When Peter Gabriel left in 1975, they went on a frustrating search for a new lead singer, which ended when they settled on drummer Phil Collins, who had a theater background and could sing. Collins would sing demos for the singers they auditioned, but the singers couldn't do it any better than Collins.
Gabriel and Collins both had tremendous success as solo artists, and Rutherford did very well as leader of Mike + The Mechanics.
One of the names they considered was "Gabriel's Angels." Their manager gave them the name Genesis.
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