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Phil Collins: Genesis Of A Solo Career
Interview by Chris Salewicz, Creem, January 1982
SET IN THE STOCKBROKER belt 30 miles to the southwest of London, the Genesis studio complex is exactly what you might expect: several thatched, suitably ...
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Interview by Ira Robbins, Rock's Backpages Audio, 27 September 1993
The balding, tub-thumping thespian talks about his latest album, Both Sides; his development as a songwriter; his solo career vs. Genesis; his acting career; Live Aid; ambitions and collaborations, and on drumming and drummers.
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The Trick of the Tale: Phil Collins Talks
Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 3 July 1976
PHIL COLLINS IS A spry, restless man with seemingly limitless amounts of energy and intense drive. It is this drive that has made him one ...
Phil Collins: Facing Up To New Values
Interview by Lynden Barber, Melody Maker, 7 February 1981
URPASSING even The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy and Crossroads in the bus-stop yapping stakes, the national adult pastime of watching Tiswas every morning of ...
At Home With The Stars Special: So Tell Us Phil, How Do You Feel About Solo Success?
Interview by Nick Kent, New Musical Express, 21 March 1981
The remarkable Mr. Collins stays awake long enough to cure NICK KENT of his insomnia. ...
Phil Collins Does Everything Better Than Everyone Else
Interview by J. Kordosh, Creem, May 1983
THINGS SEEM to be going poorly for drummers of late, what with Buddy Rich undergoing bypass surgery earlier this year and a regular series of ...
Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 31 January 1985
Earthy Wind and Fire singer scores a hit ...
Philip Bailey: Labours of Love Made Easy
Profile and Interview by Simon Witter, New Musical Express, 6 April 1985
PHILIP BAILEY used to sing with Earth Wind And Fire. Now he's teamed up alongside Phil Collins to reach Number One with 'Easy Lover'. SIMON ...
The Second Coming of Phil Collins
Interview by J.D. Considine, Musician, June 1985
A SEASONED PLAYER ENJOYS CHARTBUSTING NEW LIFE AS A SOLO STAR ...
Interview by Paul Sexton, Record Mirror, 1 June 1985
WATCH OUT — PHILIP BAILEY IS AN ANGRY YOUNG MAN. PAUL SEXTON PUTS DOWN THE ARGUMENTS IN BLACK AND WHITE. ...
Philip Bailey: Rocky Mountain Soul from a Bible Belter
Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, Musician, July 1986
"Flute and harp add sweetness to a song; better than either, a sweet voice." (Ecclesiasticus 40:21) ...
Interview by Len Brown, New Musical Express, 17 November 1988
Does PHIL COLLINS keep up the tradition and slot into the file alongside Ringo and Keith Moon – tub-thumpers and "silly" actors both? LEN BROWN ...
Ugly Bald Bastard Speaks (to Phil Collins)
Interview by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 3 March 1990
• He leaves the toilet seat up! He does stuff in the privacy of his own house! He's worth 22 million! He's not a rich ...
Phil Collins: I Don’t Look Like a Sex God
Interview by Steve Turner, Radio Times, 31 March 1990
By his own admission Phil Collins is an unlikely superstar. He’s the drummer turned singer, the background boy become celebrity, the chap next door gone ...
Interview by J.D. Considine, Musician, July 1990
IN A REVIEW of Phil Collins' latest album, ...But Seriously, J.D. Considine wrote that Phil was more fun when he was frivolous. That's where Phil ...
Lunching with the Elder Statesmen of Charity Rock: The Nordoff-Robbins Concert, Knebworth
Review by Barney Hoskyns, The Times, 2 July 1990
WHEN QUINCY JONES gathered together his USA For Africa superstars to record 'We are the World' five years ago, he pinned a sign outside the ...
Knebworth 90: The Billion Dollar Buskers
Live Review by Mat Snow, Q, August 1990
IN DAYS OF yore, the elders tell, the grassy slopes of Knebworth would resound to the pagan strains of Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers and ...
Drummers: Adventurers in the Skins Trade
Overview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 8 March 1991
Dim, manic, noisy, and rarely women. But drummers aren't all troll-like, says Adam Sweeting ...
Review by Phil Sutcliffe, Q, December 1993
BASICALLY, UNCOOL, £12-million-a-year, Tory-endorsing Phil Collins is good on Love, not much cop on Life. So although, for reasons unknown, the totally solo Both Sides ...
Phil Collins: This man must be stopped
Comment by Tom Cox, The Guardian, 30 March 2000
Stop up your ears. Unplug the radio. Phil Collins is back, with an Oscar-winning song, a tribute album, even a high-profile lawsuit. Tom Cox prays ...
The Soul in the Machine: Whatever Happened to Atlantic Records?
Book Excerpt by Barney Hoskyns, What'd I Say, 2001
"UNFORTUNATELY, we’re running a big business here now," Ahmet Ertegun confessed to author Gerri Hirshey in 1982. "And it sort of ... well, it drives ...
His Turn to Testify: An Exclusive HITS dialogue with Phil Collins
Interview by Roy Trakin, Hits, 2002
JUST WHEN IT SEEMED like Phil Collins was ready to kick back and relax with his new wife Orianne and his 14-month-old son Nicholas in ...
Retrospective and Interview by Johnny Black, Music Week, July 2010
"I CAN LOOK back now," reflects Phil Collins, "and see how annoying I must have been to people in the '80s and '90s." ...
Phil Collins Goes Back to his Soul-Music Roots
Interview by Johnny Black, Rock's Backpages, August 2010
JB: Your new album, Going Back, quite literally goes back to your musical roots. So where did you first start to become interested in music? ...
Phil Collins: No Jacket Required Vinyl Icon
Retrospective and Interview by Johnny Black, Hi-Fi News & Record Review, April 2011
TO DESCRIBE No Jacket Required as an era-defining album is almost an understatement. ...
Seventies prog rockers Genesis are back, but are they welcomed?
Retrospective and Interview by Nick Hasted, The Independent, 10 October 2014
THE SIGHT OF Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett lined up in a studio, albeit only to reminisce for a ...
Phil Collins: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Live Review by Andrew Stafford, The Guardian, 20 January 2019
A notable hobble and diminished vocal range don't detract from an enjoyable night of nostalgia backed by a crowd that have been waiting for this ...
Phil Collins: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane — life-affirming MOR ballads delivered against all odds
Live Review by Andrew Stafford, The Observer, 20 January 2019
A notable hobble and diminished vocal range don't detract from an enjoyable night of nostalgia backed by a crowd that have been waiting for this ...
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