Roger Taylor is listed as providing sleeve notes for the forthcoming Genesis resissue box set (1970 - 1975): link
Roger writes in Foxtrot (a fantastic album).
Ed: i am presuming it is our Roger, as opposed to Duran Duran's Roger.
Its a strange choice, but I learnt somewhere a while ago that Roger was in contention to be Genesis's drummer at one point a long time ago, so theres a long connection there.
Phil collins has drummed with Queen, and I THINK Roger drummed with Genesis when they played that early 90's festival together - the one that ended up being Phil Collins last gig with Genesis before he quit.
Its quite possible Roger is both a fan and friend of the band in that case.
Genesis & Queen did some gigs together in the early days. Roger is a close friend of Mike Rutherford - I'm sure there are more connections.
Anyway - can't wait for this boxset. Supper's Ready in 5.1!
Not sure why he's writing on Foxtrot... I would have thought his input would have come on Trick Of The Tail since he was asked by Phil to replace him on drums so that he can focus on vocals.
Hmmm.... Maybe Roger can go back to Brian and John and show them what Genesis has been doing to their old catalog lately, instead of focusing on one album from 1975.
Jimmy Dean wrote: Not sure why he's writing on Foxtrot... I would have thought his input would have come on Trick Of The Tail since he was asked by Phil to replace him on drums so that he can focus on vocals.
No he wasn't. Phil and Roger were contenders for the drumming role in Genesis when their drummer John Silver left in 1970. Phil auditioned, Roger didn't.
Microwave wrote: Hmmm.... Maybe Roger can go back to Brian and John and show them what Genesis has been doing to their old catalog lately, instead of focusing on one album from 1975.
Pim Derks wrote: No he wasn't. Phil and Roger were contenders for the drumming role in Genesis when their drummer John Silver left in 1970. Phil auditioned, Roger didn't.
I thought Roger was mentioned as a choice before Bruford landed the short stint. Perhaps that was just talk, nothing official.
It's not like they're expecting a lenghty essay from him... The previous boxsets had about two pages of general impressions for each album in the booklet of the bonus disc.
(And that means any Roger fanatics don't need to bother buying the individual album!)