Will America Swallow The Lamb? Why Genesis wouldn't chop up The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Ron Ross, Circus, March 1975
For years Genesis had dreamed of cooking up a recipe of their most powerful surreal visuals and most mesmerizing music. Yet they feared their ambitious new double album might prove too intense for in-concert consumption.
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