As regards the music, one shall note that after his departure from Genesis Gabriel took big interest in experiments with world music and sound effects, often using the latest technologies and the sound of old instruments in his music. The first four albums did not gain great success, though some things deserved the critics’ attention: the single Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel I), Games Without Frontiers and Biko (Peter Gabriel III) and the song Shock The Monkey (Peter Gabriel IV), video for which held the first position in MTV charts for nine weeks. In his work over the first albums the artist was assisted by producers Bob Ezrin (known due to his work with such rock monsters, as Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd and KISS) and Robert Fripp, guitarist of the progressive rock band King Crimson. Gabriel decided to start working on his own material and during the first years of solo career (1977-1982) he recorded four albums, refusing to name any of them – their covers have only his name, being distinguished by critics and fans by numbers: Peter Gabriel I, II, III, IV. All of this led to increased attention towards the musician from critics and fans and growing tension between the band members, which eventually resulted in singer’s departure from the band in 1975. The band attracted notice mostly due to flamboyant costumes, used by Gabriel on stage, and comic, sometimes dreamlike stories told as the introduction to some songs. While attending Charterhouse school, he started the progressive rock band Genesis, which rose to prominence not only in England, but also in Italy, Belgium and Germany.
Peter Brian Gabriel was born in Surrey, England on February, 13 1950.
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