10 Bands Who Were Justified In Changing Sounds
2. Genesis
Having been founded in 1967 by Charterhouse pupils Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Anthony Phillips and Peter Gabriel, Genesis were one of the most influential progressive rock bands of their day. Throughout the early to mid 1970s, the band became more and more centred around their increasingly glamorous and outlandish live performances, with Peter Gabriel's extravagance on-stage a particular talking point.
With Gabriel becoming more and more distracted by his increasing popularity, tensions among the group continued to rise and culminated in him leaving the band and going solo in 1975.
Finding a replacement for an individual such as Gabriel would be a tough ask for any group, however Genesis made the bold decision to keep things in-house and promote drummer Phil Collins to being the band's frontman.
Coinciding with the start of the '80s, Genesis evolved into one of the UK's most commercially successful groups. Follow Me Follow You became the band's first top 10 hit in 1978 and led to the release of Duke, Abacab and Genesis as studio albums in 1980, 1981 and 1983 respectively. This change of style led to a far more harmonious group, and the trio of Rutherford, Collins and Banks continue to tour as Genesis to this day.