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Genesis was honored with a Lifetime Achievement award at the inaugural Progressive Music Awards in London. The band was recognized for their innovation and huge sales, shifting more than 150 million albums during their lengthy career, with releases such as The Lamb Dies Down On Broadway and Selling England By The Pound.
The event, held at Kew Gardens in London, was hosted by Newsnight presenter Gavin Esler.
Prog Rock magazine and Orange Amplification were the sponsors.
Other winners included keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman, named "Prog God" for his decades of recordings.
Wakeman, who found fame with Yes and as a solo musician, said of his award: "I'm very proud indeed. I've always believed that these days there is hardly a band or musician anywhere who haven't used some element of prog in their music.
"It's all about freedom of expression, which in my case is often in seven different time signatures. I am genuinely very, very proud to get this award."
Canadian act Rush took the best album prize for Clockwork Angels.
Other winners included Emerson, Lake and Palmer / Asia drummer Carl Palmer, awarded the Virtuoso prize while Van Der Graaf Generator star Peter Hammill took the Visionary award.
Steven Wilson, one of the founders of Porcupine Tree, was named Guiding Light for consistently pushing the boundaries of music.
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