Summer 1974: After "Selling England by the Pound", Genesis are a widely respected band, but heavily in debt and gripped by inner tensions. The next album must absolutely bring the breakthrough! At the beginning of the fruitful work, no one suspects that they will soon face a crucial test. For Steve Hackett, this quickly becomes a "titanic adventure" that everyone tried to survive; Tony Banks even experiences it as downright "hell". With their last ounces of strength, the musicians wrestle an enigmatic masterpiece from themselves with "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". However, this masterpiece was to cost them their charismatic frontman Peter Gabriel.

In his new book, historian and cultural scientist Mark Bell reconstructs the fascinating story of the album's creation and explains its mysterious content piece by piece. Further chapters deal with the revolutionary multi-media tour, Peter Gabriel's exit and the afterlife of the Lamb to this day.

The original German version of the book was published on 23 November 2022. It can be ordered worldwide from Amazon.