Peter Gabriel
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Sledgehammer was released 40 years ago today! "As a teenager, soul music was one of the things that made me want to be a musician. It was really passionate and exciting... Wayne Jackson, who plays on that track, was also with Otis Redding and was touring with him when I saw them in London. So that was a thrill for me, just to get a whole lot of fan stories. But I think the song was more influenced by many of those Stax and Atlantic tracks rather than Otis particularly."
Peter Gabriel88,647 views • 1 month ago
Happy Record Store Day! The 12” zoetrope picture disc of Sledgehammer can be purchased now at participating record stores. More information can be found on the #recordstoreday websites. Take a picture of yourself with the 12, tag us and we'll give you a re-share!
Peter Gabriel77,528 views • 1 month ago
Peter's self-titled debut solo album was released on this day in 1977. This montage of live performances of Solsbury Hill includes footage from Rockpalast (1978), Live in Athens (1987), Secret World Live (1993), Growing Up Live (2003), New Blood Live (2011) and Back To Front (2013).
Peter Gabriel102,006 views • 3 months ago
'Solsbury Hill' - Peter's debut solo single - was released on this day in 1977. In April 1977, Peter did an interview with Sounds discussing the song... "It's strange that Solsbury Hill is a single because at one point it wasn't even going to be on the album. I'm pleased with it, espeically from a "feel" point of view. It's got a kick time and that 7/4 rhythm works well because it feels like a normal rhythm but isn't quite right..."
Peter Gabriel73,690 views • 2 months ago
“It was 37 years ago that ‘So' was the number 1 album and I never expected to be here again. I've just been told that we are number 1 in the UK with i/o, so it's amazing. I want to thank everyone that helped me make the album because it was a long, slow process, involving a lot of very talented people. But, mainly I need to thank all of you for supporting me for all this time and for making this happen. Thank you.” - pg Official Charts
Peter Gabriel673,791 views • 2 years ago
'Don't Give Up', featuring Kate Bush, was released as a single from 'So' in 1986. "In ‘Don’t Give Up’ the lyrics were inspired by two things: one was a TV programme on how unemployment has affected family life and the other was a photograph taken by Dorothea Lange during the Dust Bowl Depression. The basic idea is that handling failure is one of the hardest things we have to learn to do."
Peter Gabriel64,566 views • 2 months ago
The zoetrope picture disc 12” of Sledgehammer is out this Saturday as part of #RecordStoreDay Designed by Drew Tetz and Marc Bessant. Please visit the Record Store Day website to check out the full list of releases and also visit your local record store to see what they plan to order! Record Store Day Record Store Day UK
Peter Gabriel32,013 views • 1 month ago
‘I’m delighted to say that we will be beginning another year of full moon releases under the name o\i. The songs are a mix of thoughts and feelings. I have been thinking about the future and how we might respond to it. We are sliding into a period of transition like no other, most likely triggered in three waves; AI, quantum computing and the brain computer interface. Artists have a role to look into the mists and, when they catch sight of something, to hold up a mirror. These are my lumpy bits – i/o: the inside has a new way out and o\i: the outside has a new way in. We are not, and have never been, the exclusively self-determining, independent beings that have been given the run of the world. We are something else, a part of nature, a part of everything and feeling a connection, shaking our booty and giving and receiving some love can help us find our place - and put a big smile on our faces. Some of these songs are going to form part of the brain project that I’ve been exploring for a number of years, and some just make me feel happy. I hope you like them.’
Peter Gabriel74,050 views • 5 months ago
Peter was inducted as a solo artist into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on this day 12 years ago. "Watch out for music. It should come with a health warning. It can be dangerous. It can make you feel so alive, so connected to the people all around you, and connected to what you really are inside, and it can make you think that the world should and could be a much better place. And just occasionally it can make you very, very happy."
Peter Gabriel31,190 views • 1 month ago
Live at WOMAD 1982 is out now on CD & LP. You can get your copy here: The album takes us back to not only the birth of a festival – one that has now hosted more than 160 editions in 27 countries - but also to the premiere of an album with songs, like The Rhythm of the Heat, San Jacinto and Shock the Monkey, that have become central to the Gabriel canon. More than just a live album, Live at WOMAD 1982 is a pivotal moment, available now for the very first time.
Peter Gabriel16,315 views • 28 days ago
Thanks BBC Radio 2 for choosing i/o as this week’s Record of the Week!
Peter Gabriel328,754 views • 3 years ago
'Red Rain' performed live on Later with Jools Holland in 2011 with the New Blood Orchestra. “‘Red Rain’ was written after a dream I’d had about the sea being parted by two walls. There were these glass-like figures that would screw themselves into each wall, fill up with red blood and then be lowered across the sand, as it were to the next wall, where they’d unload the blood on the other side. I used to have these extremely vivid dreams that scared the hell out of me.”
Peter Gabriel20,933 views • 1 month ago