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These are 2014 interviews by John Edginton where he discusses with both Phil Collins and Chester Thompson’s individual take on their history together.
John Writes:
“IN THIS 2014 INTERVIEW, PHIL COLLINS DESCRIBES HOW HE RECRUITED THE AMERICAN DRUMMER CHESTER THOMPSON TO PLAY DRUMS WITH GENESIS, REPLACING PHIL AS THE PRIMARY TOURING DRUMMER. FROM 1976-2007 .
THE HIGH POINT OF THEIR TIME TOGETHER WERE THOSE MOMENTS IN THE SHOW WHEN THEY PLAYED HIGH INTENSITY DRUMMING DUETS.”
For this second video John writes:
“CHESTER THOMPSON PLAYED DRUMS WITH GENESIS FROM 1976-2007 . HE WAS RECRUITED BY PHIL COLLINS, TO REPLACE PHIL AS THE PRIMARY TOURING DRUMMER. In this 2014 interview, Chester describes the strange experience of being an American musician joining a British prog rock band, how he learned to adapt his drumming style and how much he loved playing double drums with Phil Collins. At the end of the interview Chester hits those drums!!”
In this final video writes about it:
“PHIL COLLINS RESPONDS TO DRUMMER CHESTER THOMPSON’S INTERVIEW DISCUSSING HOW PHIL’S STYLE OF DRUMMING IS UNIQUE . PHIL TALKS ABOUT HIS DRUMMING PHILOSOPHY. 2014.”
