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    Nick Mason announced as new Genesis drummer for reunion with Gabriel


    Well, no...not yet. This picture was posted from last night's book launch of Richard MacPhails' "My Book Of Genesis" in London.


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    Good one !

    Good photo too..................

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    I actually looked at my calendar.
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    I was caught then, hook line and sinker

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    Is that really Phil in the glasses? My gosh.....

    At least they are in a room together. Can't recall the last time that has happened.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DocProgger View Post
    Is that really Phil in the glasses? My gosh.....
    I believe that is Richard McPhail.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DocProgger View Post
    Is that really Phil in the glasses? My gosh.....

    At least they are in a room together. Can't recall the last time that has happened.
    Quote Originally Posted by oilersfan View Post
    I believe that is Richard McPhail.
    That is photographer Robert Ellis.
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    Ok then, didn't think that was him, but that raises the question---Where's Phil?!

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    No Phil...Nick Mason on drums. That's the whole point here. Wait...no dual drumming? No Los Endos?

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    Quote Originally Posted by progcd54 View Post
    No Phil...Nick Mason on drums. That's the whole point here. Wait...no dual drumming? No Los Endos?
    yeah, I get that was the initial joke when you first clicked on the thread. Once we knew that was a lark, its a legit question if he's the only one not in the pic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DocProgger View Post
    yeah, I get that was the initial joke when you first clicked on the thread. Once we knew that was a lark, its a legit question if he's the only one not in the pic.
    OK...good point. Maybe he's at the Alamo?

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    Well...the guy with the glasses is a great stunt double.

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    Phil is currently on a short live tour and was unable to attend.
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    Quote Originally Posted by progcd54 View Post
    Well...the guy with the glasses is a great stunt double.

    For both Phil and Richard McPhail.....

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    Nick Mason ruined Phil Collins.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Bails View Post
    I actually looked at my calendar.
    Yeah me too... But the pic is good enough to forgive the joke. Fortunately I have been conditioned to never believe Genesis reunion thread headlines, no matter how credible the OP.

    PS I would have never recognized Mason if his name had not been in the thread title. My first guess would have been Thurston Howell III.

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    Mason can't hang with Phil

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    Ironically I stayed up late last night watching an interview from a few days ago in NYC on Front And Center with Nick by David Fricke of Rolling Stone on a local channel, WNYE.
    (Short clip only) https://m.youtube.com/watch? v=JgSgCnyozAM and then just finished one from the China Exchange channel that's about a month old. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j3V5veeGRB8
    Both, especially Fricke's, we're filled with incredible insight, on a very personal level from Nick, delving into more than I already thought to have known. Intimate details about Syd, Roger & David's relationship, his future, etc.

    Anyway, I saw the picture posted just a few minutes after watching them and thought it was possible...actually brought tears to my eyes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Progatron View Post
    Phil is currently on a short live tour and was unable to attend.
    Is it definitive that Phil no longer plays drums due to the carpal tunnel issues?

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    Kinda surprised Anthony Phillips isn't there. He was certainly an important player from the era that the author is writing about.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 3LockBox View Post
    Mason can't hang with Phil
    that's an understatement!

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    A nice part of this story is that all the folks in this pic get along. I mean, isn't that a great thing? Too many bands have too many members that hate each other. I've spoken with Steve, Tony, Mike & Ant many times over the years and no one has said a cross word about the others to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DocProgger View Post
    Is that really Phil in the glasses? My gosh.....

    At least they are in a room together. Can't recall the last time that has happened.
    Quote Originally Posted by ronmac View Post
    Nick Mason ruined Phil Collins.


    Quote Originally Posted by 3LockBox View Post
    Mason can't hang with Phil
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    that's an understatement!
    Phil ruined Phil
    my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wilcox660 View Post
    A nice part of this story is that all the folks in this pic get along. I mean, isn't that a great thing? Too many bands have too many members that hate each other. I've spoken with Steve, Tony, Mike & Ant many times over the years and no one has said a cross word about the others to me.
    That Together And Apart documentary, which 'snubbed' Hackett's solo career, threw a spanner in the works a few years back- he was vocally unhappy about that. Am glad it caused no lasting problems. Indeed, relatively few rock bands have the lasting bond that most members of Genesis clearly do.

    Yes, Collins is on tour at the moment, though was in the UK. Don't doubt he would have gone if he could as he's on good terms with everyone.

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