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From: rios@ihlpg.UUCP (m. rios)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Genesis died when Pete left
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Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 14:45:43 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  9 14:45:43 1985
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> Genesis died when Peter Gabriel left many years ago. I'm
> continually astonished that people continued to listen as they
> embarrassed themselves more and more without him. And Phil Collins
> is now another pop star like Michael Jackson or Prince! Sad.
> 
> Chris Koenigsberg

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	Genesis dead without Gabriel?  Maybe the Gabriel influenced Genesis
sound (i.e. The Silent Sun, Foxtrot, Lamb Lies Down) died when Pete left,
but a fresher Genesis came out of it.  Gabriel leaving Genesis gave Collins
a chance to do some writing, and he did/does some great songs (Abacab, 
...and then there were Three.);  this also gave Banks some breathing room
to pull together some good songs, notably most of the work on Trick of the
Tail.
	Gabriel also benefitted from leaving the band, with some very good
(though moody) music on his first two solo albums, and some real roarers on
the ones after that.  Hackett, however, has not done so well (at least from
what I heard.  Anybody hear any different?).
	Lastly, Collins's popularity as a pop star is due to the fact that
he's an excellent writer/producer.  What band would be dead with him in the
lead?...

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