Musicians who nearly joined Genesis
Musicians who nearly joined Genesis
Roger Taylor - When the band was auditioning drummers in 1970 after John Mayhew's departure, there was one young drummer/vocalist that turned down the chance to join the band. That drummer was him.
Jeff Beck - Casual considerations to replace Steve Hackett as guitarist in 1978 were rumored to include him. It was later agreed to keep it a three piece in the studio.
Robert Fripp - Casual considerations to replace Steve Hackett as guitarist in 1978 were rumored to include him. It was later agreed to keep it a three piece in the studio.
Elliott Randall - Casual considerations to replace Steve Hackett as guitarist in 1978 were rumored to include him (veteran of Steely Dan). It was later agreed to keep it a three piece in the studio.
Not really for Genesis but According to an interview in Guitar World, when David Lee Roth left Van Halen in 1986, Eddie Van Halen began writing many of the songs that would ultimately appear on 5150 with the idea of using different vocalist on each track. He had reached out to both Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins to work on the record and wrote the song Right Now with the late Joe Cocker in mind.
Kevin Gilbert - Celebrated indie songwriter/musician he, who had much respect and love for the "classic" band (he performed the entire The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway album live on stage with his band Giraffe in 1994), was invited to audition to replace Phil Collins in 1996. Unfortunately, he died during an autoerotic asphyxiation session gone wrong before his management received the invitation. Considering his prog rock credibility and rising career as a songwriter at the time, there's no telling what his talent could've done to help reinvigorate the band.
Fish - Among the people also being considered to replace Phil Collins as lead singer was him, who had previously done vocals for some of Tony Banks' solo material. Generillion might very well have been really awesome, especially since his vocals have been compared to Peter Gabriel's to begin with.
Chester Thompson - After Phil Collins' departure and Ray Wilson's appointing, touring drummer he was interested in becoming a full time member with doing the drums for 1997's Calling All Stations but the band opted to go with Nir Zidkyahu and Nick D'Virgilio instead, so he eventually declined the offer to serve as touring drummer for the album's tour and Nir Zidkyahu became touring drummer along with appearing in the music videos for Congo and Shipwrecked. Had this happened, it would've been the first time that the band been a quartet since the Phil Collins-Tony Banks-Mike Rutherford-Steve Hackett line up from 1976's A Trick of the Tail and 1976's Wind and Wuthering.
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