PolarBlues
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Hello, my name is Polar Blues and I like prog.
Thread created not to completely derail this one: https://www.rpgpub.com/threads/geek...rpg-for-2018-how-many-have-you-purchased.2304
Only rule, no nitpicking over definitions about what counts as "prog".
To get the ball rolling...
The band was a band, and it's the mixture of talents that made it great. Personally I don't any of theri solo works matched their collect achievements, though "Voyage of the Acolyte" is very good. Same goes for Yes. Other than Fish Out of Water I've haven't come across any of the solo ablums (and both Anderson and Wakeman had a significant solo career that really does much for me).
Thread created not to completely derail this one: https://www.rpgpub.com/threads/geek...rpg-for-2018-how-many-have-you-purchased.2304
Only rule, no nitpicking over definitions about what counts as "prog".
To get the ball rolling...
I think that's an oversimplification. For one thing, you are leaving out the departure of Steve Hackett in 1977, who I think was more of a creative force in the early band than Gabriel. Dumarest rightly listed The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway as the example of good Genesis, and Gabriel, while he did write almost all the lyrics, didn't compose a note of music on that album. Gabriel is undoubtedly a very talented guy, but it is very wrong to suggest that early Genesis was just some backup band for him.
Listening to Steve Hackett's solo albums is a good way to get a sense of what he brought to the band.
Spectral Mornings is another classic solo album by him.
And to give Phil Collins credit, he was one of the best drummers ever.
I'd also say that Genesis didn't immediately start to suck after Gabriel and Hackett left, even if its best days were behind it. It was a slow slide. I'll defend Abacab a good album even though it lacks both Gabriel and Hackett.
The band was a band, and it's the mixture of talents that made it great. Personally I don't any of theri solo works matched their collect achievements, though "Voyage of the Acolyte" is very good. Same goes for Yes. Other than Fish Out of Water I've haven't come across any of the solo ablums (and both Anderson and Wakeman had a significant solo career that really does much for me).