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Peter Gabriel
Feb. 13, 1950
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Artistfacts:
| His first 4 albums released in England and first 3 in America were titled "Peter Gabriel." The first 3 are sometimes referred to as "car," "melt," and "scratch," based on the album covers. |
| He started the annual WOMAD (World Of Music And Dance) festival, held for the first time July 16-18 at Shepton Mallet in England. It featured musicians from Africa and the Far East who influenced Gabriel. Over the years, P.M. Dawn, Sinead O'Connor, and Crowded House all performed at WOMAD. |
| He composed the music for Martin Scorsese's movie The Last Temptation Of Christ. The soundtrack won a Grammy for best New Age performance. |
| Gabriel's US label, Atlantic, dropped him after his third album because they thought it would be a commercial flop. They tried to buy him back 2 years later after the album did well. |
| His 5th and most commercially successful album is titled "So." Two theories: It is a mock reference to "Sell Out." |
| He won the MTV Video Vanguard award in 1987 for his outstanding music videos. |
| Gabriel has tried many forms of therapy including psychoanalysis, meditation and yoga. |
| He was lead singer of Genesis from 1969-1975. He took a year off before releasing his first solo album. |
| His first daughter Anna-Marie almost died soon after her birth in 1974. She spent 3 weeks in an incubator. |
| He decided to leave Genesis in the middle of their Lamb Lies Down On Broadway tour in 1974. He was convinced to finish the tour, but left after that. |
| Gabriel's first wife Jill was the daughter of the Queen of England's private secretary. After his divorce, he dated actress Rosanna Arquette. |
| He often commissions stunning visual works to accompany his songs, including spectacular videos, artwork, and CD ROMs. |
| Gabriel composed the theme for the short lived TV series Brimstone, about a reincarnated detective tracking down escapees from Hell. (thanks, John - Levittown, NY) |
| In 1991, Gabriel became the first artist who refused to release his CDs in the standard "Longbox" format, with was a 12 inch box designed to fit display cases, but that created lots of extra packaging. Gabriel mandated that his CDs be sold in shrink-wrapped jewel cases. |
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Comments:
| I really liked his songs during the 80s and early 90s. Yeah, "Sledgehammer" was a great song and video. It was video of the year in 1986 and was voted best video of the 80s once (Thriller also got that honor) - Tom, Marble Falls, AR |
| Gabriel, along with Tony Banks and a drummer named Chris Stewart, formed a band called Garden Wall while at Charterhouse Public school in 1965. At the same time, Mike Rutherford and Anthony Phillips were in another band called Anon. Later, the two bands amalgamated into the first incarnation of Genesis. - Jim, mansfield, England |
| He has invented "stagediving". Gabriel - known for his theatralic shows in his Genesis times - performed always a "stagedive" during the song "the knive". Once he even broke his leg, but crawled back on the stage and finished the concert. - Markus, graz, Austria |
| He more "formed" Genesis than "joined" it. He was 19 years old at the time. Born in 1950. - Jeffrey, Bethel, OH |
| How old was he when he joined Genesis. Must have been young - JP, Kelowna, Canada |
| "Sledgehammer" was voted best music video of all time. By me. - Josh, Hauula, HI |
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