Peter Gabriel - Wikipedia. Peter Gabriel. Gabriel in January 2. Background information. Birth name. Peter Brian Gabriel.

Born(1. 95. 0- 0. February 1. 95. 0 (age 6. Chobham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. Origin. Godalming, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. Genres. Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, record producer, humanitarian. Instruments. Years active. Labels. Atco, Atlantic, Geffen, Mercury, Real World, Republic, Charisma/Virgin/Virgin EMI/Universal. Watch Marauders Hindi Full Movie.

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Associated acts. Genesis, Kate Bush, Sting, Cat Stevens, Robert Fripp. Websitepetergabriel. Peter Brian Gabriel (born 1. February 1. 95. 0) is an English singer- songwriter, record producer and humanitarian who rose to fame as the original lead singer and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis.[1] After leaving Genesis in 1. Gabriel launched a successful solo career with "Solsbury Hill" as his first single. His 1. 98. 6 album, So, is his best- selling release and is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the U.

S.[9][1. 0] The album's most successful single, "Sledgehammer", won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1. MTV Video Music Awards.

Gabriel has been a champion of world music for much of his career. He co- founded the WOMAD festival in 1. He has continued to focus on producing and promoting world music through his Real World Records label. He has also pioneered digital distribution methods for music, co- founding OD2, one of the first online music download services.[1. Gabriel has also been involved in numerous humanitarian efforts. In 1. 98. 0, he released the anti- apartheid single "Biko".[1. He has participated in several human rights benefit concerts, including Amnesty International's Human Rights Now!

Witness human rights organisation in 1. Gabriel developed The Elders with Richard Branson, which was launched by Nelson Mandela in 2. Gabriel has won three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 1.

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Grammy Awards,[1. MTV Video Music Awards, the first Pioneer Award at the BT Digital Music Awards,[1. Q magazine Lifetime Achievement,[1. Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement,[1. Polar Music Prize.[1.

He was made a BMI Icon at the 5. BMI London Awards for his "influence on generations of music makers".[2. In recognition of his many years of human rights activism, he received the Man of Peace award from the Nobel Peace Prize laureates,[2. Time magazine named him one of the 1. All. Music has described Gabriel as "one of rock's most ambitious, innovative musicians, as well as one of its most political".[2.

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2. In March 2. 01. 5, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of South Australia in recognition of his achievements in music. Early life[edit]Peter Brian Gabriel was born on 1. February 1. 95. 0 in Chobham, Surrey.[2. His father, Ralph Parton Gabriel (1. Edith Irene (née Allen), who was from a musical family, taught him to play the piano at an early age.[2.

His great- great- great- uncle, Sir Thomas Gabriel, 1st Baronet, served as Lord Mayor of London from 1. Gabriel attended Cable House, a private primary school in Woking; St. Andrews Prep School in Horsell; and Charterhouse School in Godalming from 1.

He played drums in his first rock bands, and Mike Rutherford commented in 1. Pete was—and still is, I think—a frustrated drummer".[2. Genesis[edit]Gabriel founded Genesis in 1.

Charterhouse School pupils Tony Banks, Anthony Phillips, Mike Rutherford, and drummer Chris Stewart. The name of the band was suggested by fellow Charterhouse alumnus, the pop music impresario Jonathan King, who produced their first album, From Genesis to Revelation.

Gabriel has said to be influenced by many different sources in his way of singing, such as Family lead singer Roger Chapman and theatrical singer Arthur Brown. In 1. 97. 0, he played the flute on the Cat Stevens album, Mona Bone Jakon. Genesis drew some attention in Britain and eventually also in Italy, Belgium, Germany, and other European countries, largely due to Gabriel's flamboyant stage presence, which involved numerous bizarre costume changes and comical, dreamlike stories told as the introduction to each song (originally Gabriel developed these stories solely to cover the time between songs that the rest of the band would take tuning their instruments[2. Falling Up Full Movie Part 1 there. The concerts made extensive use of black light with the normal stage lighting subdued or off.

A backdrop of fluorescent white sheets and a comparatively sparse stage made the band into a set of silhouettes, with Gabriel's fluorescent costume and make- up providing the only other sources of light. Costumes[edit]Early Genesis concerts were hampered by a bad public address system that made it difficult for audiences to understand what Gabriel was singing. According to Mike Rutherford, this drove Gabriel to find other ways to impress his personality on the audience, leading to his performing in various costumes.[2. In an episode of the 2. British documentary series Seven Ages of Rock, Steve Hackett recalled the first appearance of Gabriel "in costume". It was the dress- wearing, fox- headed entity immortalised on the cover of Foxtrot. Sicak Full Movie here. Hackett and the rest of the band had no inkling that Gabriel was going to do this, and at the time Hackett worried that it would ruin the performance.

It was a success, encouraging Gabriel to continue wearing stage clothes while singing. Among Gabriel's many famous costumes, which he developed to visualise the musical ideas of the band as well as to gain press coverage, were "Batwings" for the band's usual opening number, "Watcher of the Skies". Other costumes included "The Flower" and "Magog", which were both alternately worn for "Supper's Ready" from the album Foxtrot. Britannia" was worn for "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight", and "The Reverend" for "The Battle of Epping Forest" (both from Selling England by the Pound). The Old Man" was worn for "The Musical Box" from Nursery Cryme. The Slipperman" and "Rael" were worn during "The Colony of Slippermen", in which "Rael" was the protagonist of the album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.

Departure[edit]Gabriel's departure from Genesis on 1. August 1. 97. 5[7][8]—which stunned fans of the group and left many commentators wondering if the band could survive—was the result of several factors. His stature as the lead singer of the band and the added attention garnered by his flamboyant stage persona led to tensions within the band.[2.

Genesis had always operated more or less as a collective, and Gabriel's burgeoning public profile led to fears within the group that he was being unfairly singled out as the creative hub. The band also began to feel confined by the reputation (and fans' expectations) attached to their famously elaborate theatrical performances, believing that the visual element of their performances was receiving more attention than their music. Tensions were heightened by the ambitious album and tour of the concept work The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, a Gabriel- created concept piece that saw him taking on the lion's share of the lyric writing.

During the writing and recording of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Gabriel was approached by director William Friedkin, allegedly because Friedkin had found Gabriel's short story in the liner notes to Genesis Live interesting. Gabriel left Genesis to pursue a film project with Friedkin, only to rejoin a week later.[2. The decision to quit the band was made before the tour supporting The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, with Gabriel explaining his decision to the band while keeping it from the press until the conclusion of that tour. Bassist Mike Rutherford recalled that they all "could see it coming".[2. Although tensions were high, both Gabriel and the remaining members of Genesis have stated publicly that Gabriel left the band on good terms. The breaking point came with the difficult pregnancy of Gabriel's wife, Jill, and the subsequent birth of their first child, Anna- Marie.

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