Robbery, Assault and Battery
- Robbery, Assault and Battery
Infobox Song
Name = Robbery, Assault and Battery
SorA = album
Artist = Genesis
Album = A Trick of the Tail
Released = 20 February 1976
track_no = 5
Recorded = October-November 1975
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 6:16
Writer = Tony Banks/Phil Collins
Composer =
Label = Charisma/Virgin (UK)
Atco (US)
Producer = David Hentschel and Genesis
Chart position =
prev = "Mad Man Moon"
prev_no = 4
next = "Ripples"
next_no = 6
"Robbery, Assault and Battery" is a song by the band Genesis, appearing on their 1976 album A Trick of the Tail.
Written by Tony Banks and Phil Collins. Collins, in his first album as lead vocalist, mimicked former vocalist Peter Gabriel's occasional practice of using various accents to portray different characters.Fact|date=August 2008
While it wasn't included in the re-united group's 2007 tour, [http://www.genesis-movement.org/tioa2007europe.html] "Robbery, Assault and Battery" became a live favourite, and would play on Genesis tours for years after its initial release. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:gzfyxzt0ldfe]
A promotional video was made for the song, depicting Collins as a bank robber who shoots an elderly guard (Mike Rutherford) as told in the first verses, and from then on is chased by policemen (Banks and Steve Hackett), with shots of the band playing the song showing up in the introduction and keyboard solo.
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