Well, it looks like there may be more hope for this than I thought! Someone just pointed me to this link, which describes a radio interview with Steve Hackett (Genesis guitarist 1970-1977). In an interview with Philadelphia radio station WMGK, Steve apparently had this to say:

“There’s something afoot. There’s a move afoot to put us together again. At
some point there’s a reformation mooted. It’s rare that I get a call from
Genesis management, very rare these days. So maybe something will happen,
you know.”

Hackett said the reunion would include original singer Peter Gabriel ,
drummer-vocalist Phil Collins , guitarist-bassist Mike Rutherford , and
keyboardist Tony Banks . Nothing specific has been arranged yet, however.

That sounds reasonably promising.

I intend to do a little research and find out if there’s a way for fans to chime in and encourage the boys to get together. I can imagine that each of them have their own reservations about a reunion, especially in this age of really *BAD* band reunions. But I’m confident that this would be no ordinary reunion of tired musicians trying to fill their retirement accounts. This could really be a landmark event for rock music and live productions, if they’d approach the old material with the respect that it deserves.

In the meantime, I’ll also be keeping an eye out for the surround sound 5.1 mixes that appear to be in the works for the Genesis back catalog, and the potential release of some of the archives of rehearsals from their old studio/retreat, The Farm.

Don’t they look like such nice boys?