I hear where you are coming from F5Dave. Collins ruined Genesis but in the early years his drumming skills made the music for me. The drum battle in genesis Seconds out live concert (Suppers Ready I think it was)- shit a brick my spine tingles in awe. but as you say as his ego grew the quality went down the drain of whatever pop bubblegum sells for him.
If Peter Gabriel had stayed on I reckon they would have faded away to obscurity just the same. 80s music was mostly a disappointment though. Early 80s still rocks for me, I was living in London and it was the cross over from punk to new wave, so quite interesting with different styles coming through, Altered Images (OK so I had a hard on for the lead singer), XTC, Police (I can't stand hearing them now), The Mods/Style Council, Pretenders, The Beat. OMD. Human league. Shit it's hard to remember who I liked back then?
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