Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel (born February 13, 1950) is an English musician. He first came to fame as a member of the progressive rock group Genesis, but has had a long and successful career after leaving the band in 1975, with his position as lead singer then filled by drummer Phil Collins.

His first solo success came with the single "Solsbury Hill," an autobiographical piece regarding his thoughts on leaving Genesis. Although early on he achieved critical success and some commercial success (e.g. "Games Without Frontiers" from his third album and "Shock the Monkey" from his fourth), Gabriel achieved his greatest popularity with songs from the So album.

Gabriel's song "Sledgehammer" was accompanied by a visually stunning music video, which was a collaboration with director Stephen Johnson, Aardman Animation, and the Brothers Quay. The video won numerous awards at the 1987 MTV Music Video Awards, and set a new standard for art in the music video industry.

Gabriel has been interested in world music for a long time, with the first musical evidence appearing on his third album. This influence has increased over time, and he is the driving force behind the WOMAD[?] (World of Music, Arts and Dance) movement. He created the Real World Studios to facilitate the creation of such music by various artists, and he has worked to educate Western culture about the work of such musicians as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Youssou N'dour. He has also recently been interested in multimedia projects, creating the Xplora and Eve CD-ROMs. He has a long-standing interest in human rights, and launched the Witness program to supply video cameras to human rights activists to expose abuses.

Gabriel has been reported as stating that he has bipolar disorder.

Gabriel's song "Milgram's 37" refers to Milgram's experiment, and in particular the 37 out of 40 subjects who showed complete obedience in one particular experiment.

Discography

1977 Peter Gabriel I (wet car cover)
1978 Peter Gabriel II (scratch cover)
1980 Peter Gabriel III (melting face cover)
1982 Peter Gabriel IV (known as Security in the USA)
1983 Peter Gabriel Plays Live (live)
1985 Music by Peter Gabriel from the Film "Birdy"
1986 So
1989 Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ
1990 Shaking the Tree (best of 1976-1990) (compilation)
1992 Us
1992 Revisited (best of 1976-1992) (compilation)
1994 Secret World Live (live 1993)
2000 Ovo
2002 Long Walk Home
2002 Up

Discography

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