Unfortunately, they never really had to change drummers before. Chester Thompson on His Years With Genesis, Frank Zappa, and Weather Report, Northern California between Sac and SF, CA, (You must log in or sign up to reply here. No. Phil Collins - Gesang, Piano, Schlagzeug; Daryl Stuermer - Gitarre; I guess I should. He was a member from the beginning, when they did there really masterful work, but no one seems to mention that. I imagine it was frustrating. Alan White studied a bit of piano, but he is mainly self-taught as a drummer. Id always be checking out the rhythm section because some of them brought their own rhythm section. Ive got a studio here. You must log in or register to reply here. Chester Thompson on His Years With Genesis, Frank Zappa, and Weather Report He spent 30 years in Genesis as a touring drummer, but he had a falling out with Phil Collins in 2010 and they haven't spoken since. The manager of Chicago [Jim Guercio] supposedly bought it as a tax write-off. 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We had a theater like the Apollo. Phil wrote in his book that he had a major drinking problem in that time period. I cant do that.. Yes, some of his ballads are cheesy. I managed to get 11 songs tracked with my own band in L.A. because we decided a while back not to just sit around. How was the 2007 Genesis tour? I have no memory of that whatsoever. But I was pretty surprised when he left. He only truly related to drums. In the book Tony says that Phil liked Yes and brought some of their playing ability to Genesis. That was just rhythm section, [keyboardist] George Duke, [bassist] Tom Fowler. With the exception of when he is doing his solo work, Collins is usuallythe one most in the background, going with the opinions of the rest of the group. The band was really good. -Guitarists/vocalists/bassists/keyboardists "heroes" are the most important members in a band . Well, yeah. But Im over it now. It was pretty valuable stuff. His guys werent fun, so he hung out in our tent the whole time before the show. Chester Thompson Interview: Drummer on Genesis, Phil Collins, Zappa Chester Thompson on His Years With Genesis, Frank Zappa, and Weather Report He spent 30 years in Genesis as a touring drummer, but he had a falling out with Phil Collins in 2010 and they haven't spoken since www.yahoo.com 1975 Slingerland Stage Band, Poplar/Mahogany, White Marine Pearl (20,12,13,14, plus 16 Premier) Just like Dean Martin or Perry Como were passe by the 70s prog was out of fashion in the late 80s and I don't think anyone could really change that. That was Ralph Humphrey on drums. When Phil Collins moved from the drum kit to the front of the stage in 1976, Genesis hired former Yes drummer Bill Bruford to join them on tour. At one point, he toured with us. Bands always change, and poor Phil just happened to headline the band as it started turning away from it's roots, and he gets branded as the bands destructor. Not even Peter made an album with all Genesis tracks, only Steve. I had no idea. And then he added the drums and it was like, Forget about it. We were all in the car going to the first show in Japan. This edition features drummer Chester Thompson. Unknown to me, he quit over the Christmas holidays. In this 2014. Discover what he did to anger Thompson so much they haven't exchanged holiday cards since 2019. The news that he left didnt come out until 1996 or so. Ive never not played jazz. Man, it was wonderful. They had some really nice material they were promoting at the time [from their album One]. He said, I double-track everything anyway, so it would be great if we could just do it together. But they all live very close together and they always had a set writing period where theyd be like, Okay, from blank to blank, were writing. They would each do that, come back with what they had and basically it was just too easy to go, OK, lets put this down. And thats what they did. They are phenomenal musicians. Well, after the first tour they were like, Were going to bring you in for the next album. Phil was all for it. I know people were caravanning from here to see it, but it was still a little too raw at that point. There were all these conversations going back and forth that Id try to track. But he just enjoyed being around us since we were so lively and fun. A Godly man a class act. I dont know what they might have been going through behind the scenes, but our time together was just great. Long story short: Collins turned up in a bad mood for the 2010 "Going Back" tour and griped at Thompson because Thompson hadn't prepared the Motown drum parts in enough detail. Phil and I, from the very first rehearsal when he sat down and we started jamming together, we just locked, he said. I probably heard more Elvis than anything in the Fifties. Yes, please explain the secret to bypassing the RS paywall. Im just not going to do that.. That aint me. But basically, for 14 years hed tour every other year and Genesis would tour in the off years. Again, as humans, we adapt. I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress . I like Genesis lps up until the release of Abacab (grabascab) after that they really went down hill for me. ), Forum Policies, Rules, and Terms of Service. Even though [guitarist] Daryl [Stuermer] and I werent technically in [Genesis], we toured as the band. I started playing clubs at 13. I never liked the idea of re-recording old favourites but Im getting a little bit intrested now. Phil Collins on lead vocals. I absolutely loved this round table discussion of Zappa's drummers. I thougfh the consensus was that Collins was not the only reason, but just a small part of Genesis's evolving intoa pop band?
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