The Music of Genesis - 1976 to 1980

REPRODUCING THE LEGENDARY SOUND, LIKE NO OTHER,

FIVE DEDICATED MUSICIANS AND FRIENDS REUNITE TO CELEBRATE THE MUSIC OF A LEGENDARY BAND.

THIS IS THE MUSIC OF GENESIS

THE STORY SO FAR.............

BACK IN GERMANY, IN 2009, ELMAR FERNER, JOCHEN PIETSCH, NIKLAS TURMANN, MICHAEL SCHUGARDT AND MOMME BOE WERE STUDENTS AT HANNOVER'S RENOWNED UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC, DRAMA AND MEDIA.

AS PART OF THEIR GRADUATION, THEY PLAYED TWO CONCERTS FEATURING THE MUSIC OF GENESIS AND PHIL COLLINS. THEY CALLED THE BAND 'THE FARM,' NAMED AFTER THE RECORDING STUDIO IN SURRY, UK, THAT GENESIS HAD BUILT. 

THE CONCERTS SOLD OUT IMMEDIATELY, WERE VERY WELL RECEIVED AND FOR POSTERITY, FILMED AND POSTED TO YOU TUBE. 

TO THEIR SURPRISE, THERE WAS AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE FROM GENESIS AND PHIL COLLINS FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD, MOSTLY COMMENTING ON HOW MUCH LIKE THE ORIGINAL BAND THEY SOUNDED AND ASKING WHEN THEY MIGHT GO ON TOUR?!

HIGH PRAISE INDEED AND SURELY A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY..........

HOWEVER, THIS RESPONSE HAD NOT, NOR COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED. EVERYONE ALREADY HAD PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. WHILST IT WAS A FANTASTIC END TO THEIR STUDENT DAYS, THE FARM GATES SHUT ALMOST AS QUICKLY AS THEY HAD OPENED. IT WOULD BE WELL OVER A DECADE BEFORE THEY WOULD GET BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.........

IN EARLY 2019, A PRODUCER WITH A DEEP PASSION FOR AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE ORIGINAL BAND, HAD BEEN LOOKING TO PUT TOGETHER THE ULTIMATE GENESIS TRIBUTE FOR MANY YEARS. NOTHING CAME CLOSE IN THE MARKETPLACE.

HE HAPPENED ACROSS THE FARM CONCERTS ON YOU TUBE AND WAS IMMEDIATLEY IMPRESSED. THE ESSENCE OF WHAT WAS NEEDED WAS UNDOUBTEDLY THERE.

WASTING NO TIME, OVER A SERIES OF PHONE CALLS AND ZOOM MEETINGS, HE CONVINCED THE MUSICIANS TO RECONVENE TO SEE IF THE MAGIC AND CHEMISTRY REMAINED. IN 2020 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AND IT MOST CERTAINLY DID.

 "IT LIKE BEING ON A SCHOOL TRIP WITH OLD FRIENDS. IT'S AS IF WE HAD OUR LAST REHEARSALS A FEW DAYS AGO, NOT 10 YEARS AGO!" SAYS VOCALIST, ELMAR FERNER.

 THEREAFTER EVERYONE AGREED TO COMMIT TO PRODUCE THE VERY BEST CONCERT TOUR POSSIBLE WHICH IS WHAT 'THE MUSIC OF GENESIS' (TMOG) IS ALL ABOUT. 

TMOG PLAYED THEIR FIRST SHOWS IN GERMANY, HOLLAND AND BELGIUM IN LATE 2024. THE RESPONSE WAS INCREDIBLE, WITH MANY SHOWS SELLING OUT.

 IN 2025 THE BAND CONTINUE TO TOUR EUROPE (SHOWS CONTINUE TO SELL OUT) AND WILL PLAY THEIR FIRST EVER CONCERTS IN THE UK AND PORTUGAL IN MARCH. 

FOR THIS, THEIR FIRST TOUR, ENTITLED "THE BEST FROM 1976-1980", TMOG HAVE CHOSEN TO DO SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT. TO FEATURE SONGS FROM THE FIRST FOUR ALBUMS THAT SAW PHIL COLLINS FRONT THE BAND:

 A TRICK OF THE TAIL, WIND & WUTHERING, AND THEN THERE WERE THREE AND DUKE.

 MANY OF THE SONGS HAVEN'T BEEN PLAYED LIVE FOR MANY YEARS OR WERE NEVER PLAYED LIVE. THIS HAS BEEN A BIG HIT WITH AUDIENCES EVERYWHERE. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES:

FROM A TRICK OF THE TAIL - Entangled & Robbery, Assault & Battery.

FROM WIND & WUTHERING - All In A Mouse's Night & Blood On The Rooftops.

FROM AND THEN THERE WERE THREE - Down And Out & Say It's Alright, Joe.

FROM DUKE - Duchess and Duke's End. 

THE SET ALSO INLUDES SOME OF THE HITS FROM THAT PERIOD, BUT SONGS ASIDE, IT'S THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND THEIR ABILITY TO ACCURATELY REPLICATE THE SOUND OF THE ORIGINAL BAND THAT STANDS OUT. AND WITH VOCALIST ELMAR FERNER, WHO IS VERY MUCH HIS OWN PERSON, BUT SOUNDS UNCANNILY LIKE PHIL COLLINS, IT'S NO WONDER 'THE MUSIC OF GENESIS' HAVE VERY QUICKLY BECOME THE MOST TALKED ABOUT GENESIS TRIBUTE SHOW AROUND.