progressive music lover knows that this is a fact, and cannot tolerate the band "turning" on us. And again as stated in previous posts I do know that many think that the "pop" music that the post Gabriel/Hackett band produced is a cut above most other "pop" music. But I'm not going to argue with anyone about that, nor reply furthur. My musical tastes demand more, not less of a progressive rock band that I love, sorry! And to me the post Gabriel/Hackett Genesis gave us so much less artistically and so much more financially to their pockets. Sure everyone wants to make money, but not at the sake of losing the artistic essence of a great musical entity. And the band were becoming huge anyway before Gabriel departed. They were so great that they could not have been denied.The move from prog to pop will always seem a cheap move to me. It's like Michaelangelo going from his oil paintings to writing with crayons. No one will ever convince me otherwise.  


Edited by Dennis - October 19 2006 at 11:27

Heavyfreight wrote:

The band changed and evolved.  If you didn't like the new stuff then that was your choice.  Not sure how they stabbed their fans in the back.