I know Chester and can assure anyone seeing this that not only is he a great musician and drummer, he is every bit as nice, kind and considerate as he appears to be in this video. For someone of such a giant stature in the drumming world he is exceptionally humble and real. This makes it all the more wonderful to see him being interviewed here.
@@brandon1351 Ah, the obligatory dissenting voice. A cynical American, I assume? I have been an acquaintance of Chester's for 30+ years. I can confirm that I do not know you, nor would I have any interest in doing so.
@@brandon1351 Semantics. I can pick up the phone and call Chester but do I hang out with him? No, we live in different parts of the world. Not American? That's a change. Regardless, he is everything I said about him.
I always liked Chester's way of playing Genesis' songs. Very complementary to what Phil recorded and also when playing alongside Phil. A lot of what they did together shaped my own approach to playing musically on the toms and changed the way I tune them. I was lucky enough to see Chester play with Genesis twice on the Mama tour. The man is a legend and seems to be a beautiful soul. God bless him.
Great conversation with a great and gracious drummer. I saw him play with Genesis at MSG NYC in the late 70's and he was not only flawless but exciting to watch and hear. Thanks for this.
I met you, Chester, Beefheart and the rest of the Mothers crossing the street from the Holiday Inn in Baltimore. We had just met Frank inside the hotel. It was springtime 1975. We were 3 teenagers completely thrilled! Thanks for a great show that night!
What a guy and what a drummer. I instantly took to Chester when he joined Genesis. I was disappointed not to see him play in the Last Domino tour when Phil's son Nic stood in.
@@IanConnaghanduring the Going Back tour Chester struggled with the Motown material, and Phil was pretty precise with his expectations. Phil, in pain and lacking in patience, lost it a few times. I guess it was bad because it ruined their relationship.
Hard to believe a musician of his ability, diversity and experience would struggle with Motown material. Thousands of wedding band drummers make it happen every weekend, many of them executing it quite well. I heard Chester gave Phil the business about his drinking during Phil's original "retirement" and Phil was offended and that ruined their relationship. Could be a rumor. @@KLanz123
I'm in awe! Chester Thompson! That era was his best, with Napoleon, Ruth & George Duke. The 80s never held my interest generally, same with Zappa's stuff then, and Genesis too. The music sounded too cold as opposed to the 70s. On Genesis, I was more into the P. Gabriel era, and the first 2 albums when Peter left.
Top guy , have seen Chester with Genesis and with Phil on the no jacket required tour , I was really disappointed not to see him with Genesis on the last domino tour , best wishes on his future projects.
I can't imagine what my playing would have evolved into without Chester's influence. He taught me soul, groove, taste, power and musical humility. I've never wanted to meet my heroes, but I wish I could simply shake his hand and thank him. He is easily on my "Mt. Rushmore' of drumming influences.
Had the pleasure if seeing Chester alongside Phil on the Duke tour in Bradford. A phenomenal experience in such a small venue. He’s was/is a true professional.
My gateway into Genesis was Three Sides Live, and I remember seeing an ad in Circus Magazine for Pearl drums featuring Chester. Not long after that, I saw the Three Sides Live MTV concert. I've always felt Chester to be an essential part of Genesis history.
Chester, you are a drumming hero and inspiration. You were perfect on Ripples in 2007 and on Tonight, Tonight, Tonight in 1987 - both are standout highlights for me. I was then stunned by your chops and delicate touch with The Chester Thompson Trio. You have also been a complete gentleman, and an example of how to behave with class, since Phil was out of order during Going Back live… but I won’t dwell on that! I saw you live many times with Genesis, and you literally never missed a beat. Thank you so much for the joy your playing has brought me.
'Inca Roads' is such a great song. Love seeing the live version (just wish the claymation shit was not in there). LOVE the discussion of playing with Phil Collins and his brilliant drumming. Hearing Chester speak about taking the challenge of playing prog rock was surprising. He discussion of Zappa, Carlos, Phil and Steve Gadd was wonderful. 'Make the band better' works for more than just music.
Excellent interview ... great to listen to Chester ... so many stories ... over so many years ... Loved Santana's 80's output and Beyond Appearances is the one that works for me every time ... a superb album ... CMcG, Aberdeen, Scotland ... p.s. quote of the day " ... dues have been paid!" ...
A real pleasure listening to Chester Thompson. Amazing how many major artists that he has played with. He and guitarist Caleb Quaye (who he mentioned) are clearly influenced for the better by their jazz roots. Great interview.
I’ve never wanted to meet any musician I admire. I e always appreciated the relationship between musician and fan- performer and customer. Chester is one of the few I’d make the exception for. His drumming has so influenced me that it would take hours to go through. I wish him continued success and am truly sorry that he and Phil no longer speak. They were a machine.
THANK YOU! Chester has been the MOST influential Drummer in my own drumming. First what an amazing nice man. His Drumming is so musical, solid, metronomic, explosive. I cannot say enough. Thanks for doing this interview, great to see him. I could chat with him for days.
Chester is such a huge influence on me as a drummer. As much as I loved Phil's drumming, I find myself listening more to Chester's live playing. Genesis should have included Chester on Calling All Stations. Nick D'virgilio and Nir Z are great drummers, but Chester is the man! Additionally, his playing with Zappa and Weather Report was incredible! Also, he is a classy guy. He never speaks ill of other musicians.
Chester is a fabulous drummer. His drumkits with Genesis/Collins where huge and the way he had total command of the set and physically gave the impression he was on top of that kit is something I've never quiet seen before or after. Regarding Calling all stations: kind of an open door question. What would have been more interesting to discuss is how he got involved with the Genesis family again after a decade of non-association because he wasn't touring with Phil Collins either in the 90ies (Ricky Lawson was).
Chester wanted to spend time with his son, who was going through some issues stemming from constantly being away on tour between the Genesis and Collins solo tours.
An opportunity missed to ask him about the rumours that Phil Collins fell badly out with him after a concert they played together and that led to him not being hired for The last domino tour
He seems like a lovely guy. I thought at the time that Banks & Rutherford pretty much killed any chance of them being succesfull by not including Chester and Daryl Stuermer on CAS and the accompanying tour, a lot of which had to be cancelled because of poor sales.
100% agreed. Banks and Rutherford made a number of bad decisions on the way to _Calling All Stations_ . Casting Chester Thompson aside was a huge mistake.
There is no lineup that didnt have Collins or Gabriel singing that was going to be as succesful as the past. There are a lot of great moments on that long ass album and its b-sides. Nick Davis and the boys wanted Phils sound but Nick just thought you could use some gated reverb on any kit and it would suffice.
was a question about his falling out with Phil Collins ruled out in advance or were you too polite to ask? I'm sure a lot of Genesis and PC fans would like to know Chester's take
Tried to order via the UK link - 'not available'. - sold out already? Nice interview - did u hear the tracks on the album - would be nice to have talked about specific tracks etc . . . Cheers!
Phil's got to be embarrassed about lashing out at Chester in public - I reckon that's one of the reasons he doesn't consider reaching out to Chester. Phil's an incredibly talented man, his talent is one could arguably say, touched by the hand of God .. but he's got a massive ego.
Somehow Collins, Rutherford don't come actoss as graceful, specially if one considers how they treated him when they decided to part ways. Collins' drumming was unique, specially before he started to sing, Rutherford really was just a passenger in Genesis compared to Hackett; none of that compares to where this legend has been: Zappa, Weather Report, Santana... Wishing him all the best in his quest. I am a fan of Genesis, but shame on them to overlook him on the last tour: i mean ffs even Gabriel waa at the final gig.
Rutherford was a far more important individual in Genesis than Hackett. The number of songs Hackett was a major contributor to as a writer is not far into double figures.
Not so much into either Zappa, Genesis, or Thompson's style, but Chester's answers here were very interesting to me! Especially about the role of the bass in british vs american music and his view on adapting to Phil Collins' playing and character. (Kind of sad though that the interviewer wasn't nearly as interested as I was ... ? 🤔😉)
Chester, a fantastic drummer 🥁 and a class act. Stopped respecting the “three” from Genesis because of the lack of respect shown to CT. I still like PG & SH. Saw Genesis with Chester, best show at the Savoy in Times Square, small theater and I was right up front touching the stage.
@@stevenevans5106 Nope, you need to do your homework, Bozzio is the drummer on the tour and Album, Chester is only on the 2 studio cuts (200 Years Old and Cucamonga) Zappa name checks him on the muffin man at the end of the album lol
@@stevenevans5106 I don't understand the question mark? you said Bozzio came later, and I am saying no he was around from early 75 and the drummer on the Bongo Fury album, you replied with a question mark so I don't know what comes next lol
I agree, I cringed a bit at that, Chester deserves eye contact when he's speaking. Apart from that, good interview, and I hope Chester didn't take offence.
Nice interview but that’s a clickbait title and there’s so much more that could be used to title this from your convo that it’s a shame you went with clickbait.
Great interview but what a click bait title. Maybe 30 seconds on his “disappointment,” if you can call it that, about Genesis. Also, maybe at least appear more interested in what this legend had to say instead of the constant looking down and mumbling uh huh uh huh over and over? I usually like this channel but this was a rare dud. Chester is the best!
It could have been a bit better had Hackett been invited to put his stamp on it to make it a bit darker and more intense. A few great tunes on there, some OK, and the rest just bloody awful.
@@harrynewiss4630 Yes i agree, that scenario would never have happened, interestingly while Genesis released and toured CAS, Steve released the first of his Genesis revisited albums which included Chester Thomson and Chester was the Drummer on the subsequent tour! It is some of Chester's best Drumming too and he really gets his teeth into the real Genesis material, absolutely amazing band live. Genesis never managed another studio album after this and folded apart from partial reunions which were extremely poor compared to their heydays.
very nice interview, over all, let's get that out of the way.. but that last q was not the way to do it.. why are you directing a hearsay word to another drummer like that (from the same generation and very similar styles)? to me it also sounds terribly un-Bill'ish.. and you or us don't even know in which context he may have said even if he did.. and you are putting your guest in an understandably uncomfortable position.. a very bad way to ask a question I'm sorry to say
I know Chester and can assure anyone seeing this that not only is he a great musician and drummer, he is every bit as nice, kind and considerate as he appears to be in this video. For someone of such a giant stature in the drumming world he is exceptionally humble and real. This makes it all the more wonderful to see him being interviewed here.
I highly doubt you’ve even met the man let alone “know him”
I don’t know Chester, but I always enjoyed watching him play the drums. Awesome player. His interviews are great, also.
@@brandon1351 Ah, the obligatory dissenting voice. A cynical American, I assume? I have been an acquaintance of Chester's for 30+ years. I can confirm that I do not know you, nor would I have any interest in doing so.
@@MrCherryJuice going from “I know” to “an acquaintance” now… and no, I’m definitely not an American.
@@brandon1351 Semantics. I can pick up the phone and call Chester but do I hang out with him? No, we live in different parts of the world.
Not American? That's a change.
Regardless, he is everything I said about him.
We love you Chester. Humble, lovely man, superb drummer.
Such a great drummer. One of the best when it comes to working with another drummer. Zappa, Weather Report and Genesis what a resume!
He’s an official member of Genesis as far as I’m concerned. What a fantastic interview, so many interesting and thoughtful and insightful comments
I always liked Chester's way of playing Genesis' songs. Very complementary to what Phil recorded and also when playing alongside Phil. A lot of what they did together shaped my own approach to playing musically on the toms and changed the way I tune them. I was lucky enough to see Chester play with Genesis twice on the Mama tour. The man is a legend and seems to be a beautiful soul. God bless him.
Awesome interview, i love Mr. Thompson's drumming, incredible to hear the man talk about some of his experiences
Great conversation with a great and gracious drummer. I saw him play with Genesis at MSG NYC in the late 70's and he was not only flawless but exciting to watch and hear. Thanks for this.
I met you, Chester, Beefheart and the rest of the Mothers crossing the street from the Holiday Inn in Baltimore. We had just met Frank inside the hotel. It was springtime 1975. We were 3 teenagers completely thrilled! Thanks for a great show that night!
What’s new in Baltimore?
All kidding aside, that was a stellar band.
I saw his first gig with Genesis at the Rainbow and have been a fan since. I got into Zappa soon after . What a legend.
What a guy and what a drummer. I instantly took to Chester when he joined Genesis. I was disappointed not to see him play in the Last Domino tour when Phil's son Nic stood in.
I was disappointed, too. Phil shit on Chester.😮 Chester was a great asset to Genesis.
@@SueKay-rq1lrI heard that, what did
Phil do ?
@@IanConnaghanduring the Going Back tour Chester struggled with the Motown material, and Phil was pretty precise with his expectations. Phil, in pain and lacking in patience, lost it a few times. I guess it was bad because it ruined their relationship.
@@KLanz123 Banks and Rutherford weren't the only ones who failed to appreciate Chester Thompson's contributions.
Hard to believe a musician of his ability, diversity and experience would struggle with Motown material. Thousands of wedding band drummers make it happen every weekend, many of them executing it quite well. I heard Chester gave Phil the business about his drinking during Phil's original "retirement" and Phil was offended and that ruined their relationship. Could be a rumor. @@KLanz123
I'm in awe! Chester Thompson! That era was his best, with Napoleon, Ruth & George Duke. The 80s never held my interest generally, same with Zappa's stuff then, and Genesis too. The music sounded too cold as opposed to the 70s. On Genesis, I was more into the P. Gabriel era, and the first 2 albums when Peter left.
What a lovely man. Thought he would be.
That was a really good interview. You have to love Chester Thompson what a great drummer.
beautiful interview , Thank you
Top guy , have seen Chester with Genesis and with Phil on the no jacket required tour , I was really disappointed not to see him with Genesis on the last domino tour , best wishes on his future projects.
Amazing drummer and obviously a nice guy.
I can't imagine what my playing would have evolved into without Chester's influence. He taught me soul, groove, taste, power and musical humility. I've never wanted to meet my heroes, but I wish I could simply shake his hand and thank him. He is easily on my "Mt. Rushmore' of drumming influences.
He also was fantastic on "a curious feeling" the first solo album of Tony Banks big massive sound
Chester was also Steve Hackett's drummer on his Please Don't Touch album right after he left Genesis and he played live with Steve in Tokyo in 1996.
Thanks for this interview, brilliant!
Had the pleasure if seeing Chester alongside Phil on the Duke tour in Bradford. A phenomenal experience in such a small venue. He’s was/is a true professional.
Another great interview Barry. Lovely talented guy there. Thank you 👍
My gateway into Genesis was Three Sides Live, and I remember seeing an ad in Circus Magazine for Pearl drums featuring Chester. Not long after that, I saw the Three Sides Live MTV concert. I've always felt Chester to be an essential part of Genesis history.
Chester, you are a drumming hero and inspiration. You were perfect on Ripples in 2007 and on Tonight, Tonight, Tonight in 1987 - both are standout highlights for me. I was then stunned by your chops and delicate touch with The Chester Thompson Trio. You have also been a complete gentleman, and an example of how to behave with class, since Phil was out of order during Going Back live… but I won’t dwell on that! I saw you live many times with Genesis, and you literally never missed a beat. Thank you so much for the joy your playing has brought me.
Mr. Thompson takes the high road.
What a storied career Chester has had. And what a fine, class act individual. Great interview Barry !
Thanks for the interview! Chester is a monster!
Mr Thompson's Zappa insight at 9:30 was very interesting, tour with a song and then record it...this man is a living history of the era - thank you!
Baltimore's Best~ thank you, Chester Thompson ❣❣❣
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Lovely to hear from Chester, many thanks!
What a lovely bloke and of course brilliant drummer.
Always a gentleman!
Chester seems like such a lovely bumble guy
' Bumble ' ?
@@paulbrookes413 Imagine signing up for the dating app and then matching with Chester Thompson.
Very kind and wise comments on Keith Moon and Ringo Starr,...So glad to have listen /watch this episode. Thank you guys:)
true, very positive mentality
'Inca Roads' is such a great song. Love seeing the live version (just wish the claymation shit was not in there). LOVE the discussion of playing with Phil Collins and his brilliant drumming. Hearing Chester speak about taking the challenge of playing prog rock was surprising. He discussion of Zappa, Carlos, Phil and Steve Gadd was wonderful.
'Make the band better' works for more than just music.
right about the claymation. I love claymation but not when there's something important performance-wise going on.
Excellent interview ... great to listen to Chester ... so many stories ... over so many years ... Loved Santana's 80's output and Beyond Appearances is the one that works for me every time ... a superb album ... CMcG, Aberdeen, Scotland ... p.s. quote of the day " ... dues have been paid!" ...
A real pleasure listening to Chester Thompson. Amazing how many major artists that he has played with. He and guitarist Caleb Quaye (who he mentioned) are clearly influenced for the better by their jazz roots. Great interview.
Thumbs up for the re-mention of Caleb Quaey. A very accomplished musician himself and those looking for some obscure rock , check out Hookfoot !
Great interview as always! Chester is a legend!
Wow a big one! Chester Thompson, legend!
That quote from Bruford was from the late 1960's .
People forget that Chester did a tour with the Bee Gees around 1988. He's never asked about it though.
Chester is a class act. I wish Tony and Mike brought him on for Calling All Stations. Oh well. Love you, Chester.
I’ve never wanted to meet any musician I admire. I e always appreciated the relationship between musician and fan- performer and customer. Chester is one of the few I’d make the exception for. His drumming has so influenced me that it would take hours to go through.
I wish him continued success and am truly sorry that he and Phil no longer speak. They were a machine.
A lot of fans were disappointed too.
THANK YOU! Chester has been the MOST influential Drummer in my own drumming. First what an amazing nice man. His Drumming is so musical, solid, metronomic, explosive. I cannot say enough. Thanks for doing this interview, great to see him. I could chat with him for days.
Fantastic interview!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Suvh a sweet and humble man. I want to be like Mr. Chester when I grow up.
Chester is such a huge influence on me as a drummer. As much as I loved Phil's drumming, I find myself listening more to Chester's live playing. Genesis should have included Chester on Calling All Stations. Nick D'virgilio and Nir Z are great drummers, but Chester is the man! Additionally, his playing with Zappa and Weather Report was incredible! Also, he is a classy guy. He never speaks ill of other musicians.
Great to see Chester still playing!
What a shame Chester wasn't at the last domino as a drummer...
Chester is a fabulous drummer. His drumkits with Genesis/Collins where huge and the way he had total command of the set and physically gave the impression he was on top of that kit is something I've never quiet seen before or after.
Regarding Calling all stations: kind of an open door question. What would have been more interesting to discuss is how he got involved with the Genesis family again after a decade of non-association because he wasn't touring with Phil Collins either in the 90ies (Ricky Lawson was).
Chester wanted to spend time with his son, who was going through some issues stemming from constantly being away on tour between the Genesis and Collins solo tours.
@@kaveman1021 thanks, never knew that
Great question about Inca roads! Thank you.
Tony Williams once stated that Keith Moon was one of his favorite drummers bc of how freely he played
An opportunity missed to ask him about the rumours that Phil Collins fell badly out with him after a concert they played together and that led to him not being hired for The last domino tour
In another video on the internet (recent) Chester explains, he doesn't say exactly what it was, but they ask him.
I thought that it was brilliant.
Also my first ever SACD
He seems like a lovely guy. I thought at the time that Banks & Rutherford pretty much killed any chance of them being succesfull by not including Chester and Daryl Stuermer on CAS and the accompanying tour, a lot of which had to be cancelled because of poor sales.
100% agreed. Banks and Rutherford made a number of bad decisions on the way to _Calling All Stations_ . Casting Chester Thompson aside was a huge mistake.
Yeah nobody was buying into it
There is no lineup that didnt have Collins or Gabriel singing that was going to be as succesful as the past. There are a lot of great moments on that long ass album and its b-sides. Nick Davis and the boys wanted Phils sound but Nick just thought you could use some gated reverb on any kit and it would suffice.
Big mistake not letting Chester and Daryl Play on calling all stations
was a question about his falling out with Phil Collins ruled out in advance or were you too polite to ask? I'm sure a lot of Genesis and PC fans would like to know Chester's take
Encore un musicien de légende.
Tried to order via the UK link - 'not available'. - sold out already? Nice interview - did u hear the tracks on the album - would be nice to have talked about specific tracks etc . . . Cheers!
Phil's got to be embarrassed about lashing out at Chester in public - I reckon that's one of the reasons he doesn't consider reaching out to Chester. Phil's an incredibly talented man, his talent is one could arguably say, touched by the hand of God .. but he's got a massive ego.
Chester is a beast
Somehow Collins, Rutherford don't come actoss as graceful, specially if one considers how they treated him when they decided to part ways.
Collins' drumming was unique, specially before he started to sing, Rutherford really was just a passenger in Genesis compared to Hackett; none of that compares to where this legend has been:
Zappa, Weather Report, Santana...
Wishing him all the best in his quest.
I am a fan of Genesis, but shame on them to overlook him on the last tour: i mean ffs even Gabriel waa at the final gig.
i disagree about Rutherford, his writing contributions shaped that band as much as anyone else onboard. Agree about everything else you said.
Rutherford was a far more important individual in Genesis than Hackett. The number of songs Hackett was a major contributor to as a writer is not far into double figures.
Chester is awesome.
Not so much into either Zappa, Genesis, or Thompson's style, but Chester's answers here were very interesting to me!
Especially about the role of the bass in british vs american music and his view on adapting to Phil Collins' playing and character.
(Kind of sad though that the interviewer wasn't nearly as interested as I was ... ? 🤔😉)
Top notch musician!
Chesters’s Thing!
Chester, a fantastic drummer 🥁 and a class act. Stopped respecting the “three” from Genesis because of the lack of respect shown to CT. I still like PG & SH. Saw Genesis with Chester, best show at the Savoy in Times Square, small theater and I was right up front touching the stage.
I'm confused when he ways he was there for the Zappa/Beefheart tour because the drummer on that tour was Terry Bozzio not Thompson.
Bozzio came later.
@@stevenevans5106 Nope, you need to do your homework, Bozzio is the drummer on the tour and Album, Chester is only on the 2 studio cuts (200 Years Old and Cucamonga)
Zappa name checks him on the muffin man at the end of the album lol
@@HakanTunaMuzik ?
@@stevenevans5106 I don't understand the question mark? you said Bozzio came later, and I am saying no he was around from early 75 and the drummer on the Bongo Fury album, you replied with a question mark so I don't know what comes next lol
Always thought he played keys with Tower of Power 😅
That total change of direction for Genesis was a disaster.
From the thumbnail I thought Chester would say he was disappointed with CAS because that record was awful.
I’d take Stations over Invisible and Dance, though. But they should’ve included Wilson’s songs and kept a couple of others on the album as B-Sides.
I've only heard it the once and I'm impressed ! I'm very much looking forward to listening to it again !
Barry, have you listened to Bo Hansson?
No I haven't
@@classicalbum His four 70s albums are some of the finest instrumental prog albums I've ever heard! Especially Lord of the Rings!
I feel like when Phil left he took Chester and Daryl with him. I always viewed them as Phil's men
Mild-mannered Bill said that? 😂
He says a lot nice things to the interviewer.....but the title is he is "disappointed with"......
I don't think it should be as he is not dissappointed 'with' the album, but dissappointed about the circumstances that led to his exclusion from it
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Good stuff....but i wish the interviewer would stop looking at his notes so much.
I agree, I cringed a bit at that, Chester deserves eye contact when he's speaking. Apart from that, good interview, and I hope Chester didn't take offence.
Nice interview but that’s a clickbait title and there’s so much more that could be used to title this from your convo that it’s a shame you went with clickbait.
Great interview but what a click bait title. Maybe 30 seconds on his “disappointment,” if you can call it that, about Genesis. Also, maybe at least appear more interested in what this legend had to say instead of the constant looking down and mumbling uh huh uh huh over and over? I usually like this channel but this was a rare dud. Chester is the best!
I played in a band . it's very tiring
I do like Calling All Stations, but it should have been Chester’s gig. The guy they hired sounds like he’s a Phil imitator.
Well, that can't be bad !
Nir is a great studio guy, the Phil imitation was most likely an executive direction.
Chester was fortunate to dodge Calling All Stations in my view. A very weak record.
I've only heard it once and I think it's decent - I'm looking forward to listening to it again !
It could have been a bit better had Hackett been invited to put his stamp on it to make it a bit darker and more intense. A few great tunes on there, some OK, and the rest just bloody awful.
Steve wouldn't have entertained it unless he had a major input, he's year's ahead of the others.
@@stuartwaby3081 yep a bit of a fantasy that I'm afraid
@@harrynewiss4630 Yes i agree, that scenario would never have happened, interestingly while Genesis released and toured CAS, Steve released the first of his Genesis revisited albums which included Chester Thomson and Chester was the Drummer on the subsequent tour! It is some of Chester's best Drumming too and he really gets his teeth into the real Genesis material, absolutely amazing band live. Genesis never managed another studio album after this and folded apart from partial reunions which were extremely poor compared to their heydays.
The plandemic Chester
very nice interview, over all, let's get that out of the way.. but that last q was not the way to do it.. why are you directing a hearsay word to another drummer like that (from the same generation and very similar styles)? to me it also sounds terribly un-Bill'ish.. and you or us don't even know in which context he may have said even if he did.. and you are putting your guest in an understandably uncomfortable position.. a very bad way to ask a question I'm sorry to say
Great interview! Nice to hear some kind words about Captain Beefheart. Chester is an amazing drummer!