Genesis: The Man Behind The Mask
Barbara Charone, NME, 25 August 1973
THE MUSIC world rarely awakens before noon, but I met Peter Gabriel at the unlikely hour of 9.30 a.m. Genesis, having finished their Selling England By The Pound album, were rehearsing the new show. The man was looking weary-eyed as he ate buttered toast and sipped a coffee the living proof that rock is all late-night rave-ups.
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