Genesis

He left after a decade and a half splitting time between the band and his solo career.

Their drummer stumbled into his destiny after the band's charismatic, costume-wearing frontman left.

They got off to an awkwardly uncharacteristic start with the most saccharine, lightweight ditty in the band's discography.

If you're looking for the precise moment when they made a sharp turn away from prog, here it is.

They had to succeed in balancing the pastoral whimsy of their first couple of albums with new rock pretensions.

A leaner three-man lineup moved toward the poppier sound that would define their career in the '80s.