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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

Slate Podcasts

Music, Music History, Music Commentary

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2019

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

When a band member leaves to go solo, usually it means the band’s best days are over. That’s what everybody thought when Peter Gabriel left Genesis in the ’70s. Except not only did the band survive—fronted by drummer-turned-singer Phil Collins, they got bigger. Then Collins went solo…except he didn’t ditch Genesis. In fact, his success made them bigger—one of the definitive pop bands of the 1980s, as Collins’s monstrous drum sound took over pop music. By mid-decade, current and former members of Genesis—even side projects from its guitarists—were all competing head-to-head on the Billboard charts. On Hit Parade, we explore the knotty family tree of Genesis, the unlikeliest group ever to become a Hot 100 juggernaut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.8	the music. There will be great company and food and drink will also be provided. Fans of
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1:04.0	Welcome to Hit Parade, a podcast of Pop Chart History from Slate magazine, about the hits from
1:10.7	Coast to Coast. I'm Chris Malanfi, chart analyst pop critic, and writer of
1:15.4	Slates Why is this Song Number One series. On today's show, in the high stakes world of
1:21.7	popular music, bands break up all the time.
1:25.7	You might call it an occupational hazard.
1:28.8	And what's more, solo careers and spin-off projects are far from a guaranteed prospect.
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