Quinticencialy English

From their roots at Charter House school the band continued to mature and develop musically drawing heavily from classic poetry and novels which made them a very quinticencial English band. Genesis came from a privileged background growing up, insulated from the real world and in Charter House circles the band members may have been considered rebellious. At the time of their first album release and the single The Silent Sun the band had hardly gigged and the music was a far cry from the music early Genesis would later become to be known by. Despite this privileged background the band still had to work their way up playing pubs and clubs and student halls. The first guitarist Anthony Phillips left Genesis after the album Trespass due to stage fright and his frustration with not being able to produce live on stage what he could produce in the studio and he was eventually replaced by guitarist Steve Hackett, whose guitar style was much more aggressive than Phillips.