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GENESIS - Squonk
Year: 1976
Album: A Trick Of The Tail [album review]
Working title: Indians
Credits: Banks, Rutherford
Lyrics: Yes
Length: 06:30
Musicians: Phil Collins, Tony Banks, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford
Played Live: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983/84 (parts of it in a medley)
mp3 downloads: iTunes
Cover versions: none
Notes: Squonk was the starting gun for post-Gabriel Genesis. It was the first song Collins sang in the studio because he simply sang it better than all the candidates the band tried out. A Led-Zeppelin-esque "heaviness" had frequently been noticed in the song. It was played live mainly in the 1970s.
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