{"id":2163,"date":"2009-09-03T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/09\/exodus-from-genesis\/"},"modified":"2009-09-03T09:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-03T09:02:00","slug":"exodus-from-genesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/09\/exodus-from-genesis.html","title":{"rendered":"Exodus from Genesis"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>There was quite a response to my post about Genesis (the band, not the book), including <a href=\"http:\/\/clayboy.co.uk\/2009\/09\/james-mcgraths-secret-sin-is-revealed\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Doug Chaplin declaring it my \u201csecret sin\u201d<\/a>. Since he is Anglican I\u2019ll defer to his expertise on matters of sin, but I strongly object to the notion that my being a fan has been kept secret!<\/p>\n<p>As a follow-up (and public display of my fandom), I thought I\u2019d see if anyone has a favorite (or multiple favorites) among the solo and spin-off projects by members of Genesis.<\/p>\n<p>Of the line-up that was Genesis for quite some time, Peter Gabriel\u2019s departure was the most dramatic, and he actually wrote a song about it:<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DndUuKHBZIU\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DndUuKHBZIU<\/a>\n<p>Steve Hackett was the next to leave. He continued performing Genesis songs (as well as others he wrote) for some time:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steve Hackett - Genesis acoustic medley\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uVdhotX5Cy8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>In the 80s he formed a band GTR together with Steve Howe of Yes:<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k-WXetf1eWo\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k-WXetf1eWo<\/a>\n<p>Others did solo projects without actually leaving Genesis in order to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Banks did some rock albums\u2026<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tony Banks - &quot;As The Wheels Keep Turning&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZeU_e6TnDCI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u2026and more recently composed a \u201cclassical\u201d work, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.progarchives.com\/album.asp?id=5401\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cSeven\u201d<\/a>, released on the Naxos label.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Rutherford released solo albums\u2026<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uUivYveV52o\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uUivYveV52o<\/a>\n<p>\u2026and then formed Mike and the Mechanics:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mike &amp; The Mechanics - Silent running\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ep7W89I_V_g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>And of course, most people know what Phil Collins got up to:<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-OiV_5kEt6A\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-OiV_5kEt6A<\/a>\n<p>Any favorites?<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-6564944869100528742?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was quite a response to my post about Genesis (the band, not the book), including Doug Chaplin declaring it my \u201csecret sin\u201d. 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