Peter Gabriel Net Worth

Peter Gabriel's Quotes

• There has always been a strong relationship between music and religion. It is because they both plug directly into the heart and can have real power for good or evil.
• I'm an artist who works incredibly slowly.
• I have always loved R.E.M.'s music and respected their commitment to social change.
• When I left [Genesis] there was some angst and I think everyone thought I was destroying their careers, but as soon as I left, the band sold a whole lot more records.
• [why he demanded to write all the lyrics for the last album he made with Genesis] There are very few books written by a committee, and for a very good reason.

Interesting Facts about Peter Gabriel

1. Gabriel was discovered by the singer, record industry executive and media personality Jonathan King while he was still at school. He was then the frontman of the group Genesis, who became one of the most influential and popular British progressive rock bands. He left the group for a solo career in 1975 after recording albums including "Foxtrot", "Selling England by the Pound" and the concept album "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway".
2. He lived with the American actress Rosanna Arquette for several years following the end of his first marriage.
3. His own company, Real World, promotes world musicians and their music.
4. His song "Solsbury Hill" is titled after a small hill on the edge of the city of Bath, England. The hill is the site of an ancient dwelling and is now part the UK National Trust.
5. He has two daughters: Anna-Marie, born on July 26, 1974, and Melanie, born August 23, 1976.
6. He is a member and promoter of Amnesty International.
7. Because of his 1980 song "Biko", written about South African civil rights leader Steve Biko, the apartheid government of South Africa banned all of Gabiel's recordings. The ban was lifted following the end of apartheid.
8. Some sources state that he suffers from bipolar disorder.
9. His song "Biko" was covered by Simple Minds on their 1989 album "Street Fighting Years".
10. Genesis had one hit single during his time as the lead singer, "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" which reached 21 in 1974. It was later covered by former Marillion singer Fish on his 1993 album "Songs From The Mirror".
11. In March 2003, his final album with Genesis, "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway", came sixth in Classic Rock Magazine's list of the 30 greatest concept albums of all time.
12. His song "I Don't Remember" was covered by Marillion frontman Steve Hogarth and the H Band on the album "Live Spirit: Live Body" (released 2002).
13. On 21 November 2003, he performed for the BBC's annual Children in Need charity event.
14. On 29 November 2003, he performed at the "46664" AIDS concert.
15. He can play piano, keyboards, percussion, flute, recorder and harmonica, although, by his own admission, none of them particularly well.
16. In 1999, he reunited with his former Genesis bandmates Phil Collins, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett for a re-recording of the Genesis song "The Carpet Crawlers" (originally from their 1974 album "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"), which appears on the Genesis compilation "Turn It On Again: The Hits".
17. He never scored a UK number one single, but "Sledgehammer" topped the US singles chart in 1986. Ironically, it knocked "Invisible Touch" by his former band Genesis off the top spot.
18. On 1 November 2004, he was presented with the Music Industry Trusts' Award for his outstanding contribution to the British music industry.
19. His famous song "Solsbury Hill" talks about why he decided to leave Genesis while the band was growing at a fast rate.
20. Although he left Genesis in 1975, he reunited with the band twice. Once in the early 1980s for a special charity concert (Steve Hackett wasn't there, except for the two encores) and in 1999 to record a song for a greatest hits collection. Steve Hackett was there for that reunion, making it the first time the original five performed together since 1975.