Peter Gabriel explains reasons for Genesis departure (Entertainment)

Peter Gabriel explains reasons for Genesis departure (Entertainment)

Peter Gabriel left Genesis because he felt the band was taking itself too seriously. The 76-year-old musician left the rockers behind in 1975 before launching a successful solo career and explained how his departure came about because he felt they were pulling in separate directions - with Phil Col...

Peter Gabriel explains reasons for Genesis departure

Peter Gabriel says his decision to leave Genesis in 1975 was driven by the fact that he believed that the band were pulling in different directions.

Peter Gabriel says Genesis took itself too seriously, recalls Phil Collins hating the costumes

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“Phil Collins wanted to be a jazz musician, and he’s got this idiot dressed in a silly hat or as a sexually transmitted disease”: Peter Gabriel wonders if Genesis took themselves too seriously

He was more confident in the band’s future than in his own, he says, reflecting on his leap towards solo success