“Some of the public found Genesis with Peter Gabriel a bit too strange. But there was a lot of fear about whether we could carry on without him”: How Phil Collins became the singing drummer and led Genesis from despair to superstardom

Genesis in 1975.

In 1986, Genesis were flying high with their record-breaking, multi-million selling album Invisible Touch – and yet, 10 years earlier, it looked as if the band might be finished after the exit of lead singer Peter Gabriel.

Genesis built their reputation in the early ’70s as an artful progressive rock band to rival Pink Floyd and Yes.