Middle Earth

A lot of Genesis early performances were in student halls and at venues that were aptly titled after the works of J.R.R Tolkien such as Middle Earth and Gandalf’s Garden. A majority of the early audiences were either students or psychedelic regulars, which could be seen as the standard audience for a lot of progressive rock acts such as Genesis and the likes of early Pink Floyd. Although with the departure of Gabriel and Collins taking over as front man, Genesis’s audience may have changed a lot by the time of the album Invisible Touch, either that or the same audience changed their listening habits to keep in with the band.