#Peter gabriel in your eyes youtube series#

#Peter gabriel in your eyes youtube series#

Accompanied by a series of groundbreaking videos and the number one single 'Sledgehammer,' So became a multi-platinum hit, and Gabriel emerged as an international pop star. The record, as well as its two similarly titled successors, established Gabriel as a critically acclaimed cult artist, and with 1982's Security, he began to move into the mainstream 'Shock the Monkey' became his first Top 40 hit, paving the way for his breakthrough So in 1986. With his eponymous debut solo album in 1977, he explored dark, cerebral territory, incorporating avant-garde, electronic, and worldbeat influences into his music. He was no less ambitious as a solo artist, but he was more subtle in his methods. In this exclusive stream, you can hear the rock great perform that albumвЂ™s hit In Your Eyes. The band attracted notice mostly due to flamboyant costumes, used by Gabriel on stage, and comic, sometimes. Peter Gabriel releases a remastered, 25th anniversary edition of his classic 1986 album So today.

While attending Charterhouse school, he started the progressive rock band Genesis, which rose to prominence not only in England, but also in Italy, Belgium and Germany. As the leader of Genesis in the early '70s, Peter Gabriel helped move progressive rock to new levels of theatricality. Peter Brian Gabriel was born in Surrey, England on February, 13 1950.