Armando Gallo

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Armando Gallo is a journalist and photographer.

His most high-profile work was a book about the band Genesis entitled The Evolution of a Rock Band originally published in 1978. This book is an extended history of the band's early days which has never been covered by any other biographical source. (Most biographical information about Genesis was written after they achieved their peak of stardom in the 1980s, and rarely achieved more than skimming over the early period.)

The book was reprinted as I Know What I Like in 1980 with an update about the three years since the first printing. This book was never widely available.

By the early 1990s, after Genesis had reached a peak in popularity, the book remained out of print, and there was no sign it would ever come back. Zealous fans on the Internet typed out the text of the book as ASCII text in the early 1990s, but when plans for a reprint were announced, these files were taken down.

All information about the early years of Genesis that is found in other sources usually traces itself back to this book. (An example is the full names of each member.)

Gallo's other work is unknown outside of Italy. He would likely have never been known to the English-speaking world had he not produced his work on the band Genesis.

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The Evolution of a Rock Band by Armando Gallo 1978. Sidgwick and Jackson Limited. ISBN 0 283 98440 6 (paper) or 0 283 98439 2 (cloth). 145 pages.
I Know What I Like by Armando Gallo 1980. DIY Books ISBN 0283 987030. Came in softcover, hardcover, and leatherbound editions.