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Howard Boder - Keyboards, 12 string guitar
Howard was born in Hackney, making him a real London cockney. He started playing piano from the age of 3, and hasn’t stopped since. Howard discovered Genesis after hearing 'Hairless Heart' from The Lamb and then Supper's Ready at the tender age of 13.
Over the years, Howard has played in various bands (Black Magic, GBH, The Halts, Vale Crusis, Mental DK, Room 101, Room 102, Bruce's Spider and Crimson Altar). The most successful of these being Room 101, who performed several times at The Rock Garden in Covent Garden and at a variety of other venues around the UK during the 1980's.
Equipment:
Yamaha P80 (pianos, church organs, strings)
Viscount DB3 (Hammond clone)
Yamaha S30 (synths)
MTRON running on a laptop for Mellotron samples
ARP-Pro Soloist VST also running on a laptop for the Pro Soloist sounds
Yamaha 12 string guitar
Tapco 100 mixer
Shure PSM200 In Ear Monitors
Favourite Genesis track: Fountain of Salmacis
Influences include: Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, Mike Oldfield, Rush, Gentle Giant, Debussy, Prokofiev, Satie, Bach
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Nick Wells - Lead Vocals, Percussion
Nick joined the fledgling Book of Genesis in 2004, when the band was radically different to today's line-up. He has been playing and singing in bands since his teens, which is some time ago now! Nick remembers selling Uriah Heep’s 'Demons and Wizards' in order to put money towards the purchase of Foxtrot when it came out – that’s how long he’s been around!
Nick has been a fan of Genesis from the time he first saw them at Guildford Civic Hall in 1972. Long ago (before the term 'Tribute Band' even existed!) he decided that he wanted to play their music. Answering an ad on Partysounds it seemed that his ambition could be realised. Little did he appreciate the work involved and the time that it would take to get it off the ground. As he says: "Had I known how long it would take to get to this stage I wouldn’t have bothered buying my Old Man mask – I can easily use the face I’ve got now".
Equipment:
T C Helicon Voiceworks Plus
Yamaha Compressor
Alesis Micoverb effects unit
Shure SM58 microphone
Sennheiser Freeport wireless microphone
Wireless in ear monitors
Various hats, capes and masks
Tambourines, bells and chimes
Favourite Genesis track: The Musical Box
Influences include : Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Radiohead, Bowie, Thomas Tallis, Vaughan Williams, Debussy, Audience, Fairport Convention, IQ, Caravan, Free, The Kinks, King Crimson, Motown, Gryphon, Mike Oldfield, Nick Drake, Floyd, Phillip Glass, Small Faces, The Who, Stackridge to name but a few ......
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Andy Daish - Drums, Voices, Bells and Whistles
Andy was first introduced to drumming by his cousin when he was about 8 yrs old. He has been playing drums since he was 19. He dabbled with Bass Guitar for a while but missed drumming so eventually went back to his first love.
He has played in a number of bands over the years, including 'The Queens' (a Queen Tribute band) and various other cover bands. One of the bands he was in was an originals progressive rock band called Bruce’s Spider, which is where he first met Howard. They soon found out that many of their musical interests were shared. Andy and Howard also played in a band called Madron, which is where they first met Kirk.
Andy is a keen motorcyclist and enjoys going out on ride-outs when he can. He hopes to one day get a cruiser to customise.
Equipment:
Tama “Starclassic” B/B shells, Sabian cymbals, Tama “Iron cobra” Hi-Hat/Bass Pedals, Mapex cymbal arms, Gibralta Drum Rack, Roland TD 12 drum module, Roland PD 85 toms, Roland PD 105 snare, Roland KD 85 Bass drum, Protection Racket Cases, Vic Firth Sticks, Shure In Ear Monitors, Audix Mics, Whistle, Small Indian Cymbals, Small Fan, Stage Master Mixer and Various Different Coloured Towels.
Favourite Genesis tracks: Canutility and the coast liners, Fading Lights
Influences include: Mike Portney, Phil Collins, Neil Peart |
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Kirk Watson - Bass, double-neck, 12 string Guitar, Bass pedals, Voices
Born in 1966, Kirk describes himself as: "too young to die, but slightly too old to live like he used to". With a family of twin boys, his ONE to be obeyed, and a lazy dog, it is surprising he can slip away occasionally to rehearse with bands, but has been doing so since 1984.
Bass was a natural instrument choice for Kirk, only having four fingers on his left hand. Once he graduated from the Freemans Catalogue Bass and bought a serious instrument (a 1977 black Fender Precision), he was able to stun cats at thirty paces using only an amplified E string.
Kirk has featured on a 12" single and an album (both things made of plastic a bit bigger than CD's for the younger of you out there). He has recorded at Metropolis Studios in Chiswick as well as in Simon Townshend's personal studio (brother of THAT Townshend). Following on from that he joined many other bands, but when he met Howard and Andy, they made him realise that the one thing he SHOULD be doing is learning all the Genesis back catalogue and pretending to be Mike Rutherford.
Equipment:
Fender American series 2007 Switchable Jazz Bass
Fender American built 1977 Precision Bass
Washburn Fretless
Steinberger Spirit Headless Double neck 6/4
Tanglewood TW45/12 12 string electro acoustic
Trace Elliot GP11 1981 4 x 12 150w combo
Line 6 LowDown 1 x 15 175w combo with pedals
Line 6 Pod for guitar
Midi bass pedals with MU80 Module for Moog taurus sounds
Favourite Genesis Track: The return of the giant hogweed.
Influences Include: Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Floyd, Rush, Genesis, Tony Levin, Pino Palladino, Bruce Foxton, Chris Squire,
Jaco Pastorius, and the bassist who made me want to start playing bass: Steve Harris of Iron Maiden.
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Bob - Lead Guitar, 12 String, Classical Guitar
Bob joined the band in September 2007, having split up from a Southampton
based rock covers band. He first started playing guitar at boarding school,
where he traded in his piano lessons with an enigmatic young chap called
Harry Enfield.
His first band was aptly named 'Emmy and the Bad Smells' in 1977 (when punk
was all the rage). The band reached the height of coolness by being the
first band to ever get banned from playing at the school again – something
to do with a lot of swearing and having somewhat partially-clad young girls
on stage.
It was around this time that Bob discovered a passion for Genesis & soon got
involved with some like-minded musicians to form another school band called
'Legend', which eventually dissolved when everyone left for university.
Bob maintained a background interest in music in favour of work & family
until his early 40s, when he and a friend formed a very successful rock
covers band called RIFF. When the band broke up, Bob sought out other
musicians who were passionate about progressive music, and joined The Book
of Genesis.
Equipment:
Line 6 POD X3 Live
PRS Custom-24 6-string electric
Takamine 12-string electro-acoustic
Yamaha CGX171CCA concert classical 6 string
Shure PSM200 In Ear Monitors
Ultimate Ears UE5 Pro custom ear pieces
Favourite Genesis track: Fountain of Salmacis
Influences include: Steve Hackett, Steve Howe, David Gilmore, John Petrucci, Mike Oldfield
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The History of The Book of Genesis ... according to Andy
I decided that I would like to form a Genesis Tribute band years ago, but I
needed to find musicians who were as enthusiastic as I was, so my quest
began.
I started with a guitarist friend called Russell and, for months, we
searched for other potential members. I had almost decided to give up as
there never seemed to be a keyboard player up to the task. Then I met Howard
in a band called Bruce's Spider. Naturally we got talking about music in
general and found that we were both really into Genesis. I was excited to
learn that Howard could play almost all of the Genesis back catalogue. I
mentioned to him that I had always wanted to start a Genesis Tribute Band
and, to my surprise, he said that he had once auditioned for one. I
suggested that we start our own - we had the keyboards, drums and guitar in
place. All we needed now was to find the rest! We talked about names for the
band and came up with a few different ideas. As we had already decided to
play songs from the first album right up to the last, I suggested 'The Book
of Genesis'.
I then got back in touch with Russell and he confirmed that he was still
very interested in the concept. We soon found a Bassist who was quite
interested and then we found Nick, so the full lineup was up and running
seemingly in next to no time.
Full band rehearsals took place over the next few months and then problems
arose... Not long before the first gig the bass player decided to leave.
Then, as the gig got closer, Nick couldn't do the gig due to unforeseen
circumstances. So we ended up doing the gig with the three of us that were
left: me singing and playing the drums at the same time, Howard playing
keyboards and Bass parts and Russell using a double-neck Bass/Guitar.
Although it went surprisingly well, it wasn't the same as the full line-up.
It then looked like it was all falling apart when Howard’s work took him to
Australia for a year in September 2005. We waited for him to come back home
and, on his return, we started again. But now we had a new problem:
Russell's job had changed and he was now on shifts, so we lost our
guitarist. And then there were three: Howard, Nick and myself.
We advertised again for a Bass Player and Guitarist. In the meantime, when
Howard was away in the land of Oz, I had joined a band called Madron, where
I met Kirk (Bass). I discovered that he too had an interest in Genesis
music, although he had never tried to play any of it.
Howard then joined Madron. The two of us got talking to Kirk and he decided
to join us. I then contacted Nick to let him know the good news. And we were
off again!
A few Guitarists came and went for a while, but with no real success. Then
Nick phoned me and said that he might have found someone interested in
joining us to complete the line-up. Bob came along in September 2007, and
blew us all away with his talents. It was just what we needed to give us a
boost.
We are now fully up and running, rehearsing hard, and have started
performing live. So watch this website for details of forthcoming shows.
Andy (drums)
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