The Musical Box


Genesis - The Musical Box

Related Lessons

lesson:
The Roots of Progressive Rock

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: General Music

How did Progressive Rock’s incorporation of classical traditions and countercultural values help to forge a unique Rock genre in the late 1960s?

Related People

people:
Genesis

Although Genesis is among the most commercially recording acts of all time, with approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide, the group's colorful four-decade history is actually the story of two very different bands with two very different bodies of work.  After being formed by a group of classmates at England's posh Charterhouse school in the late '60s, Genesis emerged in the early 70s as a Progressive Rock powerhouse, distinguished by complex compositions, elaborate instrumental arrangements and frontman Peter Gabriel's imaginative lyrical flights and flamboyant onstage theatricality.  Such albums as Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound and the elaborate...