{"id":4575,"date":"2024-12-10T11:10:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T11:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=4575"},"modified":"2024-12-10T11:10:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T11:10:57","slug":"dont-many-rocknroll-stories-always-someone-elses-job-phil-collins-pranked-george-harrison-outdrunk-j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=4575","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI don\u2019t have many rock\u2019n\u2019roll stories for you \u2013 that was always someone else\u2019s job\u201d: Phil Collins was pranked by George Harrison, outdrunk by John Martyn, blown away by Robert Fripp and well-behaved with Eric Clapton"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"news-article \" aria-label=\"article\" data-id=\"jFzqGTCVFwtiNPRtydHmbn\">\n<header>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px;\">He may not always have been life and soul of the party, but he\u2019s been the heartbeat behind songs across a huge range of genres \u2013 to his lasting pride<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"box less-space hero-image-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"hero-image-padding-wrap padding-on\">\n<div class=\"hero-image-padding\"><picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:320\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:480\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:650\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:970\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:1024\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:1200\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:1280\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg.webp 1920w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 600px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-image-ads hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:320\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 600px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:320\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:480\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:650\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:970\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:1024\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:1200\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:1280\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg 1920w\" alt=\"Phil Collins\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xrMMJoJLutVwoNxyUnessY.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"left-rail-area\"><em>To mark the release of his 2018 mega compilation set <\/em>Plays Well With Others<em>,\u00a0<\/em><em>Phil Collins<\/em><em>\u00a0looked back with\u00a0<\/em>Prog<em>\u00a0over some of his most noteworthy collaborations.<\/em><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"text-copy bodyCopy auto\">\n<p>Phil Collins still has the T-shirt that Genesis\u2019 touring drummer\u00a0Chester Thompson\u00a0gave him on a long-forgotten birthday many years ago. The logo on the front says: \u2018Plays well with others\u2019 \u2013 words that still resonate today.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest hawk-processed\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" data-widget-id=\"374e1d79-fae4-46ee-9e2c-dfc6b69cc78e\" data-result=\"missing\">\n<div class=\"hawk-master-widget-hawk-base-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI thought about it, and it pretty much summed up my life,\u201d says Collins. \u201cPeople kept asking me to be on their records; and, nice person that I am, I could never turn them down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s repurposed the phrase for the title of a new compilation, which brings together his countless collaborations over the years, from work with fellow prog regents\u00a0Brian Eno,\u00a0Robert Fripp\u00a0and his old Genesis oppo\u00a0Peter Gabriel\u00a0to more mainstream musicians such as\u00a0Eric Clapton\u00a0and\u00a0Robert Plant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suppose, listening back to it, the thing that makes me proudest is the breadth of things I\u2019ve been involved in,\u201d Collins says. \u201cIt goes from A to Z. Or at least from A to B.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-unit-2\" class=\"ad-unit\"><\/div>\n<p>We\u2019re here to talk about his career as the go-to drummer for rock\u2019s A-list, though he starts with an apology. \u201cI\u2019m afraid I don\u2019t have many sex, drugs and rock\u2019n\u2019roll stories for you,\u201d he says. \u201cThat was always someone else\u2019s job.\u201d That\u2019s not a problem. Even without Genesis in the mix, Collins\u2019 extracurricular musical history is rich and interesting enough on its own.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"george-harrison\">George Harrison<\/h2>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-XzSrShbqlz8\" title=\"George Harrison &amp; Ringo Starr - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 1987) - YouTube\" data-yt-video-token=\"XzSrShbqlz8\"><span class=\"youtube-video-title\">George Harrison &amp; Ringo Starr &#8211; While My Guitar Gently Weeps (The Prince&#8217;s Trust Rock Gala 1987) &#8211; YouTube<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/XzSrShbqlz8\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"George Harrison &amp; Ringo Starr - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 1987) - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"watch-on-youtube-XzSrShbqlz8 hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XzSrShbqlz8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XzSrShbqlz8\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"3932875921397378647\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Watch On \">Watch On<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Collins was just 18 when he got a call asking if he wanted to appear on a session for the\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/the-top-10-best-beatles-songs-written-by-george-harrison\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/the-top-10-best-beatles-songs-written-by-george-harrison\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"2639081307170384209\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Beatles\">Beatles<\/a>\u00a0guitarist\u2019s third solo album\u00a0<em>All Things Must Pass<\/em>. \u201cI can\u2019t remember how it came about; I just know that\u00a0Ringo Starr and Eric Clapton and all these other people were involved,\u201d says Collins. \u201cI was fairly cocky at that point, but I was definitely overawed by it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collins was enlisted to play congas on the song\u00a0<em>Art Of Dying<\/em>, a job he threw himself into \u2013 a little too much. After the initial run-through, his hands were so blistered and bloodied that he couldn\u2019t hit the instrument properly during the actual recording. \u201cI really did give it my all, but my hands were fairly bashed up,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen I listened back to the album, I couldn\u2019t hear any congas at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a315 fee he received for his part in the session was some consolation \u2013 and his relationship with Harrison didn\u2019t end there. \u201cI got to know George later on,\u201d he says. \u201cHe was a very funny man, very droll. And he loved to play jokes on people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collins would be the butt of one of these jokes: In 2001, Harrison sent him a new reissue of\u00a0<em>All Things Must Pass<\/em>, on which his congas had been restored. \u201cAnd they sounded bloody awful,\u201d says Collins. \u201cI thought, \u2018Was I really that bad? No wonder they didn\u2019t use them!\u2019 Then I found out that George had got percussionist Ray Cooper to purposely re-record them as badly as possible and sent me that version. I never did get my own back on him.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"peter-gabriel\">Peter Gabriel<\/h2>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-xvAmj3k3Imc\" title=\"Intruder - YouTube\" data-yt-video-token=\"xvAmj3k3Imc\"><span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Intruder &#8211; YouTube<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/xvAmj3k3Imc\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Intruder - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"watch-on-youtube-xvAmj3k3Imc hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xvAmj3k3Imc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xvAmj3k3Imc\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"1073823133473475680\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Watch On \">Watch On<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMe and Peter always got on really well,\u201d says Collins of his predecessor as Genesis singer, \u201cso I kind of suggested myself when he was looking for a drummer. I\u2019d just done the early demos for\u00a0<em>Face Value<\/em>\u00a0and I was going though a divorce so I needed something to occupy myself with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their unlikely reunion, on Gabriel\u2019s\u00a0third self-titled album, would produce something even more unlikely: a drum sound that came to define the following decade. \u201cAh, the old gated reverb,\u201d says Collins. \u201cThe sound that built the 80s. It was a pure accident.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"vanilla-quoteblock\"><p>I could never be the person Peter Gabriel was when I started singing with Genesis. It was hard enough being the person I was<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>This unique beat \u2013 clipped, compressed, direct \u2013 made its bow on the album\u2019s opening song,\u00a0<em>Intruder<\/em>; one of five tracks he played on. According to Collins, he was playing regularly when his drum sound was picked up by the microphone that connected the recording space with the control room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose mics weren\u2019t made for recording music and apparently it came out sounding completely different,\u201d he says. \u201cPeter was in there and he said, \u2018What\u2019s that? I like it.\u2019 And he went away and tinkered with it, and the next thing you know, he\u2019s got this new&#8230; thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collins\u2019 relationship with Gabriel remains friendly. \u201cWe were never rivals,\u201d he said. \u201cI could never be the person he was when I started singing with Genesis. It was hard enough being the person I was.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"robert-fripp\">Robert Fripp<\/h2>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-QxZvVubAcLQ\" title=\"Robert Fripp - Disengage - First Edition: Original 1979 Release (Exposure) - YouTube\" data-yt-video-token=\"QxZvVubAcLQ\"><span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Robert Fripp &#8211; Disengage &#8211; First Edition: Original 1979 Release (Exposure) &#8211; YouTube<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/QxZvVubAcLQ\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Fripp - Disengage - First Edition: Original 1979 Release (Exposure) - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"watch-on-youtube-QxZvVubAcLQ hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QxZvVubAcLQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QxZvVubAcLQ\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"5658272063180321883\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Watch On \">Watch On<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Collins can\u2019t recall exactly where or when he first saw\u00a0King Crimson, but the feeling he got has stuck with him. \u201cThey were absolutely phenomenal,\u201d he says. \u201cLike nothing else I\u2019d ever seen. This was before progressive rock was even called \u2018progressive rock,\u2019 but it was clear they were doing something that was completely new and fairly astounding. And while everyone else was wearing capes and flouncing about, there he was in his suit, sitting on a stool.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure pull-left inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cg9zBGMjYYWCSJkpZUwkiG-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cg9zBGMjYYWCSJkpZUwkiG-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cg9zBGMjYYWCSJkpZUwkiG-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cg9zBGMjYYWCSJkpZUwkiG-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cg9zBGMjYYWCSJkpZUwkiG-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cg9zBGMjYYWCSJkpZUwkiG-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pull-left\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cg9zBGMjYYWCSJkpZUwkiG-320-80.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cg9zBGMjYYWCSJkpZUwkiG-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cg9zBGMjYYWCSJkpZUwkiG-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cg9zBGMjYYWCSJkpZUwkiG-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cg9zBGMjYYWCSJkpZUwkiG-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cg9zBGMjYYWCSJkpZUwkiG-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cg9zBGMjYYWCSJkpZUwkiG-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"Prog 91\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cg9zBGMjYYWCSJkpZUwkiG.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cg9zBGMjYYWCSJkpZUwkiG.jpg\" \/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"pull-left inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">This article first appeared in Prog 91\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite moving in the same circles, Collins and Fripp wouldn\u2019t work together until the early 80s, when the former played drums on\u00a0<em>Disengage<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>North Star<\/em>, two tracks on Fripp\u2019s debut solo album,\u00a0<em>Exposure<\/em>. \u201cThat was an interesting experience,\u201d says Collins. \u201cRobert doesn\u2019t work like anyone else. He\u2019s very professorial and very focused \u2013 there\u2019s no messing around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not to say he\u2019s not a warm person, because he is, but he knows what he wants from himself, and from you. And listening back to North Star, I think it\u2019s one of my favourite pieces of music that I\u2019ve ever played on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Did Fripp or anyone else ever try to tempt you away from Genesis in the 1970s? \u201cNot that I can remember,\u201d Collins says. \u201cI don\u2019t think I would have gone anyway, even if they had.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"brian-eno\">Brian Eno<\/h2>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-_gcykT0WqT8\" title=\"Mother Whale Eyeless (2004 Digital Remaster) - YouTube\" data-yt-video-token=\"_gcykT0WqT8\"><span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Mother Whale Eyeless (2004 Digital Remaster) &#8211; YouTube<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/_gcykT0WqT8\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Mother Whale Eyeless (2004 Digital Remaster) - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"watch-on-youtube-_gcykT0WqT8 hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_gcykT0WqT8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_gcykT0WqT8\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"9736660730964815423\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Watch On \">Watch On<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAh, Brian!\u201d says Collins with a laugh. \u201cThe mad professor. Except he wasn\u2019t really mad, just had his own way of doing things.\u201d Their paths crossed when Genesis and Eno were working in the same studio \u2013 the former recording what would be their greatest prog rock blowout,\u00a0<em>The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway<\/em>, the latter working on his second post-Roxy Music\u00a0album,\u00a0<em>Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t really a huge fan of Roxy Music, but Brian came along and helped out with some vocal effects on one of our tracks [credited as \u2018Enossification\u2019], and I was sent upstairs to play on one of his as a sort of payment in kind,\u201d says Collins. \u201cFor some reason we hit it off. I liked his sense of humour and he must have liked mine, because he asked me back to play on another three albums.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those records \u2013\u00a0<em>Another Green World<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Before And After Science<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Music For Films<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 were, as Collins puts it, \u201ca world away from Genesis. It was like painting by numbers, but in a really leftfield way. They taught me a lot about making music in completely different ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"peter-banks\">Peter Banks<\/h2>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-sUVQG04s7UY\" title=\"Stop That! - YouTube\" data-yt-video-token=\"sUVQG04s7UY\"><span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Stop That! &#8211; YouTube<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/sUVQG04s7UY\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Stop That! - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"watch-on-youtube-sUVQG04s7UY hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sUVQG04s7UY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sUVQG04s7UY\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"9547834922859917411\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Watch On \">Watch On<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The beginning of Collins\u2019 tenure in Genesis coincided with their transformation into a fully-blown progressive rock band, as hinted at on 1970\u2019s\u00a0<em>Trespass<\/em>. However they were still playing catch-up with their contemporaries, such as King Crimson and\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/top-40-yes-songs\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/top-40-yes-songs\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"8756864806862959828\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Yes\">Yes<\/a>, who were already twisting music into strange and fantastical new shapes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were totally aware of what Yes were doing, and even though we were very different, they were still an influence,\u201d says Collins. \u201cEspecially\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/bill-bruford-jazz-to-prog\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/bill-bruford-jazz-to-prog\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"1392843635042841712\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Bill Bruford\">Bill Bruford<\/a>, who sounded like no other rock drummer at the time. But there wasn\u2019t any rivalry with them. There was plenty of room back then for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collins himself hooked up with former Yes guitarist P<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/peter-banks-life-death\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/peter-banks-life-death\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"7534233376757892064\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"eter Banks\">eter Banks<\/a>, lending his talents to four tracks on 1973 solo album\u00a0<em>Two Sides Of Peter Banks<\/em>. \u201cPeter was a strange man, very quiet, not massively sociable outside of music,\u201d says Collins. \u201cBut he was a very impressive musician, and overlooked. He was definitely one of the founding fathers of the whole progressive rock thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"john-martyn\">John Martyn<\/h2>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-DjWbf1PrqMk\" title=\"Some People Are Crazy - YouTube\" data-yt-video-token=\"DjWbf1PrqMk\"><span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Some People Are Crazy &#8211; YouTube<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/DjWbf1PrqMk\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Some People Are Crazy - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"watch-on-youtube-DjWbf1PrqMk hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DjWbf1PrqMk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DjWbf1PrqMk\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"5445871548270822244\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Watch On \">Watch On<\/a><\/div>\n<p>If the musical partnership between Collins and hellraising singer-songwriter John Martyn was unlikely, their long-standing friendship was even more so. \u201cJohn was a character,\u201d says Collins. \u201cA great man to be around, and he liked his booze. I did a little, but I was a bit too straightforward to do it on the same scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"vanilla-quoteblock\"><p>I don\u2019t think Robert Plant was running away from Zeppelin, but I don\u2019t think he really knew what he wanted to do<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The pair first worked together on Martyn\u2019s nocturnal 1980 album,\u00a0<em>Grace And Danger<\/em>. At the time, both men were going through respective marriage break-ups. \u201cOh, it was the Divorced Rock Stars Club,\u201d laughs Collins. \u201cHe actually moved into my house at one point. You can imagine what that was like for both of us. John definitely knew how to put his problems behind him, put it like that. He didn\u2019t exactly not live up to his reputation, but he was always focused on the music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the two musicians got on so well that Collins returned to produce the follow-up to\u00a0<em>Grace And Danger<\/em>, 1981\u2019s\u00a0<em>Glorious Fool<\/em>. \u201cJohn was one of a kind,\u201d says Collins. \u201cHe\u2019s somebody I really miss. George Harrison too.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"eric-clapton\">Eric Clapton<\/h2>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-JBxHw04q1qw\" title=\"Couldn't Love You More - YouTube\" data-yt-video-token=\"JBxHw04q1qw\"><span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Couldn&#8217;t Love You More &#8211; YouTube<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/JBxHw04q1qw\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Couldn't Love You More - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"watch-on-youtube-JBxHw04q1qw hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JBxHw04q1qw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JBxHw04q1qw\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"1062750591991741596\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Watch On \">Watch On<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cEric played on the George Harrison album that I wasn\u2019t on,\u201d says Collins, \u201cbut I only met him years later through John Martyn. I remember one time, the three of us were sitting in this pub somewhere in the country, just plotting and drinking. I\u2019m not sure people knew who we were. Or if they did, they kept quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collins and Clapton first worked together on Martyn\u2019s\u00a0<em>Glorious Fool<\/em>, which featured a guest appearance from the former\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/cream-two-years-that-changed-rock\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/cream-two-years-that-changed-rock\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"6748714337413350330\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Cream\">Cream<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/layla-by-derek-and-the-dominos\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/layla-by-derek-and-the-dominos\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"3237563135610639990\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Derek And The Dominos\">Derek And The Dominos<\/a>\u00a0guitarist on\u00a0<em>Couldn\u2019t Love You More<\/em>. Four years later, the pair hooked up again when Collins produced Clapton\u2019s\u00a0<em>Behind The Sun<\/em>\u00a0album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really liked working with Eric,\u201d says Collins. \u201cAnd we recorded a lot of it in Montserrat, at Air Studios. The budgets were decent \u2013 those were the times \u2013 but it wasn\u2019t a bunch of rich rock musicians living the life of Riley. We were there to work, especially Eric. We stayed in nice hotels, but there wasn\u2019t any messing around from anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"robert-plant\">Robert Plant<\/h2>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-zKYvHeV0iZk\" title=\"Pledge Pin (2006 Remaster) - YouTube\" data-yt-video-token=\"zKYvHeV0iZk\"><span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Pledge Pin (2006 Remaster) &#8211; YouTube<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/zKYvHeV0iZk\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Pledge Pin (2006 Remaster) - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"watch-on-youtube-zKYvHeV0iZk hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zKYvHeV0iZk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zKYvHeV0iZk\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"4175560092739416629\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Watch On \">Watch On<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Collins was an early adopter when it came to\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/led-zeppelin-albums-ranked\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/led-zeppelin-albums-ranked\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"8194818815634800768\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Led Zeppelin\">Led Zeppelin<\/a>. \u201cI was there at one of their first London gigs, at the Marquee in 1968,\u201d he says. \u201cThey were truly phenomenal. Especially\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/the-top-10-greatest-led-zeppelin-john-bonham-songs\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/the-top-10-greatest-led-zeppelin-john-bonham-songs\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"4960036284995634100\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"John Bonham\">John Bonham<\/a>. There was no one who was doing what he did. But I didn\u2019t get to know them because we were both off in our different worlds back then.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>It would be well over a decade before Collins got a chance to work with any members of Zeppelin, by which time the band had disbanded in the wake of Bonham\u2019s death. \u201cI got a call from Robert \u2013 who I didn\u2019t know \u2013 asking if I fancied playing on this solo album he was putting out,\u201d he recalls.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"vanilla-quoteblock\"><p>Brand X allowed me to branch out and do things I could have never got away with in Genesis<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSo I jumped at the chance. He was in quite a strange place. I don\u2019t think he was running away from Zeppelin, but I don\u2019t think he really knew what he wanted to do. I think he just wanted to have a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collins appeared on Plant\u2019s first two solo albums,\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/reviews\/robert-plant-pictures-at-eleven-album-of-the-week-club-review\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/reviews\/robert-plant-pictures-at-eleven-album-of-the-week-club-review\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"5879214837018511983\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Pictures At Eleven\"><em>Pictures At Eleven<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Principle Of Moments<\/em>, as well as playing with the singer\u2019s band on a US tour in support of the latter. It was this association that led him to being drumming with Zeppelin during their ill-fated reunion at the\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/phil-collins-interview\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/phil-collins-interview\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"1273474750963784548\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"American Live Aid\">American Live Aid<\/a>\u00a0in 1985. \u201cYes, that gig,\u201d he says wryly. \u201cWas it as bad as everybody says? Well, I\u2019ve been involved in better gigs&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"brand-x\">Brand X<\/h2>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-9R3cgHyXupg\" title=\"Smacks Of Euphoric Hysteria - YouTube\" data-yt-video-token=\"9R3cgHyXupg\"><span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Smacks Of Euphoric Hysteria &#8211; YouTube<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/9R3cgHyXupg\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Smacks Of Euphoric Hysteria - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"watch-on-youtube-9R3cgHyXupg hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9R3cgHyXupg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9R3cgHyXupg\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"2039152736208237014\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Watch On \">Watch On<\/a><\/div>\n<p>If\u00a0<em>Plays Well With Others<\/em>\u00a0shows anything, it\u2019s the sheer breadth of Collins\u2019 output, from prog to blue-eyed soul. But many connoisseurs of his imperial years in the 70s and early 80s point to\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/brand-x-dodging-bullets-daz-rock-and-knitting-with-robert-plant\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/brand-x-dodging-bullets-daz-rock-and-knitting-with-robert-plant\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-custom-tracking-id=\"6979271226240884673\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-label=\"Brand X\">Brand X<\/a>, the jazz rock group put together by bass supremo Percy Jones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrand X allowed me to branch out and do things I could have never got away with in Genesis,\u201d he says. \u201cWith Genesis, things were very structured and ordered. With Brand X, things were&#8230; not looser, but that bit freer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collins was a fan of the great jazz fusion bands of the era. Ask him who he wishes he\u2019d had a chance to play with and he replies instantly: \u201cJoe Zawinul from The Weather Report. He could do incredible things on the keyboard. No one sounded like him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With that, our time is up. \u201cI suppose I\u2019ve done well out of it all,\u201d Collins reflects. \u201cPeople kept asking me to come and work with them, so I must have been doing something right.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"this-will-be-used-for-mpu-2\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"slice-container-authorBio-jFzqGTCVFwtiNPRtydHmbn\" class=\"slice-container slice-author-bio authorBio-jFzqGTCVFwtiNPRtydHmbn slice-container-authorBio\">\n<div class=\"author author__default-layout author--separator\">\n<div class=\"author__header\">\n<div class=\"author__avatar-block\">\n<figure class=\"image-wrapped__wrapper\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"false\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapped__widthsetter\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapped__aspect-padding\">\n<div><picture data-hydrate=\"false\"><source class=\"author__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/33sZL2grG9c7L9AQ48AuX8-140-80.jpg.webp 140w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"99vw\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/cyclingnews\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/33sZL2grG9c7L9AQ48AuX8.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/33sZL2grG9c7L9AQ48AuX8.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\" \/><source class=\"author__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/33sZL2grG9c7L9AQ48AuX8-140-80.jpg 140w\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" sizes=\"99vw\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/cyclingnews\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/33sZL2grG9c7L9AQ48AuX8.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/33sZL2grG9c7L9AQ48AuX8.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/cyclingnews\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" sizes=\"99vw\" alt=\"Dave Everley\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/cyclingnews\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/33sZL2grG9c7L9AQ48AuX8.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/33sZL2grG9c7L9AQ48AuX8.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He may not always have been life and soul of the party, but he\u2019s been the heartbeat behind songs across a huge range of genres \u2013 to his lasting pride To mark the release of his 2018 mega compilation set Plays Well With Others,\u00a0Phil Collins\u00a0looked back with\u00a0Prog\u00a0over some of his most noteworthy collaborations. 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