'Genesis': Sum of the Parts' isn't exactly an engaging or thrilling documentary. Instead we get snippets of their discography as background music while everyone is talking. #Blu ray audio genesis fullUnfortunately for us, there are no full length musical performances. There were some great stories and big laughs there. One of the better moments of the film is to hear the band members talk and laugh about when a young Phil Collins entered the scene. Some of the memories were good, some were bad, but you can tell these guys still have a lot of love for each other. It's so good to see these guys still cracking jokes and discussing what it was like to play music together all those years ago. It mostly goes in chronological order from each album, which is spliced with vintage concert and news footage of the musicians. This is mostly a talking head type of documentary with the various members of the band along with rock journalists and others discussing the band that is 'Genesis'. None of them have really been together since Gabriel left the band all those years ago. What's really nice about it and what keeps this documentary fun is seeing the band members reunite and reminisce about the old times together.ĭrummer and lead singer Phil Collins, singer and musician Peter Gabriel, keyboardist Tony Banks, guitarist Mike Rutherford, and guitarist/bassist Steve Hackett all come together again for this documentary. There's nothing here you probably haven't heard before in past interviews or stories that made the news. Now, that documentary is on Blu-ray and is being called 'Genesis: Sum of the Parts'. It was a companion piece to their 3-disc music set, spanning their career along with some of their solo work, which was called 'Genesis: R-Kive'.I highly recommend you get that album. Back in October of 2014, the BBC in England released a documentary called 'Genesis: Together and Apart'. Not only has the band done extremely well critically and financially, but each of its members have done well in their solo careers, two of them have become mega-stars. Hell, they've even sold over 100 million albums to date and continue to add to that number each year. They were inducted into the Music Hall of Fame back in 2010, soared to the top of the music charts for years, and have a wide collection of singles in their catalogue. Yes, they've been around almost fifty years playing music. 'Genesis' actually formed before ' Woodstock' took place, which some of you might not know. 'Genesis' is one of the better rock n' roll bands to ever grace the stage or be spun on your record players.
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