DO THEY HURT?

Phil Collins ended up crossing the paths of a jazz rock group as they wandered around the studios in 1974. A producer said if he didn't want to join the drums of a very good band that was looking for a drummer of Billy Cobham's quality or Steve Gadd.Collins was on tour with Genesis commanded by Peter Gabriel at this time. In fact, it was the end of the Gabriel era, with the last album (double album) The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.Gabriel would never return to Genesis unless on Gabacabriel (bootleg) benefit concert badly sung by the way to raise funds for Gabriel himself! Back to Brand X, a group formed by fantastic musicians and virtuosos such as Percy Jones (bass), John Goodsall (guitars), Robin Lumley (keyboards) and Phil Collins (drums and voice) as well as percussionist (R.I.P.) Morris Pert. As Collins says in the only interview, Genesis and Brand X were two extremely opposite bands. In Genesis Phil used a drum/Premier kit and was extremely disciplined in his improvisations. In Brand X he used a drum/Gretsch kit and abused the will of improvisations jazz and avant-garde experimentalisms. He said that on Brand X he was actually Phil Collins drummer. On Genesis he was a percussionist who worked for a musically driven group. The LPS that I think are sensational and unique, showing that Collins is one of the 10 best drummers of sec.XX are undoubtedly the ones he plays, and I had the pleasure of piercing all the cookies in the 70s: -Unorthodox Behavior (1976) -Moroccan Roll (1977) -Livestock (Live 1977) -Product (1979) -Do They Hurt? (1980) -Is There Anything About? (1982)