Today (Monday, August 4th) is the 55th anniversary of Phil Collins joining Genesis.
He says he and the guitarist from his band at that time, Flaming Youth, answered an ad from a band looking for a drummer and guitarist. The auditions took place at Peter Gabriel's parent's house in Chobham, England.
Collins replaced John Mayhew, who played on their second album, 1970's Trespass, who keyboardist Tony Banks felt wasn't the right fit.
Mayhew died in 2009.
While it turned out to be the right decision for both Collins and Genesis, Collins once said he would have left Genesis for The Who.
And roughly 20 years after that conversation, Collins was given the opportunity, but declined.