1. Introduction
1985 - the \"Live Aid\" -concert at Wembley stadium; a small man with not much hair is sitting in front of the grand piano. He is introducing his new single \"Against all odds\". 70,000 people in front of the stage and two billion in front of their TV sets listen closely and then suddenly jerk upright in surprise. A wrong note rolls through the stadium and back! A wrong note from Mr. Phil Collins, the man who is supposed to earn several million pounds a year by selling millions of his albums? Is it him, who is the lead vocalist of Genesis, one of the most successful bands in the history of rock? Can it be him, who is amongst his colleagues, respected for his unmistakable style of playing the drums? |