Episode 23: Genesis - A Trick of the Tail

Peter Gabriel, the unique and flamboyant lead singer of Genesis, decided to part ways with the band in 1975 after the conclusion of their tour supporting their 1974 album, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.  That album had been a major hit and, like the one before it, almost broke them on U.S. radio.  With Gabriel gone the search was on for a new singer, and much of the British press thought the band should just call it quits.  Instead, after a fruitless search, they settled on drummer Phil Collins, who had sung the odd song on some of their previous albums.  A Trick of the Tail was a hit in the UK and, surprisingly, did moderately well in the U.S. as well.