<P> The founding members of Genesis , singer Peter Gabriel , keyboardist Tony Banks , guitarist Anthony Phillips , bassist and guitarist Mike Rutherford , and drummer Chris Stewart , met at Charterhouse School , a private school in Godalming , Surrey . Banks and Gabriel arrived at the school in September 1963 , Rutherford in September 1964 , and Phillips in April 1965 . The five were members in one of the school 's two bands ; Phillips and Rutherford were in The Anon with singer Richard Macphail , bassist Rivers Jobe , and drummer Rob Tyrell , while Gabriel , Banks , and Stewart made up Garden Wall . </P>
who were the original members of the band genesis
singer Peter Gabriel keyboardist Tony Banks guitarist Anthony Phillips bassist and guitarist Mike Rutherford drummer Chris Stewart