Turn It On.....Turn It On, Turn It On Again

By now the schedule of my days off goes as follows:
Wake up, drink coffee, run, watch a buttload of DVR'd shows.

One of these DVR'd programs is the one and only Behind The Music, which now runs in a new "remastered" format on VH1 Classic, the best (and only) channel for awesomely bad 80's hair metal videos. The "remastered" part of the show comes from cramming in something current about the band in the last ten minutes of the show. Nine times out of ten this is a reunion/farewell tour. This of course shortens the time spent on past adventures, and some episodes, like the Motley Crue episode, suffer because of it. Sorry, but no one cares about the album "Saints Of Los Angeles", or Nikki Six's awful side band.
Anyways, the episode I watched the other day before going into Staples was on Genesis. Yes, Genesis. Now before we go any further, I actually like Genesis. Sure, most of their songs give me flashes of having my teeth cleaned at the dentist, but come on, "Turn It On Again" and "Misunderstanding" are great tunes, and miles better than Phil Collins' solo stuff (with the exception being "In The Air Tonight"). However, we're not going to be talking about Phil Collins Genesis. We're going to talk about Peter Gabriel Genesis.
For those unaware, Genesis started as a weird art band in the late '60s fronted by Peter Gabriel, with Mr. Collins behind the drum kit. They started as a cult hit, but slowly gained an underground following due to Peter's obsession with strange costumes designed around his songs. In fact, there were numerous times where he couldn't even sing clearly, due to the microphone not being able to pick up his voice through the costumes. 

Peter Gabriel as the sunflower in his school play

He was Lady Gaga BEFORE there was a Lady Gaga! And this isn't even the best picture of him. Check this one out, inspired by their album Foxtrot. 

Good god. That's haunting. Unfortunately Peter's devotion to his performance eventually lead to him leaving the band, not to mention unintentionally hilarious band photos like this one:

I suppose we should be thankful that Mr. Gabriel got all of his weirdness out so early, and made awesome songs like "Sledgehammer", which I will leave you with now.