Memory:Steve Marinaccio
My first experience with GG was during the "Power and the Glory" tour. It was at the Academy of Music in New York City,around about 1974. GG was the opening act for Focus(I wonder how many web pages they have?) in a midnight show. I had only heard of GG through friends, I had never heard any of their music. The one thing I realized was that GG fans were fanatical about them. People were screaming F*** Focus we want GG. GG opened with "In a glass house", the place went wild. This band was like nothing I had ever seen. I had just seen Gabriel with Genesis,a few months earlier and was blown away, now I saw these guys playing a dozen different instruments and immediately fell in love with them. That was more than 20 years ago, and I seen the band perform about 10 different times.
The thing I loved about GG was that they were always a cult band. They never achieved the superstar status like Genesis did, which in my opinion was a blessing. I used to go to GG concerts and know most of the people there, from the last concert. We were very royal to the band, and I think it made us(fans) feel closer to them.