Peter Gabriel

About

Singer/songwriter well known as the original lead singer of Genesis. He began a solo career in 1977. He is especially well-known for his songs "In Your Eyes" and "Solsbury Hill."

Before Fame

While he was trained in piano, he played drums in his first rock band. He helped found Genesis in 1967.

Trivia

His 1989 Passion, which was the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese film The Last Temptation of Christ, earned him his first Grammy Award.

Family Life

He married Jill Moore in 1971; after their divorce in 1987, he remarried Meabh Flynn on June 9, 2002. He has two daughters named Melanie and Anna-Marie and two sons named Isaac and Luc.

Associated With

He and Phil Collins were both original members of the band Genesis. Both later had successful solo careers.