Posted on 08/20/2024 3:12:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Is Phil Collins ready to release his first new music in more than 20 years? Producer and manager Simon Napier-Bell confirms that the ex-Genesis frontman has been updating the studio at his home by Lake Geneva.
Napier-Bell interviewed Collins for an upcoming documentary on London's famous Marquee Club live music venue. "He was in top form, full of wicked stories – hugely fun," Napier-Bell said in a social media post.
Genesis' stops at the Marquee dated back to the band's earlier Peter Gabriel era. But Collins fronted Genesis for a key show there, as well.
Genesis made a memorable appearance there in September 1982, despite having already risen to platinum-selling fame. They were billed as the Garden Wall in a secret warm-up show before a multi-night stand at the Hammersmith Odeon during the Three Sides Live Tour. Recordings from the show were widely bootlegged.
'We're Going to Hear Some New Music'
News of a return to recording is intriguing since Collins' most recent new music dates back to the soundtrack for Disney's 2003 film Brother Bear. His last solo album of original material was 2002's Testify, which Collins followed up with a cover album of R&B standards in 2010 called Going Back.
"He's just had his studio revamped," Napier-Bell added. "For sure, before too long we're going to hear some new music."
Meanwhile, look for an expanded 30th-anniversary edition of Collins' fifth solo album, 1993's U.K. chart-topping hit Both Sides, in September. Dubbed Both Sides (All the Sides), the box set looks back at a project that arrived two years after Collins' final album with Genesis, We Can't Dance.
Sussudio 2.
I don’t care anymore...
Never liked him - pop for pop’s sake. Eric Clapton said is band was too drugged up to work with for some gig.
Heard one of his songs today, coincidentally — I admit he worked hard, was prolific for a while and had a certain FM listenability, though I still he was McPop all the way. And don’t me started on that Mike and the Mechanics thing — derivative pop of derivative pop.
Please no
Eric Clapton said his band
though I still say
And don’t get me
You obviously never heard him with the early Genesis or Brand X.
I still think his best work was with Brand X.
He even did some vocals with them:
https://youtu.be/BGbKnnSgJNk?si=8pou1hG0Qrs0MBqn
He is? I could feeling coming in the air tonight.
What are the odds facing him ? Is he going to do this against all odds ?
Wonder if he ever finished his PhD in History. He is a Texas Republic and Alamo history nut.
I have 2 questions...
1. Is his home on Lake Geneva shoreline?
2. Is there smoke on the water?
Axin' for a friend...
Sounds like a land of confusion.
Nice to have a Home By The Sea.
Indeed.
Really?!?!?
I cant wait to hear it.
Here he is with his first band, pre-Genesis “Flaming Youth”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DunDGQHNfg&list=PLenMtRmoBJBmjOrwQeEvgjfG-1or-Hfxz
Before that he did a session for George Harrison, but it was never released.
I was referencing the classic song from Deep Purple...
“We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn’t have much time
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky”
He did some great drumming on Steve Hackett’s Voyage of The Acolyte Album
Ace Of Wands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrMF2IeAve8
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