Genesis (band)

=== 1974–1975: ''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'' and Gabriel's departure ===
In June 1974, Genesis started work on their [[Double album|double]] [[concept album]] ''[[The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway]]''.{{sfn|Rutherford|2015|p=120}} This marked a point at which Gabriel's relationship with the rest of the group became increasingly strained, which contributed to his departure. The album was written at [[Headley Grange]] in [[East Hampshire]], where upon their arrival the building had been left in a very poor state by the previous band, with rat infestations and excrement on the floor.{{sfn|Genesis|2007|p=151}} Gabriel objected to Rutherford's idea of an album based on ''[[The Little Prince]]'' by [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]], thinking the idea was "too twee".{{sfn|Platts|2001|p=74}} He proposed to the band a less fantastical and more complicated story involving Rael, a [[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]] youth living in New York City who embarks on a spiritual quest to establish his freedom and identity while meeting several bizarre characters on the way.<ref>Welch, Chris. "Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway". ''Melody Maker'', 23 November 1974.</ref> Gabriel wrote the story with influences from ''[[West Side Story]]'', "a kind of punk" twist to ''[[Pilgrim's Progress]]'', author [[Carl Jung]] and the film ''[[El Topo]]'' by [[Alejandro Jodorowsky]].{{sfn|Genesis|2007|p=157}} Most of the album's lyrics were written by Gabriel, leaving much of its music to the rest of the group. His absence from a considerable amount of writing sessions due to difficulties with his wife's first birth was something about which Rutherford and Banks "were horribly unsupportive".{{sfn|Rutherford|2015|p=122}} Gabriel also left the group when director [[William Friedkin]] asked him to write a screenplay, but returned after the project was shelved.{{sfn|Platts|2001|p=75}} In August 1974, production moved to Glaspant Manor in [[Carmarthenshire]], [[Wales]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Glaspant Retreats Gallery |url=http://www.glaspant.co.uk/History.html |url-status=dead |access-date=30 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020135145/http://www.glaspant.co.uk/History.html |archive-date=20 October 2016}}</ref> with Burns as co-producer, operating Island Studios' mobile equipment. Further work and mixing took place at Island, where [[Brian Eno]] contributed synthesizers and effects that the album's sleeve credits as "Enossification". When Gabriel asked Eno how the band could repay him, Eno said he needed a drummer for his track "[[Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)|Mother Whale Eyeless]]". Collins said, "I got sent upstairs as payment".{{sfn|Thompson|2005|p=117}} Gabriel was pleased with Eno's work but Banks was less enthusiastic.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Genesis's Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford Talk To Uncut! |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/node/14346#k3FHL7d9csEqWqud.99 |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |access-date=12 January 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

[[File:Genesis live 1974-11-20.jpg|thumb|right|245px|Rutherford, Gabriel and Collins in 1974 during ''The Lamb...'' tour]]
''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'' was released in November 1974 and reached No. 10 in the UK{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=246}} and No. 41 in the US.<ref name=billboardchart/> "Counting Out Time" and "[[The Carpet Crawlers]]" were released as singles in 1974 and 1975, respectively. Its sleeve is the first of four Genesis albums designed by [[Storm Thorgerson]] and [[Aubrey Powell (designer)|Aubrey Powell]] of [[Hipgnosis]]. From November 1974 to May 1975, Genesis completed 102 dates across North America and Europe as part of [[The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Tour|''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'' tour]].{{sfn|Genesis|2007|p=349}} Their set included ''The Lamb...'' performed in its entirety with an encore, a decision that was not supported by the entire band considering most of the audience were not yet familiar with the large amount of new material.<ref name="Mike on Mike">Neer, Dan (1985). ''Mike on Mike'' [interview LP], Atlantic Recording Corporation.</ref> The stage show involved new, more elaborate costumes worn by Gabriel, three backdrop screens that displayed 1,450 slides from eight projectors,{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=100}} and a [[laser lighting display]].{{sfn|Platts|2001|p=95}} Music critics often focused their reviews on Gabriel's theatrics and took the band's musical performance as secondary, which irritated the rest of the band.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=93}}

During their stay in [[Cleveland]] during the tour, Gabriel told the band he would leave at its conclusion.{{sfn|Genesis|2007|p=158}} He wrote a statement regarding his departure to the English press that was published in August 1975 titled "Out, Angels Out", explaining he had become disillusioned with the music industry and wanted to spend extended time with his family.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=107}} Banks later stated, "Pete was also getting too big for the group. He was being portrayed as if he was 'the man' and it really wasn't like that. It was a very difficult thing to accommodate. So it was actually a bit of a relief."{{sfn|Genesis|2007|p=158}}