Mellotronists

actually Phil DID leave and then they put out CALLING ALL STATIONS which actually had 
some pretty good songs on it, tho it reminded me more of a Mike & Mechanics album than 
Genesis. The real turning point in the band came when the Mellotron quit the group.


--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "steve_tebble" <steve@...> wrote:
>
> I don't know what you guys are on about!  Genesis were just an arty-
> farty pseudo-intellectual mob only listened to by pretentious students 
> in bedsits.
> Then Peter Gabriel left and they improved slightly.
> Then Steve Hackett left and they improved a bit more.
> Then I waited for Phil Collins to leave.  Damn, it never happened, that 
> would have improved things a lot.  Don't get me wrong, he's a good 
> drummer; indeed if I could form my ideal band with anyone in it I 
> liked, Phil would be on the drums - on the condition that he does not 
> sing, or have any part in writing the songs.
> No the only bad thing about Genesis' continued development, is that the 
> Tron got lost along the way.
> 
> (Sits back ... waits for flamimg ... )
> 
> Steve.
>