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| The tale of the short bald-headed man that can't dance...or can he? |
Life for Philip David Charles Collins began at 00.05 on the 30th of Jan. 1951 in Chiswick, London. Growing up he has done anything from West End plays to modelling...even teaching others the art of dancing! At the age of about 5 he gets interested in playing the drums, and when he's about 7 his uncle builds him a drum kit, so that he can play along to the music on television. He's played in so many bands while he grew up that he has tried almost any kind of music, from Rock to Blues. In the late 60's he played in the band Flaming Youth, they made one album before the band broke up. So in 1970 he and his friend from Flaming Youth, Ronnie Caryl read in Melody Maker that a band called Genesis was looking for a new drummer and guitarist. They both went to an audition at Peter Gabriel's house, here Phil simply blew their minds. And a couple if weeks later he joined Genesis, and his first album with Genesis is Trespass. But Phil gave more than just his drumming to the band, he proved to be a very funny man and that he has the talent of keeping the audience right where he wants them. The years 70 to 74 he's been in charge of the drums and backinf vocals, and on the album Selling England By The Pound he did his first real lead singing in the song More Fool Me. And when Peter Gabriel left the band in 1974 he took over the role of lead singer, but not till Genesis after had tried about 200 singers, almost gave up and gave Phil a chance. The first album with Phil behind the microphone was A Trick Of The Tale from 1976. Going on tour Genesis had to find a drummer to fill in for Phil Collins. They chose Bill Bruford, a person whom Phil had admired when he was younger. Also in 1974, Phil joined a fusion band called Brand X. He made four albums with this group, two notable songs from this group on which Phil is the singer are Don't Make Waves and Soho. When Steve Hackett left the band in 1977, the band was reduced to a trio, with only Tony Banks, Michael Rutherford and Phil left. They released the album ...and then there were t | ||||||||||||||||
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Phil Collins - Drums, vocal, keys. Daryl Steurmer - Guitar Nathan East - Bass, vocal Amy Keys - vocal Arnold McCuller - vocal Auturo Velasco - trombone Luis Conte - Percussion Daniel Fornero - trumpet Harry Kim - trumpet Andrew Woolfolk - sax Ricky Lawson - drums Brad Cole - keys Ronnie Cary - guitar | The Band: | ||||||||||||||||
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English fanclub: "The Waiting Room" Alan J. Hewitt 174 Salisbury Road Everton Liverpool L5 6RQ England Hit And Run Music: Hit And Run Music Attn. Annie Callingham PA. to Phil Collins 30 Ives Street London SW3 2ND England The Pictures are taken from a great site at: http://pages.prodigy.com/cyberfool/tour.htm | ||||||||||||||||
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