Editing Genesis (band) (section)

===1969–1970: First gigs, signing with Charisma, ''Trespass'' and Phillips's departure===
In late 1969, Genesis retreated to a cottage owned by Macphail's parents, in [[Wotton, Surrey|Wotton]], Surrey, to write, rehearse and develop their stage performance.{{sfn|Genesis|2007|p=49}} They took their work seriously, playing together for as much as eleven hours a day.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=28}} Their first live gig as Genesis followed in September 1969 at a teenager's birthday.{{sfn|Frame|1983|p=23}}{{sfn|Platts|2001|p=20}} It was the start of a series of live shows in small venues across the UK, which included a radio performance broadcast on the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Night Ride (BBC Radio 2)|Night Ride]]'' show, on 22 February 1970,{{sfn|Hewitt|2001|p=27}} and a spot at the Atomic Sunrise Festival held at the [[Roundhouse (venue)|Roundhouse]] in [[Chalk Farm]] a month later.{{sfn|Genesis|2007|p=74}} During this time the band met with various record labels regarding contract offers. Initial discussions with [[Chris Blackwell]] of [[Island Records|Island]] and [[Chris Wright (music industry executive)|Chris Wright]] of [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]] were unsuccessful. In March 1970, during the band's six-week Tuesday night residency at [[Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club]] in [[Soho]], members of [[Rare Bird]], whom Genesis had previously supported live, recommended the band to producer and A&R man [[John Anthony (record producer)|John Anthony]] of [[Charisma Records]].{{sfn|Frame|1983|p=23}} Anthony attended one of their shows and enjoyed them enough to convince his boss, label owner [[Tony Stratton Smith]], to watch their next appearance.{{sfn|Genesis|2007|p=71}} Smith recalled, "Their potential was immediately apparent&nbsp;... the material was good and their performance was good&nbsp;... It was a long shot, because they needed time to find their strength&nbsp;... but I was prepared to make that commitment".{{sfn|Frame|1983|p=23}} He agreed to a record and management deal within two weeks, paying Genesis an initial sum of £10 a week (equivalent to £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|10|1970|r=-2}}|0}} in {{CURRENTYEAR}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}}{{sfn|Genesis|2007|p=72}}

Genesis stayed at Wotton until April 1970,{{sfn|Genesis|2007|p=349}} by which time they had enough new material for a second album.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=27}} Recording for ''[[Trespass (album)|Trespass]]'' began in June at [[Trident Studios]] in London, with Anthony as producer and [[David Hentschel]] hired as assistant engineer.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=31}} The album included longer and more complex songs than their first, blending [[Folk music|folk]] and [[progressive rock]] elements with various [[time signature]] changes, as in the nine-minute song "[[The Knife (song)|The Knife]]".{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|pp=32–33}} ''Trespass'' is the first in a series of three Genesis album cover designs by [[Paul Whitehead]]. He had completed the design before the band decided to include "The Knife" on the album. Feeling the cover no longer reflected the album's overall mood, the band persuaded Whitehead to slash a knife across the canvas and have the result photographed.{{sfn|Romano|2010|p=72}} Released in October 1970, ''Trespass'' reached No. 1 in [[Belgium]] in 1971{{sfn|Platts|2001|p=50}} and No. 98 in the UK in 1984.<ref name=UKchart>{{cite web |title=GENESIS |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14995/genesis/ |publisher=Official Charts |access-date=20 September 2015 |archive-date=15 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715024417/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14995/genesis/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "The Knife" was released as a single in May 1971.{{sfn|Genesis|2007|p=349}} ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' briefly mentioned the album unfavourably following its 1974 reissue: "It's spotty, poorly defined, at times innately boring".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Fletcher |first=Gordon |title=Genesis: Trespass: Music Reviews |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/genesis/albums/album/127085/review/5946324/trespass |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=1 August 1974 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502020946/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/genesis/albums/album/127085/review/5946324/trespass |archive-date=2 May 2008}}</ref> "Genesis seemed to be dying a death around our second album", Gabriel told [[Mark Blake (writer)|Mark Blake]]. "We couldn't get arrested. So I got a place at the [[London Film School|London School of Film Technique]]."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Blake |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Blake (writer) |title=Cash for questions: Peter Gabriel |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |date=December 2011 |page=46}}</ref>

{{Quote box|style=padding:10px;|quote=That was the closest we came to busting up. For some reason we felt so close that if one left, we thought we couldn't carry on. Of all the changes we've been through, surviving Ant leaving was the hardest.|source=—Mike Rutherford.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=35}}|width=25%}}
After ''Trespass'' was recorded, ill-health and developing [[stage fright]] caused Phillips to leave Genesis. His last show with the band took place in [[Haywards Heath]] on 18 July 1970.{{sfn|Hewitt|2001|p=27}} He felt the increased number of gigs affected the group's creativity and several songs he wrote were not recorded or performed live.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|pp=29,31}} He had contracted [[bronchial pneumonia]] and became isolated from the rest of the band, feeling that it had too many songwriters in it.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=34}} Banks, Gabriel and Rutherford saw Phillips as an important member, being the most instrumental in encouraging them to turn professional. They regarded his exit as the greatest threat to the band and the most difficult to overcome. Gabriel and Rutherford decided the group should continue; Banks agreed on the condition that they find a new drummer that was of equal stature to the rest of the group. Mayhew was therefore fired, though Phillips later thought Mayhew's working-class background clashed with the rest of the band, which affected his confidence.{{sfn|Bowler|Dray|1992|p=35}}