In a uncommon interview, Phil Collins stated he has thought of recording new music, however is unable to take action as a result of he’s been “very sick.”
The enduring Genesis member and solo singer-drummer supplied the well being replace to MOJO as a part of the UK journal’s new cowl story on Genesis coinciding with the discharge of a brand new Lamb Lies Down On Broadway field set.
Collins, whom Consequence named one of many 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time, defined that each his well being and his waning want have prevented him from creating new music. “I preserve considering I ought to go downstairs to the studio and see what occurs,” remarked the rock legend. “However I’m not hungry for it anymore. The factor is, I’ve been sick, I imply very sick…”
Whereas he didn’t specify his present well being situation, Collins suffered nerve injury stemming from a 2007 spinal harm. Throughout Genesis’ farewell tour that wrapped up in March 2022, he sang whereas sitting down, as his son Nic dealt with drums.
Collins’ interview with MOJO follows a current documentary on Drumeo, through which he sat down for a prolonged dialog and tried to play his drum equipment for the primary time in years. Nonetheless, it seems that the Drumeo characteristic was truly filmed a pair years in the past.
Former Genesis singer Peter Gabriel was additionally interviewed for the quilt story. Whereas Gabriel didn’t carry out at Genesis’ closing live performance in 2022, he did attend the present at O2 Area in London.
“Phil wasn’t in as nice a form as he was, however they did an excellent job,” Gabriel instructed MOJO of seeing the live performance. “Me going was a ceremony of passage, actually. I’d been a part of the creation of Genesis so I wished to be there on the finish.”
Elsewhere within the interview, Collins stated he was uncertain of taking on lead vocals in Genesis after Gabriel left the band in 1975. “I actually thought we might simply stick with it and be an instrumental group. In fact, the others didn’t!”
Gabriel, in the meantime, continues to make new music. He disclosed that his upcoming album can be titled O/I, following up 2023’s I/O.