History Trivia / TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway

** Due to stress from being creatively sidelined on the album and his own failing marriage, Steve Hackett snapped a wineglass in his hand during rehearsals, injuring tendons in his thumb and delaying the start of the tour. After some juggling of venue dates, this meant the first leg of the tour was to be in America, where the album hadn't been released yet. Ticket sales went "meh." Hackett would record his first solo album (''Voyage Of The Acolyte'') shortly after the tour, and would leave the band three years later, in 1977.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Mike Rutherford reportedly suggested the idea of writing a ConceptAlbum based on Antoine de Saint-Exupery's novel ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'', but Music/PeterGabriel wanted to use a grittier, less fantasy-tinged, more ''American'' concept. The bookend song-cycles of Genesis' 1980 album ''Duke'' touch on some concepts similar to ''The Little Prince''. The album artwork also resembles the illustrations for ''The Little Prince''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Mike Rutherford reportedly suggested the idea of writing a ConceptAlbum based on Antoine de Saint-Exupery's novel ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'', but Music/PeterGabriel wanted to use a grittier, less fantasy-tinged, more ''American'' concept.
** The bookend song-cycles of Genesis' 1980 album ''Duke'' touch on some concepts similar to ''The Little Prince''.

** In the middle of the album sessions, Gabriel received an offer to work with William Friedkin on a movie screenplay, and couldn't see [[TemptingFate why the rest of the band thought leaving in the middle of an album session might be a bad thing]]. When the others found out, they told their manager Tony Smith, who had to call Friedkin and get him to back off, which led to discontent on Gabriel's part. Gabriel made it clear he was leaving the band, although he stayed to do the live tour. The film project never came to pass because of that.

** For starters, Peter Gabriel insisted on writing all of the lyrics himself, feeling that a consistent story would be necessary. At the time, his marriage was in trouble and his newborn daughter was in an incubator. This led to most of the music being written in his absence by the rest of the band.

** In the end, the album tanked on the charts, was savaged by critics and fans alike, and the band lost their ass on the tour, as well as their lead singer, nearly causing a break-up. For obvious reasons, almost all the members of the band treated it as an OldShame for many years, only beginning to warm up to it much later when they could put the stress of creating it behind them. (As a sort of belated consolation, [[VindicatedByHistoru the album did eventually go gold]].)

** In the end, the album tanked on the charts, was savaged by critics and fans alike, and the band lost their ass on the tour, as well as their lead singer, nearly causing a break-up. For obvious reasons, almost all the members of the band treated it as an OldShame for many years, only beginning to warm up to it much later when they could put the stress of creating it behind them. (As a sort of belated consolation, the album did eventually go gold.)

* FakeAmerican: A half-Puerto Rican street kid from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity would be unlikely to refer to money as "notes and coins". But he does anyway in "The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging". And in the next song ("Back in N.Y.C.") he says "progressive hypocrites" instead of "liberal hypocrites" -- "progressive" wasn't the common term in America at the time.

* FakeAmerican: A half-Puerto Rican street kid from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity would be unlikely to refer to money as "notes and coins". But he does anyway in "The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging". And in the next song ("Back in N.Y.C.") he says "progressive hypocrites" instead of "liberal hypocrites" -- "progressive" wasn't a common term in America until 15 or 20 years later (or [[AnachronismStew several decades earlier]], but hey).

** Arguments over included songs and lyrics. The other members of the band would occasionally rewrite Gabriel's lyrics to better fit their music, and Gabriel wrote several songs on his own (to bridge already-written sections) without the rest of the band's input (one of them, "The Carpet Crawlers", would be a live staple for the post-Gabriel band). Gabriel also ran into writer's block with "The Light Lies Down On Broadway", leaving Banks and Rutherford to write both music and lyrics.

*** [[WordOfGod Hackett mentioned in an article]] for ''Prog'' magazine (made by the publishers of ''Classic Rock'') that what triggered the wine glass accident was what someone said at a backstage party Hackett went to after a Sensational Alex Harvey Band concert. They said, "[[TheFaceOfTheBand The band is good]], [[HarsherInHindsight but they'd be nothing without Alex Harvey]]". The remark frustrated Steve as that's what critics were beginning to say about Genesis with the news of Peter Gabriel's impending departure.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Mike Rutherford reportedly suggested the idea of writing a ConceptAlbum based on Antoine De Saint-Exupery's novel ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'', but Music/PeterGabriel wanted to use a grittier, less fantasy-tinged, more ''American'' concept.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Mike Rutherford reportedly suggested the idea of writing a ConceptAlbum based on Antoine De Saint-Exupery's novel ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'', but PeterGabriel wanted to use a grittier, less fantasy-tinged, more ''American'' concept.

* TroubledProduction: The album is one of the best albums in ProgressiveRock, but the making of it was disastrous, to say the least.

* Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}: Did the cover art.

* FakeAmerican: A half-Puerto Rican street kid from [[BigApplesauce New York City]] would be unlikely to refer to money as "notes and coins". But he does anyway in "The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging". And in the next song ("Back in N.Y.C.") he says "progressive hypocrites" instead of "liberal hypocrites" -- "progressive" wasn't a common term in America until 15 or 20 years later (or [[AnachronismStew several decades earlier]], but hey).
--> '''[[{{MST}} Mike Nelson]]:''' [[http://www.solsburyhill.org/pre2010files/Lamb1.html Notes and coins? So how long have you lived in New York City, Rael?]]

*** [[WordOfGod Hackett mentioned in a recent article]] for ''Prog'' magazine (made by the publishers of ''Classic Rock'') that what triggered the wine glass accident was what someone said at a backstage party Hackett went to after a Sensational Alex Harvey Band concert. They said, "[[TheFaceOfTheBand The band is good]], [[HarsherInHindsight but they'd be nothing without Alex Harvey]]". The remark frustrated Steve as that's what critics were beginning to say about Genesis with the news of Peter Gabriel's impending departure.

--> '''[[{{MST}} Mike]]:''' [[http://www.solsburyhill.org/pre2010files/Lamb1.html Notes and coins? So how long have you lived in New York City, Rael?]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Mike Rutherford reportedly suggested the idea of writing a ConceptAlbum based on Antoine De Saint-Expuery's novel ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'', but PeterGabriel wanted to use a grittier, less fantasy-tinged, more ''American'' concept.

* Music/BrianEno: Provides "Enossification", which apparently refers to sound treatments he did on some songs. He may also have let the band borrow some equipment.

* TroubledProduction:

** In the middle of the album sessions, Gabriel received an offer to work with William Friedkin on a movie screenplay, and couldn't see why the rest of the band thought leaving in the middle of an album session might be a bad thing. Genesis' manager Tony Smith had to call Friedkin and get him to back off, which led to discontent on Gabriel's part. Gabriel made it clear he was leaving the band, although he stayed to do the live tour. The film project never came to pass.

** In the end, the album tanked on the charts, was savaged by critics and fans alike, and the band lost their ass on the tour, nearly breaking up in the process. For obvious reasons, almost all the members of the band treated it as an OldShame for many years, only beginning to warm up to it much later when they could put the stress of creating it behind them. (As a sort of belated consolation, the album did eventually go gold.)

** In the end, the album tanked on the charts, was savaged by critics and fans alike, and the band lost their ass on the tour, nearly breaking up in the process. For obvious reasons, almost all the members of the band treated it as an OldShame for many years, only beginning to warm up to it much later when they could put the stress of creating it behind them.

* FakeAmerican: A half-Puerto Rican street kid from [[BigApplesauce New York City]] would be unlikely to refer to money as "notes and coins". But he does anyway in "The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging". And in the next song ("Back in N.Y.C.") he says "progressive hypocrites" instead of "liberal hypocrites" -- "progressive" wasn't a common term in America until 15 or 20 years later.

*** [[WordOfGod Hackett mentioned in a recent article]] for ''Prog'' magazine (made by the publishers of ''Classic Rock'') that what triggered his wine glass accident had something to do with someone at a backstage party Hackett went to after a Sensational Alex Harvey Band concert he attended saying, "[[TheFaceOfTheBand The band is good]], [[HarsherInHindsight but they'd be nothing without Alex Harvey]]", which frustrated Steve as that's what critics were beginning to say about Genesis with the news of Peter Gabriel's impending departure.

** For starters, Peter Gabriel insisted on writing all of the lyrics himself, feeling that a consistent story would be necessary. At the time, his marriage was in trouble and his newborn daughter was in an incubator. This led to most of the music being written in his absence by the Banks/Rutherford/Collins trio.

** In the middle of the album sessions, Gabriel received an offer to work with William Friedkin on a movie screenplay, and couldn't see why the rest of the band thought leaving in the middle of an album session might be a bad thing. Genesis' manager Tony Smith had to call Friedkin and get him to back off, which led to discontent on Gabriel's part. Gabriel made it clear he was leaving the band, although he stayed to do the live tour.
** Due to stress from being creatively sidelined on the album and his own failing marriage, Steve Hackett snapped a wineglass in his hand during rehearsals, injuring tendons in his thumb and delaying the start of the tour. After some juggling of venue dates, this meant the first wing performed was the American wing, where the album hadn't been released yet. Ticket sales went "meh." Hackett would record his first solo album shortly after the tour, and leave the band within two years.
*** [[WordOfGod Hackett mentioned in a recent article]] for ''Prog'' magazine (made by the publishers of ''Classic Rock'') that what triggered his wine glass accident had something to do with someone at a backstage party Hackett went to after a Sensational Alex Harvey Band concert he attended saying, "[[TheFaceOfTheBand The band is good]], [[HarsherInHindsight but they'd be nothing without Alex Harvey]]", which reminded Steve of what people said about Genesis and Peter.

** The location of the recording, [[TheRollingStones Mick Jagger's]] Stargroves mansion, which was often a favorite recording location for LedZeppelin, turned out be be rundown, infested by rats and was believed by band members to be haunted. The group had very little sleep, and what was supposed to be a way of solidifying group unity actually led to stress and strain for the band.

* FakeAmerican: A half-Puerto Rican street kid from [[BigApplesauce New York City]] would be unlikely to refer to money as "notes and coins". But he does anyway in "The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging". And in the next song ("Back in N.Y.C.") he says "progressive hypocrites" instead of "liberal hypocrites" -- "progressive" wasn't a common term in America until fifteen or twenty years later.

* FakeAmerican: A half-Puerto Rican street kid from [[BigApplesauce New York City]] would be unlikely to refer to money as "notes and coins". But he does anyway in "The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging". And in the next song ("Back in N.Y.C.") he says "progressive hypocrites" instead of "liberal hypocrites" -- "progressive" wouldn't become a common term in America for another fifteen or twenty years.

* Music/BrianEno: Provides "Enossification" (which apparently refers to sound treatments he did on some songs).

* Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}: Did the cover art.