All of this meant that when we went for a meeting at [manager] Tony Smith's house ... one day in 1996 and Phil said 'I think I'm going to call it a day,' it wasn't really a surprise. The surprise was that he'd stayed with Genesis as long as he had, after all that had happened with his solo career. read more
There was no animosity in the split, and they reunited ten years later for a tour. To be honest, it was a little surprising that Collins waited until 1996 to leave Genesis — he’d had a string of big solo hits going back 15 years, and never really recaptured the same level of success after he departed the band. read more
Collins, who'd been pulling double duty as drummer and lead singer for the band since Peter Gabriel departed the lineup in 1975, had successfully managed to juggle his own multi-platinum solo career alongside Genesis' increasingly massive worldwide profile throughout the '80s. read more