With his new live opus, Wuthering Nights: Live in Birmingham, former Genesis guitarist gave Kyle Meredith a call to talk about the LP’s 40th anniversary celebration of Wind & Wuthering, as well as performing cuts from the multicultural studio record, The Night Siren.
To Genesis fans, 2017 is a milestone year for two reasons. First, it was 40 years ago that the British prog rock legends released their eighth studio album Wind & Wuthering (the second one to feature Phil Collins on lead vocals after Peter Gabriel‘s departure), as well as the double-live record Seconds Out.
For most Genesis fans, Wind & Wuthering marks the end of the band’s pure prog-rock era.
The concerns that Genesis felt about whether they still had a future after the departure of Peter Gabriel were, it’s safe to say, quietened by what happened next.
It’s no surprise, really, that Wind & Wuthering feels so autumnal, less direct and nowhere near as frisky as Genesis‘ later projects.
The concerns that Genesis felt about whether they still had a future after the departure of Peter Gabriel were, it’s safe to say, quietened by what happened next.