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Peter Gabriel is political rock, trapped halfway between the Gang of Four and Jackson Browne. Gabriel sees the personal horror in every issue–and the issue in every personal horror–and never pretends that the sight of so many open wounds doesn't make him flinch. For this artist, the traditional ways in which most rock & roll bands get out of such traps–by asserting the possibilities of community or simply by cutting up – are merely cul-de-sacs. In "And through the Wire," Gabriel turns Van Morrison's faith in the radio into a macabre joke. With "Lead a Normal Life," he makes the mainstream optimism and joy of Tom Petty or Bruce Springsteen seem worse than naive – he makes you understand why it might be a lie.
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Peter Gabriel was a member of Genesis, a British rock band. As the group's frontman, he was famous for touting a magic trumpet that, if played, signaled the onset of the Apocalypse. He never played it, and it can now be seen in the Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art.
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Gabriel toured extensively for each of his albums. Initially, he pointedly eschewed the theatrics that had defined his tenure with Genesis. For his second solo tour, his entire band shaved their heads. It is rumoured that Gabriel shaved his head as a way of asking forgiveness from his wife Jill for having had an affair, which he had confessed to her before leaving on the tour. But, by the time of Security, he began involving elaborate stage props and acrobatics which had him suspended from gantries, distorting his face with Fresnel lenses and mirrors, and wearing unusual make-up.
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Gabriel, along with Tony Banks and a drummer named Chris Stewart, formed a band called Garden Wall while at Charterhouse Public school in 1965. At the same time, Mike Rutherford and Anthony Phillips were in another band called Anon. Later, the two bands amalgamated into the first incarnation of Genesis.
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As suggested by the unpopular choice of producer (American label Atlantic were worried Fripp's influence would result in an uncommerical record), Gabriel was becoming more confident in the studio. He insisted on using Roy Bittan (of Bruce Springsteen's band) for some of the piano and keyboard parts. Elsewhere on the record is the now familiar Tony Levin and Larry Fast from the first record, new drummer Jerry Marotta, guitarist Sid McGuinness and saxophonist TImmy Capello.
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Gabriel founded Genesis in 1967 with fellow Charterhouse School pupils Tony Banks, Anthony Phillips, Mike Rutherford, and drummer Chris Stewart. The name of the band was suggested by fellow Charterhouse alumnus, the pop music impresario Jonathan King who produced their first album From Genesis to Revelation.
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