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The beat goes on for Phil

Phil Collins
Apr 12, 2010 Updated Apr 13, 2010

Genesis drummer Phil Collins is putting the finishing touches to a new Motown covers collection despite suffering severe nerve damage to his hands that has made drumming nearly impossible.

“The first time I picked up the drum sticks after my neck surgery, they flew across the room because I couldn’t grip them,” he says. “When I play, I’ve had to tape the sticks to my hand. It’s like wearing a condom. It’s very strange.”

Collins says he still hopes to one day perform again with the Peter Gabriel-lead lineup of Genesis.

 “I think if we were to do The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway there’s always multimedia stuff that makes it possible now.” He said.

 

Source: Rolling Stone external link

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Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for English progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist. Collins sang the lead vocals on eight American chart-toppers between 1984 and 1989; seven as a solo artist and one with Genesis. His singles, often dealing with lost...

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