Phil joined Genesis as the drummer in 1971 at the same time as guitarist Steve Hackett, and both play on the band&#x27;s third album, &quot;Nursery Cryme&quot;. Phil even sings a song on that album, &quot;For Absent Friends&quot; [1]. The band records &quot;Foxtrot&quot; which includes the epic 23-minute long &quot;Supper&#x27;s Ready&quot; [2] and then the album &quot;Selling England by The Pound&quot;, which contains two of early Genesis&#x27;s best songs &quot;The Cinema Show&quot; [3], which has an extended keyboard solo, and &quot;Firth of Fifth&quot; [4], which has the Hackett&#x27;s most famous guitar solo. After the next album, a double concept called &quot;The Lamb Lies down on Broadway&quot; (consistently rated as one of the best prog rock albums) Peter Gabriel leaves and has a successful solo career. The band continues with Phil as the singer and, after Hackett leaves a few years later, they become more pop focussed, and have a load of hit singles in the 80s and 90s.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=cHWJ-7BUCNg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=cHWJ-7BUCNg</a>
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