Mike Portnoy, Lars Ulrich: I don`t know nothing about them. Oh, and this blew my mind. [Laughs] He figured it out pretty quickly. I never went in under any pretense of thinking it was going to be anything other than what it was. [Laughs] If I could have him, Id be touring with him right now. [Laughs] That was fun. They had promised him membership in the band. Everyone had gotten over themselves by then and it was just really fun from top to bottom. The very first tour was a tour of England. They were starting rehearsals the next week for a new tour and that happened to be my favorite band at the time. Theyre such great singers. Basically, we rehearsed eight hours a day, 40 hours a week. Mike says that Phils drumming added a new dimension to Genesis. Steve saw it as a compromise joining the band. My wife had her own career when we met. Frank had a blackboard onstage with all the note names on it. We learned how to deal with it. 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Basically, after the first day, I was like, The only way this is going to work is if you give me a list of which tunes you want to go over the next day Ill have them ready.. I was kind of surprised that Daryl wasnt doing it, either. First of all, I arrived in California straight out of the hood in Baltimore. Ill get back to you. Sure enough, he got back and said, You were right. Since then, I was pretty upset. He was already going on tour in summers between school. I seem to recall Chester had a falling out with the post-Collins duo too, when they rejected his request to become a full member in the band. Bruno Primas Forum Resident Location: Wisconsin Alphonso and I had a real swing thing between us, real 16th, triplet bass feel, which is really the core of the whole funk thing. He made Frank laugh and a big part of those days was humor. This new thing Ive been working on with my friends in L.A., its [bassist] Pee Wee Hill and [keyboardist] Michiko Hill, his wife. Serious Hits Live! - Wikipedia Theyre just sitting there like, Impress me. It really annoyed them that they reached event status as opposed to just playing to fans. Ive got a studio here. No, the frontman is the most important man in most of the cases and in live acts, but remember, there's rock without guitar or keyboards, but there's no rock without drums or Bass (Except in a few and veryrarecases). Many of them are self-taught. We went up to New York to record. I am reminded of this Amazon review of "Dance Into the Light" (which, incidently, has the funniest Phil Collins album cover). Well appreciated, keep up enjoying Phil Collins! We wouldnt just play a song in five. It wasnt his most intense stuff, but fortunately I knew who he was and that it was going to be good stuff. Its just that on tour, Daryl and I both would sometimes get dragged to a media thing. Getting the gig was no walk in the park. He was a different kind of guy, but what a nice, gentle kind of person. Bill Graham and I could just never agree on the money. In the latter years, he had a pretty clear picture. But I believe Steve won more, because he didn't took part in the POP Genesis (Something with what he clearly disagrees) and made a solid career. They hadnt been renamed R&B. So I continue quite off topic!Actually I havent heard Hacketts Genesis revisited - is it good? I was like, Man, when you turned around and looked, it threw me off.. How did you grow as a drummer during your time in Weather Report? All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. After 20 years, it was enough. Neal Peart: great drummer, lyricist, and sometimes composer of the music in Rush. In between, were doing this project. Well, he was a little different from me. Chester just says 'maybe' he wouldn't want to play the same Genesis songs yet again on a new tour, but IMO he doesn't give a definite no. How was the 2007 Genesis tour? [Laughs] But Ive really been enjoying my life. Feb 7, 2021 #34 . Exactly. Phil Collins Blamed His Drummer for Everything on Debut Solo Tour Bill knew that world. I started thinking, Now what did I do? And so I kind of froze. I enjoyed it though. I was just thinking, What in the heck is going on here?, I imagine one day you guys will speak again. I mean, how many damn sings can one guywrite for Disney? His name was Birdlegs [James Youman]. Ralph and I had to watch each other like hawks and really listen carefully. I'm a fan of Phil and his music, but he comes off as a bit of a putz. I was pretty well into music and so I started going to every single show. There was a short tour coming up and he reached out to me. To be honest, the problem started with all the band specially because many people believe (I also do) that the relation between Tony and Steve wasn't good since he recorded Voyage (Tony was clear, no solo projects, and Steve didn't invited him but calling Mike and Phil), plus the fact that Tony was suposed to be the main songwritter, but Steve wanted to fight this position with him. It's just horrible. But after reading the (excellent) interview, I have to say I'm quite surprised at how Chester was treated by the guys through the years. The 50 Worst Decisions in Music History Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by Progatron, Feb 4, 2021. It was just there. I mean, there was mutual respect and stuff, but there was never, like, a friendship. Phil wrote in his book that he had a major drinking problem in that time period. I dont know if they were connected owner-wise, but there was a whole circuit of those theaters. So, he had to be at the front of the stage. But when that whole tour was announced, Phil was very insistent that it was not going to be a big tour. Phil was very shocked and surprised and annoyed that I didnt say that his stuff was more fun. And then I got into better clubs around Baltimore. What did you study? Ginger Baker: mainly a composer as soloist. That was that. Chester Cortez Thompson (born December 11, 1948) is an American drummer best known for his tenures with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Weather Report, Santana, the progressive rock band Genesis and Phil Collins as a solo artist. Thompson called up Rolling Stone to explain how he rose out of the Baltimore housing projects, his early days with Frank Zappa and Weather Report, the ups and downs of life as a Genesis member who never played on the studio albums, and why he hasnt spoken to Phil Collins once in the past 10 years. He liked having a big band onstage, too. And goodness, the emails I get! Were just dealing with Covid. I was never in a teenage band. Come the day of the show, Peter was wherever he was at the moment, which wasnt where he said hed be the day before. I was like, Yeah. A lot of well-known names. Im just not going to do that.. Wed do eight-hour rehearsals. I learned some people don't like unpleasant realities like a great drummer describing a falling out with Phil Collins followed by a decade-long silence between them. Let me remember: Leee Kerslake. First, a great interview. His work ethic was just phenomenal. Oh, goodness. I don't subscribe and I sat and read it for a good 20-25 minutes. Obviously it's not definitive, but the Chester Thompson Wiki page does have some information on it. [Alarza] Lee Collins was the bass player on the session. I really admire his career, and his commitment to his FAMILY. So Phil did pop some good , some average and some contrived but all big selling. Im still pretty good friends with the only two that are left, Ruth and Anita. Chester Thompson on His Years With Genesis, Frank Zappa, and Weather Report He spent 30 years in Genesis as a touring drummer, but he had a falling out with Phil Collins in 2010 and they haven't spoken since www.yahoo.com 1975 Slingerland Stage Band, Poplar/Mahogany, White Marine Pearl (20,12,13,14, plus 16 Premier) The Genesis so many of us like wouldnt have been without any of members. Well, I didnt sleep. Youve played Take Me Home hundreds of times. That stuff smokes. Chester Thompson. It was amazing. Ive still got pretty mixed feelings about it. This edition features drummer Chester Thompson. I only wonder what your reaction would be if (a big if!) Apparently he was a close friend of the band because in 1969 Genesis moved to cottage owned by Richard Macphail's parents to concentrate on writing. The studio had tanks in the studio since they dealt with it all the time. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. I was okay one-on-one, but they speak much, much faster than we do. I absolutely loved this round table discussion of Zappa's drummers. He said, I double-track everything anyway, so it would be great if we could just do it together. But they all live very close together and they always had a set writing period where theyd be like, Okay, from blank to blank, were writing. They would each do that, come back with what they had and basically it was just too easy to go, OK, lets put this down. And thats what they did. It lets me read for about 90 seconds before it yanks the article. It was a fun tour. I wish I could afford my son. Hed teach me how to play along with albums and where to put the fill and how to sing along with the melody and not get lost in the solos and how to make it swing. When my mom showed me that letter I wrote in fourth grade where I had outlined I hadnt done everything in that letter, but so much of it had already happened it kind of blew me away. Again, I think its fantastic that hes playing with his son. I dont know how to describe it, but it was based on holograph technology. In this 2014. When it happened, we got together in New York for two weeks to just play and see if they wanted to do it. They are like 15 feet away and everyone is wearing masks. And at the end of the show, he just went off. We did European tour in a van. He didnt know all the tunes, but obviously he was pretty familiar with the whole prog-rock thing. It was a much bigger band. No. And to be honest, my whole career has been about playing different kinds of music. He was a guitarist that was comic relief, almost. We always opened and usually left afterwards, though Carlos sometimes came out with Bob and I stayed to watch two or three times. Id hang out with these guys and theyd play all sorts of crazy stuff Id never heard before. Genesis Reunion 2020 - Phil Collins and Chester Thompson - Facebook They limit the amount of times you can access their site. But to a lot of the fans, I guess they feel like it is. Part of that was no matter how well I prepared, he always made some pretty intense changes. They were in town and Alphonso said, The guys are in town. Phil and I, from the very first rehearsal when he sat down and we started jamming together, we just locked. Right. Music education. Phil Collins - Take me Home (live 1990) - Chester Thompson Drum cam By the time I was eight or so, maybe a little older, you started hearing some Motown. I don't think Phil Collins can be fully blamed for the change of direction. That aint me. But basically, for 14 years hed tour every other year and Genesis would tour in the off years. No. You have four guys with British accents [Collins, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, and Steve Hackett], and there was tour management and a couple of other guys, all with British accents. After rehearsal, Id go back to the hotel, go to sleep, wake up at 3 a.m., practice for a couple of hours, go back to sleep, wake up, have breakfast, and do it again. 2023 Rolling Stone, LLC. He could really play. I was thinking back to the clinic I saw in 84-85 at DRUMS in Crafton PA. How much did you know about his music before the audition? Chester Thompson - From Jazz to Genesis | FYIMusicNews I met him the night before at his house. They were really nice, cool people to work with. Well, basically, I hadnt prepared in as much detail as I usually did. The other guy called himself Sonship, Woody Theus. Whats it like to walk onto that stage and see just an ocean of people going insane? He isn't the main cause of downfall for Genesis, so shut up about that. I wonder something, this guy was never a Genesis member, he was describe as a "Musical friend of the band", what the hell is he doing here? Ive done some teaching, not a lot, but at the moment I have a handful of private students at a school. And initially, that was so families could travel. I still remember that. We had this other guy jump in. Some of his hits are cheesy. Who knows what thats going to look like at this point. Id come in and read it down the next day, which was pretty new to them because none of them read [music] at all. There were all these conversations going back and forth that Id try to track. I was like, Man, Ive got to have some time with my family. Terry Bozio: good drummer but he didn`t compose anything for the band U.K. Was successful in the Missing Persons Pop band. Still love to practice. But at this point in my life, Im not owed anything. Like I said, it was never a band in that sense. PHIL COLLINS on HIS DRUMMING PHILOSOPHY , DRUMMING STYLE - YouTube I was leaving straight from San Francisco. It took me a while to get over it, but I really wish him well. 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