That’s it. Genesis’ most ambitious work to date that ultimately led to the shock departure of their much loved singer Peter Gabriel. This record was meant to be the blockbuster that elevated the band to mega star status. However, it was based on such a complicated, demanding story line developed independently by Peter Gabriel, that in the short term it proved hard for audiences to understand and accept and caused friction within the group. Gabriel’s comic fantasy stories that had endeared him to fans lost their appeal when taken too seriously and spread over four sides of an album. But nevertheless the work became the basis of an impressive stage show. Peter produced some of the most bizarre costumes for ‘The lamb’ show, including the lumpen and misshapen ‘Slipperman’, and weird looking ‘Lamia’.The band illustrated the story with Peter as the main character ‘Rael’ and three projection screens.
