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Genesis: The Band Who Want To Be Booed

Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 23 September 1972

A PARTICULAR quality of certain successful groups has been their ability to create moods, to take an audience a little further than the surface excitement of an insistent rock beat. Their entire performance is calculated to one end - to grab and disturb listeners, to play upon their emotions.

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