Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He is known primarily for both his solo career and his eight-year run as the founder and lead vocalist of Genesis. A winner of multiple major awards, he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis and as a solo artist. While attending Charterhouse School in Surrey, Gabriel was a member of the band Garden Wall, which merged into Genesis in 1967. Beginning with From Genesis to Revelation (1969), Gabriel acted as their lead vocalist and principal lyricist, and several of the albums released during his tenure, such as Nursery Cryme (1971), Foxtrot (1972) and Selling England by the Pound (1973), are considered progressive rock classics. Known for his theatrical performances and stage costumes, Gabriel's relations with his bandmates became strained around the release of the concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in 1974, and Gabriel left the band in 1975 following a world tour to support the album. He was replaced by drummer Phil Collins. Gabriel took a brief musical hiatus before launching a successful solo career with four self-titled studio...
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Vinyl
Bands
6 groups from MusicBrainz
- 1965–1967Garden Wall — lead vocals, original
- 1967–1975★Genesis — flute, lead vocals, oboe, original, percussion
- 1991–1991Peace Choir — original
- 1991–1995Big Blue Ball
- —The Conspirators
- —The Spoken Word — drums (drum set)
Discography
348 releases from MusicBrainz · ★ 5 in my collection
Albums (19)
- 1977Peter Gabriel — Car
- 1978Peter Gabriel — Scratch
- 1979Games Without Words
- 1980Peter Gabriel — Melt
- 1982Peter Gabriel — Security
- 1986★So
- 1989Passion – Early Reference
- 1991From Genesis To…
- 1992Us
- 1993Union
- 1996Stonybrook
- 1998Rare Masters
- 2001Die Nixe · The Mermaid
- 2002Up
- 2010Scratch My Back
- 2011New Blood
- 2021The Late Show – New York Broadcast 1978
- 2023i/o
- —The Moon and the Water
EPs (2)
- 1980I Don’t Remember
- 1991Mercy Street
Singles (123)
- 1977Modern Love
- 1977Solsbury Hill
- 1978D.I.Y.
- 1980Biko
- 1980Games Without Frontiers
- 1980No Self Control
- 1982I Have the Touch
- 1982Shock the Monkey
- 1983Milgram’s 37
- 1984Walk Through the Fire
- 1986Big Time
- 1986Don’t Give Up
- 1986In Your Eyes
- 1986Red Rain
- 1986Sledgehammer
- 1989Shakin’ the Tree
- 1992Digging in the Dirt
- 1992Steam
- 1993Blood of Eden
- 1993Kiss That Frog
- 1993Secret World
- 1994Lovetown
- 1996While the Earth Sleeps
- 2000Qui Sait ?
- 2002More Than This
- 2002The Barry Williams Show
- 2003Burn You Up, Burn You Down
- 2003Growing Up
- 2008★Down to Earth
- 2010Come Talk to Me / Flume
- 2010Open Your Eyes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- 2010The Book of Love / Not One of Us
- 2010The Book of Love / Washing of the Water
- 2013Courage
- 2016A.I.
- 2016I’m Amazing
- 2016The Veil
- 2019This Is Party Man
- 2022Here It Is
- 2022Shock the Monkey (Earth Day version)
- 2023And Still (Bright‐Side mix)
- 2023And Still (Dark-Side mix)
- 2023And Still (no strings attached)
- 2023Don’t Break This Rhythm (full version)
- 2023Four Kinds of Horses (Bright‐Side mix)
- 2023Four Kinds of Horses (Dark‐Side mix)
- 2023Four Kinds of Horses (post band version)
- 2023i/o (Bright‐Side mix)
- 2023i/o (Dark‐Side mix)
- 2023i/o (post band version)
- 2023Live and Let Live (Bright‐Side mix)
- 2023Live and Let Live (Dark‐Side mix)
- 2023Live and Let Live (stripped down version)
- 2023Love Can Heal (Bright‐Side mix)
- 2023Love Can Heal (Dark‐Side mix)
- 2023Love Can Heal (Halfway House mix)
- 2023Love Can Heal (post band version)
- 2023Olive Tree (band session)
- 2023Olive Tree (Bright‐Side mix)
- 2023Olive Tree (Dark‐Side mix)
- 2023Panopticom (Bright Side mix)
- 2023Panopticom (Dark Side mix)
- 2023Panopticom (original band tracking session 24/09/2021)
- 2023Playing for Time (Bright‐Side mix)
- 2023Playing for Time (Dark‐Side mix)
- 2023Playing for Time (up tempo time)
- 2023Road to Joy (Bright‐Side mix)
- 2023Road to Joy (Dark‐Side mix)
- 2023Road to Joy (post band version)
- 2023So Much (Bright‐Side mix)
- 2023So Much (Dark‐Side mix)
- 2023So Much (guitar version)
- 2023The Court (Bright‐Side mix)
- 2023The Court (Dark‐Side mix)
- 2023The Court (pre band demo)
- 2023This Is Home (Bright-Side mix)
- 2023This Is Home (Dark‐Side mix)
- 2023This Is Home (post band version)
- 2024Blood of Eden (Campfire)
- 2024Blood of Eden (piano version)
- 2024Blood of Eden (Tears mix 2)
- 2024Blood of Eden (Tears mix)
- 2024Digging in the Dirt
- 2024Kiss That Frog (Funky Frog)
- 2024Make Tomorrow
- 2024Mercy Street (piano version)
- 2024Party Man
- 2025Biko (Wellow School version)
- 2025Burn You Up, Burn You Down (Up album promo version)
- 2025Digging in the Dirt (Long Busk instrumental)
- 2025Don’t Give Up (early multi-track version)
- 2025Growing Up (Full Moon Club instrumental)
- 2025I Don’t Remember
- 2025Mercy Street (Bandcamp instrumental)
- 2025More Than This (Full Moon Club version)
- 2025Of These, Hope
- 2025Sky Blue (Mood mix)
- 2025Sky Blue (post band version)
- 2025Sky Blue (Vibe mix)
- 2025The Tree That Went Up
- 2026A Hard Lesson (Bright‐Side Mix)
- 2026A Hard Lesson (Dark‐Side mix)
- 2026A Hard Lesson (RE Industrial mix)
- 2026Been Undone (Bright‐Side mix)
- 2026Been Undone (Dark‐Side mix)
- 2026Been Undone (Full Moon version)
- 2026Beyond the Brilliant Haze
- 2026I Belong to the Sky (Bandcamp version)
- 2026I Belong to the Sky (Bright‐Side mix)
- 2026I Belong to the Sky (Dark‐Side mix)
- 2026One by One (Bright-Side mix)
- 2026Put the Bucket Down (Bright‐Side mix)
- 2026Put the Bucket Down (Dark‐Side mix)
- 2026Put the Bucket Down (work in progress version)
- 2026Till Your Mind Is Shining (Bandcamp version)
- 2026Till Your Mind Is Shining (Bright‐Side mix)
- 2026Till Your Mind Is Shining (Dark‐Side mix)
- 2026What Lies Ahead (Bandcamp version)
- 2026What Lies Ahead (Bright‐Side mix)
- 2026What Lies Ahead (Dark‐Side mix)
- 2026Won’t Stand Down (Bright‐Side mix)
- 2026Won’t Stand Down (Dark‐Side Mix)
- 2026Won’t Stand Down (piano version)
More: singles, compilations, live & other releases
Lives (133)
- 1983I Don’t Remember
- 1983Plays Live
- 19871987‐09‐18: No Self Control: Verona, Italy
- 19891977‐04‐09: Live USA: The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 1990On the Air
- 1990Point of View
- 1991Book of Memories
- 1991I Know What I Like
- 1991Live in Cleveland 1977
- 1991On the Air
- 1992Lay Your Hands on Me
- 1992Mercy Street USA Live 86–87
- 1992So Alive
- 1993Live at Rosemont Horizon
- 1994Secret World Live
- 1994SW Live
- 1994SW Live EP
- 1996A Whiter Shade of Pale
- 1998I Know What I Like — 1983‐01‐28: Guildford Civic Hall, Guildford, England, UK
- 20022002‐10‐24: Maison de La Radio, Paris, France
- 2002Warming Up
- 2002Warms Up in Paris
- 20032003‐11‐21: Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK — bootleg
- 2003Growing Up Live
- 2003Shock the Rhythm
- 2003Summer 2003: 06.07.03 Mountain View, CA
- 2003Summer 2003: 06.11.03 Dallas, TX
- 2003Summer 2003: 06.14.03 West Palm Beach, FL
- 2003Summer 2003: 06.16.03 Atlanta, GA
- 2003Summer 2003: 06.21.03 Camden, NJ
- 2003Summer 2003: 06.26.03 Milwaukee, WI
- 2003Summer 2003: 06.29.03 Clarkston, MI
- 2003Summer 2003: 07.01.03 Columbus, OH
- 2003Summer 2003: 07.04.03 Toronto, ON
- 2003Summer 2003: 07.05.03 London, ON
- 2003Summer 2003: 07.06.03 Montréal, QC
- 2004Still Growing Up Live 2004: 01.05.04 Ischgl
- 2004Still Growing Up Live 2004: 05.05.04 Dortmund
- 2004Still Growing Up Live 2004: 05.06.04 Glasgow
- 2004Still Growing Up Live 2004: 06.05.04 Rotterdam
- 2004Still Growing Up Live 2004: 07.06.04 London
- 2004Still Growing Up Live 2004: 07.07.04 Naples
- 2004Still Growing Up Live 2004: 08.05.04 Berlin
- 2004Still Growing Up Live 2004: 08.07.04 Rome
- 2004Still Growing Up Live 2004: 14.05.04 Vienna
- 2004Still Growing Up Live 2004: 18.06.04 Athens — Rock Wave Festival
- 2004Still Growing Up Live 2004: 19.07.04 Lucca
- 2004Still Growing Up Live 2004: 23.05.04 Karlsruhe
- 2004Still Growing Up Live 2004: 23.07.04 Nimes
- 2004Still Growing Up Live 2004: 25.07.04 Kaiserslautern
- 2004Still Growing Up Live 2004: 26.05.04 Brussels
- 2004Still Growing Up Live 2004: 27.05.04 Paris
- 2005Still Growing Up: Live & Unwrapped
- 2007The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 02/07/07 Brescia · Italy
- 2007The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 05/07/07 Arezzo · Italy
- 2007The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 08/07/07 Locarno · Switzerland
- 2007The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 11/08/07 Skanderbord · Denmark
- 2007The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 14/06/07 Gelsenkirchen · Germany
- 2007The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 20/06/07 Eden Project · England
- 2007The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 22/06/07 Dublin · Ireland
- 2007The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 23/06/07 Hyde Park · England
- 2007The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 24/07/07 Monaco · France
- 2007The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 26/06/07 Hannover · Germany
- 2007The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 27/07/07 WOMAD · England
- 2007The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 29/06/07 Amsterdam · Netherlands
- 2007The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 30/06/07 Leuven · Belgium
- 2009Live 2009: 18·03·09 Caracas, Venezuela
- 2009Live 2009: 22·03·09 Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2009Live 2009: 24·03·09 Santiago, Chile
- 2009Live 2009: 31·03·09 Monterrey, Mexico
- 2010New Blood at the London O2 — 2010‐03‐27: O2 Arena, London, UK
- 2011New Blood: Live in London
- 2012Back to Front 2012: 09.16.12 Quebec City, QC
- 2012Back to Front 2012: 09.18.12 Montreal, QC
- 2012Back to Front 2012: 09.21.12 Philadelphia, PA
- 2012Back to Front 2012: 09.23.12 Wantagh, New York
- 2012Back to Front 2012: 09.24.12 Boston, MA
- 2012Back to Front 2012: 09.30.12 Denver, Colorado
- 2012Live Blood
- 2012Live in Athens 1987
- 2013Back to Front 2013: 03.10.13 Vienna, Austria
- 2013Back to Front 2013: 08.10.13 Geneva, Switzerland
- 2013Back to Front 2013: 10.10.13 Prague, Czech Republic
- 2013Back to Front 2013: 11.10.13 Leipzig, Germany
- 2013Back to Front 2013: 13.10.13 Stuttgart, Germany
- 2013Back to Front 2013: 15.10.13 Paris, France
- 2013Back to Front 2013: 16.10.13 Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2013Back to Front 2013: 19.10.13 Berlin, Germany
- 2014Back to Front – London, UK 03.12.14 (Encore)
- 2014Back to Front 2014: 02.05.14 Cologne, Germany
- 2014Back to Front 2014: 06.05.14 Budapest, Hungary
- 2014Back to Front 2014: 17.05.14 Riga Latvia
- 2014Back to Front 2014: 25.05.14 Berlin, Germany
- 2014Back to Front 2014: 30.04.14 Munich, Germany
- 2014Back to Front EP
- 2014Back to Front Winter 2014: 04.12.14 Newcastle, UK
- 2014Back to Front Winter 2014: 08.12.14 Aberdeen, UK
- 2014Back to Front Winter 2014: 12.11.14 Brussels, Belgium
- 2014Back to Front Winter 2014: 23.11.14 Graz, Austria
- 2014Back to Front Winter 2014: 30.11.14 Sheffield, UK
- 2014Back to Front: Live in London
- 20181986‐11‐07: Rochester Community War Memorial, Rochester, NY, USA
- 2020FM Broadcast August 1994
- 2020In Concert: Live American Broadcast ’77
- 2020No Memories
- 2023Human Rights Now 1988
- 2023More Than This (live)
- 2024In the Big Room — Lunatics in the Big Room
- 2025Live at WOMAD 1982
- 2025Secret Santiago (Chile broadcast 1993)
- 2025Taking the Pulse
- 2025WOMAD Festival 2007
- —1977‐03‐15: Broken Eyes and Contact Lenses: Music Hall, Cleveland, OH, USA
- —1978‐08‐25: A New Perspective: University Great Hall, Lancaster, UK
- —1979‐08‐26: Reading Festival, Reading, England, UK
- —1982‐07‐16 & 18: The First WOMAD Festival: Shepton Mallet, UK
- —1982‐12‐18: Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, USA
- —1987 World Tour
- —1987‐06‐12: Palasport, Bologna, Italy — “Bologna It’s in Your Eyes”
- —1987‐07‐21: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- —1987‐07‐27: Blossom Music Amphitheater, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA
- —1993‐06‐26: Skydome, Toronto, ON, Canada
- —1994‐06‐26: Glastonbury, Pilton, Somerset, UK
- —2001‐07‐29: Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA, USA
- —2002‐10‐24: Live at Studio 104: Studio 104, Maison de la radio, Paris, France
- —2002‐11‐25: Fleet Center, Boston, MA, USA
- —2002‐12‐05: Maison Radio Studio 104
- —Come Talk to Me Live
- —Live – Quebec City 30
- —Live at The Spectrum
- —★On Stage
- —Pavillion of Memories
- —Rockpalast 1978
Soundtracks (5)
- 1985Birdy: Music From the Film
- 1989Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ
- 2000OVO
- 2002Long Walk Home: Music From the Rabbit‐Proof Fence
- 2023Undercurrents
Compilations (37)
- 1982Peter Gabriel — Car / Scratch
- 1987CV
- 1990Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats
- 1992Before Us: A Brief History
- 1992Gold
- 1992★Revisited
- 1995The Greatest Hits 1977–1995
- 1996Real World Notes CD-EXTRA #2
- 1997Post Script
- 1997Sound Fruit
- 1997Studio Outtakes / Live Recordings
- 1998Lost Souls
- 2001Solid Gold Collection
- 2003Hit
- 2003RARE: A Rare Tracks CD Collection
- 2004I\O From Secret World
- 2004Play: The Videos
- 2006Trilogy: Rarities 1976–1987
- 2007Mail on Sunday
- 2007Peter Gabriel — The Mail on Sunday
- 2008★Greatest Hits
- 2009Assorted Rare Treats (B‐Sides & Rare Tracks)
- 2009The Rest Is Up to You
- 2011Half Blood
- 2013And I’ll Scratch Yours
- 2013Scratch My Back / And I’ll Scratch Yours
- 2019Flotsam and Jetsam
- 2019Rated PG
- 2024Real World Notes
- —Best 2002–2003
- —Jetsam & Flotsam (·The Rest·)
- —Remixes & Soundtracks
- —Remixes, Rarities & ‘B’ Sides
- —The Engelspost Remixes
- —Ultra Rare Traxx 2
- —Ultra Rare Traxx 3
- —Ultra Rare Traxx, Volume 1
Remixs (4)
- 1994Us – Remix
- 1997While the Earth Sleeps
- 2011Full Stretch
- 2025Tower (remix)
Demos (22)
- 2024Blood of Eden (Kiss the Bliss)
- 2024Early Ideas From Down the Dolce Vita
- 2024Excuse Me (demo)
- 2024Family Snapshot (early incarnation)
- 2024Firebird (demo)
- 2024Funny Man (demo)
- 2024Games Without Frontiers (early incarnation)
- 2024Get the Guns (demo)
- 2024Howling at the Moon (demo)
- 2024In the Neighborhood
- 2024No More Mickey (demo)
- 2024Not One of Us (early incarnation)
- 2024Secret World (piano mix)
- 2024This Is the Road
- 2024You Never Know (demo)
- 2025Don’t Give Up (demo reel edits)
- 2025Don’t Give Up (Kate’s mix)
- 2025I Go Swimming (studio rough mix)
- 2025Mercy Street Experiments
- 2025Shock the Monkey (alternative vocal ideas)
- 2025Shock the Monkey (early demo)
- 2025Who Do You Serve? (demo)
Others (3)
- 1993The Peter Gabriel Interview
- 1996evɘ
- —Before the Flood
Related artists
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Collaborations (3)
- 1985–1985Artists United Against Apartheid
- 1993–1993Peace Together
- The Amnesty Allstars
Supporting musicians (1)
- 1982–1982★Genesis