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Dave backstage in Philadelphia with Phil
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If you haven't already guessed it, that guy in the picture
to the left is me. No, not the guy on the right... the other one! Whether
you're a Genesis fan with a question or comment, an artist featured on this site
interested in being interviewed and/or sharing news, or a passive web surfer who
just happened to stumble across this site, your comments and suggestions are
welcome (You can e-mail me
privately).
As for me, if
you're curious, the first time I heard Genesis I was nine years old. It was
December 1980, and my sister received the Duke album as a Christmas gift (We
played that poor piece of black vinyl to death!). By 1985, I had become
collector of the band. It was a great time to get into collecting. The CD
was just beginning, 8-tracks could still be found in used bins for next to
nothing, LPs still flourished as a viable format, and cassette tapes were
still popular. You could get just about anything in one format or another
(Although, I wouldn't appreciate this for years to come). I collected the
artists included here religiously until my early 30s. I still collect the
band today and enjoy their music, but as I approached my early to mid-30s, my interest in buying
obscure test pressings of albums and rare promo CDs from around the globe
had been foreshadowed by my interests in real-life issues.
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I
have enjoyed collecting over the years, and still collect them all in a more
scaled back, reasonable fashion. In fact, my initial reason of putting this site
together was to share my vast collection and resources with fellow fans from
around the world and to provide collectors with the information they need to
help locate some of the rarities they have been seeking for years. This site
is still very much a work-in-progress, so check back from time to time to
see what news things I've added.
In addition to my actual career in Human Resources,
I have also worked as a freelance writer and photographer for music and
entertainment magazines. I have been published on national and regional
levels, the largest of which having a circulation of approximately one
million copies nationwide (USA).
In my travels as a writer, I have interviewed and/or met many actors and
musicians, including Phil Collins in 1990, 1997, and 2007; Steve Hackett in 1993, 2001,
2009, and 2010; Ray Wilson in 2001 and 2005; Anthony Phillips in 2001 and
2008; Nir Z and Nick D'Virgilio
in 2001; Chester Thompson in 2002 and 2009; Daryl Stuermer in 2002, 2007 and
2010; Tony Banks and Mike
Rutherford in 2004; and Mike & The Mechanics (Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack and
Paul Young) in 1994. When I wasn't working, sleeping, trying to have a little
bit of a social life, or developing this site, I miraculously managed to
complete my M.B.A. in 2004 - I'm still not sure how! |
Dave backstage with Steve Hackett and his
partner Jo in July 2010 in Sellersville, Pennsylvania
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Dave with Daryl Stuermer at Genesis' Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
Ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria in March 2010 in New York City. |
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World of Genesis.com has been acknowledged by Genesis, Steve Hackett, Tony
Banks, Mike Rutherford, Anthony Phillips, Ray Wilson, Paul Carrack, Chester
Thompson, Daryl Stuermer, Bill Bruford, Rolling Stone Magazine, and the
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), among others, for its content and
regular updates. The site can also be found on most major search engines and web
spiders, including: Yahoo!, AOL, MSN, Excite, Iwon, Google, and many more. In
November 2004, World of Genesis.com achieved the accolade of breaking the 50,000
UNIQUE hits per month barrier (something that has been duplicated and surpassed
many times since). In June 2006, World of Genesis.com celebrated its 5th year
anniversary with a complete site redesign (the one that you see on-line today).
In 2007, World of Genesis.com was nominated by VH1 (affiliated with MTV/Viacom)
for being one of the best Genesis fan sites on the Internet. Today, its not
uncommon for World of Genesis.com to break 90-100,000 unique hits per
month - showing that interest in this collective of musicians continues to
run very strong into the 21st century. In June 2010, World of Genesis.com
reached the milestone of being live on the Internet as a free resource for
fans for nine years (even I struggle with that incredible statistic)!
The legend of Genesis lives on through their solo efforts, the legacy of
their music and past tours (and those we hope to look forward to in the
future), and through the many fan sites that pepper the Internet, like
World of Genesis.com. |
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of Genesis.com!
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