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22 unusual facts about Peter Gabriel


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Ann Lee has noted that the structure and cinematography of the video was very similar to the video of Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer; "The two videos were similar!

All the Ghosts

In early 2008, Herbert was commissioned by a collaborative project between Peter Gabriel and Bowers & Wilkins to record an acoustic album at Gabriel's Real World Studios.

Big Money!

The music in the title screen of the game is a combination of "The Big Money" by Rush and "Big Time" by Peter Gabriel.

Bill Shipsey

He also initiated and has produced Amnesty's Ambassador of Conscience Award - an accolade that has been bestowed on such diverse activists as Nelson Mandela, Václav Havel, Aung San Suu Kyi, Peter Gabriel and U2.

Ceramic Hello

Wickens' design career paralleled his musical career in the 1980s, when he was in partnership with Peter Saville, and designed dozens of LP covers for Peter Gabriel, New Order, Joy Division, Ultravox and others.

Charter for Compassion

Among those who have already given the charter their backing are Richard Branson, musician Peter Gabriel, Sir Ken Robinson and the Dalai Lama and, as of January 22, 2012, over 83,000 other people from around the world had affirmed it.

Christof Unterberger

In June 2007 he received the second prize for his remix of the song "SALALA" by Angelique Kidjo featuring Peter Gabriel.

Dante Bichette

During his time in Colorado, his at-bat music was Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel.

Dylan Anderson

Dylan also says his father who was an artist would play Bruce Springsteen and Peter Gabriel albums within his art studio, while he and his father would sing along.

Gene Dante and The Future Starlets

They released their second album, The Romantic Lead, produced by veteran A&R executive Peter Lubin (The Pixies, Peter Gabriel), in February 2009 under Omnirox Entertainment.

Gilbert Hotel

#"The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" – 4:56 (Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins)

Jeffrey Gaines

"Scares Me More" featured an acoustic live version of Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes", which Gabriel had taken to number 26 on the Hot 100 in 1986.

Mark Rivera

Over the years, Rivera has worked with Hall & Oates, Tycoon, Peter Gabriel on his ground breaking So album - where Rivera played and arranged the horns for "Sledgehammer" and "Big Time", Simon & Garfunkel, John Lennon, Billy Ocean, and Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh.

Mzwakhe Mbuli

Later in the year, he returned to the UK to join Peter Gabriel, Youssour N'dour and other prominent African artists to record the fundraising Aids Album.

Plays Live

Plays Live is the first live and fifth album overall released by British rock musician Peter Gabriel.

SpiralFrog

We7 is a UK based ad-supported music service co-founded by Peter Gabriel, a digital music pioneer.

Steve Hunter

He played on Peter Gabriel's self-titled first solo album (1977) that included the classic single ‘Solsbury Hill’ which was likewise produced by Ezrin.

The Debian System

The book is dedicated to Aline (Krafft's girlfriend at the time), and the musician Peter Gabriel.

The Filter

The idea behind The Filter was devised by musician and digital pioneer Peter Gabriel and software entrepreneur Martin Hopkins.

Winter X Games XIII

The 13th games introduced the X Games' current theme song: a remix of Peter Gabriel's "Games Without Frontiers" featuring Lord Jamar.

WNKS

In 1990, after stunting with repeated airplay of "Shock The Monkey" by Peter Gabriel, the station returned to CHR as WZZG a.k.a. "Gorilla Radio, The New Z95.1 FM".

Xplora1: Peter Gabriel's Secret World

XPLORA1: Peter Gabriel's Secret World (or simply XPLORA1) is a musical computer game designed by musician, Peter Gabriel.


Banda do Casaco

They went on to release Contos da Barbearia in 1978 followed by No Jardim da Celeste in 1981 which featured the inclusion of female singer Né Ladeiras and Jerry Marotta, Peter Gabriel's former drummer.The band played live on only three occasions: at Aula Magna, Festa de S. Mateus in Viseu and Casa do Povo in Cacia.

Brett Wickens

Brett worked with British designer Peter Saville as a partner in his London studio during the 1980s and 90s, where they developed renowned campaigns for clients as diverse as Yohji Yamamoto, Factory Records, Peter Gabriel and the French Ministry of Culture.

Clinton Cerejo

During his younger days, he was influenced by great producers such as Quincy Jones, Trevor Horn, Arif Mardin, Stevie Wonder, Babyface, Hugh Padgham, Peter Gabriel, Roland Orzabal, Roy Thomas Baker.

Darryl Jones

Jones has worked with jazz recording artists who include Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, Mike Stern, John Scofield, and Steps Ahead, as well as touring pop and rock artists Cher, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Madonna, Eric Clapton and Joan Armatrading.

El Último de la Fila

The band began performing at larger and larger concert venues throughout Europe and South America including 1988's Amnesty International Human Rights Now! concerts along with other acts such as Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman, and Youssou N'Dour.

Freddy Bannister

These festivals were headlined by The Allman Brothers in 1974, Pink Floyd in 1975, The Rolling Stones and Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1976, Genesis in June 1978, Frank Zappa and Peter Gabriel in September 1978, and Led Zeppelin in 1979 (two concerts).

Gabriela Kulka

Artists she names as her closest inspirations are, firstly and undeniably - Kate Bush and Tori Amos, but also Peter Gabriel, Kurt Weill, Danny Elfman, The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, Chroma Key, Queen, ABBA, Bruce Dickinson, and Iron Maiden (whose songs she performs live) and Madonna.

Inna Zhelannaya

The song Tolko s Toboy (With You Only) was included in the Putumayo World Music compilation (featuring also Peter Gabriel, Gypsy Kings, Bob Marley, Johnny Clegg among others) which led to Farlanders’ traveling to the USA when they toured the East Coast, starting in Washington DC.

Jim Blashfield

Jim Blashfield (born September 4, 1944, Seattle, Washington) is an American filmmaker and media artist, best known for his short films such as Suspicious Circumstances and The Mid-Torso of Inez, and his music videos for musicians Talking Heads, Joni Mitchell, Nu Shooz, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Michael Jackson, Tears for Fears, "Weird Al" Yankovic and Marc Cohn.

Jimmy Maelen

Jimmy Maelen was a percussionist in the 1960s-1980s, who worked with many artists including Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Peter Gabriel, James Taylor, Dire Straits, Barry Manilow, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Madonna, Bryan Adams, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, David Bowie and John Lennon.

Karl Wallinger

In 2008, after almost 18 years in the making, the album Big Blue Ball was released, co-produced with Peter Gabriel and Stephen Hague.

Manny Elias

After parting ways with Tears for Fears in 1986, Elias has provided percussion on albums from such artists as Peter Gabriel, Peter Hammill and Julian Lennon.

Mel Gaynor

In addition to Simple Minds, he has played alongside other acts such as: Sir Elton John, Lou Reed, Tina Turner, Meat Loaf, Samson, The Associates, Orange Juice, Peter Gabriel, The Pretenders, Prljavo kazalište, Gary Moore, Jackson Browne, Little Steven, Brian May, The Nolans, Goldie, Robert Palmer and Joan Armatrading.

Michael Stribling

Stribling lists his musical influences as including The Beatles, Jan Hammer, Vangelis, Paul Winter, J.S. Bach, Igor Stravinsky, Jimi Hendrix Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Peter Gabriel and more.

Miranda Grosvenor

As "Miranda," Walton engaged in late-night telephone conversations with such stars as Billy Joel, Warren Beatty, Bob Dylan, Buck Henry, Eric Clapton, Michael Apted, Bono, Mike Nichols, Vitas Gerulaitis, Ted Kennedy, Johnny Carson, Art Garfunkel, Peter Gabriel, Robert De Niro, Rush Limbaugh, and Richard Gere, telling them that she was a blonde Tulane University student, wealthy socialite, and international model.

Nils-Udo

Perhaps the best known example of his work for the general public is the cover design for Peter Gabriel's OVO.

Pilar Homem de Melo

In 2006 Pilar traveled to Senegal where she worked on new arrangements and compositions with Habib Faye and Thio Mbaye – both musicians of Youssou N'Dour and Peter Gabriel – performing at Casino du Cap Vert in Dakar.

Shed Studios

Acting as Technical Manager Roskilly went on to work with Dunn for a series of further concerts including the Reebok Sponsored HUMAN RIGHTS NOW Harare concert with Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Chapman, Sting, Youssou N’Dour,and Peter Gabriel.

Shosholoza

The song has been recorded by a variety of artists, including Helmut Lotti, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, PJ Powers, Soweto Gospel Choir, Peter Gabriel and Drakensberg Boys' Choir, as well as being a standard of most gumboots bands.

Six of the Best

The classic quintet featuring Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford (whose birthday was on the day of the concert), Tony Banks, Steve Hackett and Phil Collins became a quartet during the period 1975-1977, helped by an invited drummer on tours (Bill Bruford (ex-Yes and ex-King Crimson) and then Chester Thompson, who became the touring drummer for the band until 1992 and in 2007).

Vocalist Peter Gabriel left Genesis following The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour in 1975 but after much debate, (Phil Collins had suggested they continue as an instrumental only band) the rest of the band decided to carry on with drummer Phil Collins assuming the additional duties of lead vocalist and frontman.

Street Fighting Years

Drummer Mel Gaynor was sidelined during the album sessions (apparently after disagreements with Trevor Horn) and was eventually demoted to session player status, with much of the drumming in the studio being performed by Manu Katché (from Peter Gabriel's band) and Stewart Copeland (ex-Police).

The Mercy Now

They formed in 2006 and have released several notable independent recordings including 2010's Ian Blurton produced Self Control, which included the song Hard Times, nominated as a finalist and receiving an honorable mention in the rock category in the International Songwriting Competition whose judges included Peter Gabriel and Tom Waits.

Under an Hour

Consisting of three instrumental tracks, the album is considered to be an experimental soundtrack along the lines of Peter Gabriel's Passion or Badly Drawn Boy's soundtrack for About a Boy.

While the Earth Sleeps

"While the Earth Sleeps" is a song written by Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez of Deep Forest and Peter Gabriel.