Peter Gabriel performing the complete classic Genesis album 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway' onstage? It could happen, and with Phish as Gabriel's backing band.
The story of punk's ascendancy in the '70s often frames the music as a raw, working-class reaction to the bloated, overly self-serious rock of the day. But as Peter Gabriel reminded us during a recent interview, the truth wasn't always so cut and dried.
Peter Gabriel's second solo album boasts one of rock's most iconic cover photos: the singer and songwriter, gazing directly into the camera, literally scratching apart his visage. It's an appropriate metaphor for the record itself: For the first time since leaving Genesis, it truly felt like Gabriel was obliterating his old image and reinventing himself as a songwriter and sonic craftsman.
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It wasn't initially the biggest hit from the album, but Peter Gabriel's 'In Your Eyes' is now arguably the most widely beloved song from 'So' -- largely thanks to a scene from the '80s teen romance 'Say Anything...' that one of the film's stars, John Cusack, helped recreate with Gabriel on stage at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday (Oct. 6).
Over the past 6 months the question of a Genesis Reunion has come up multiple times. Gabriel won't commit to a reunion tour, but hasn't completely ruled it out.