Phil Collins around 400 replies. After a lengthy auditioning process, during which he sang backup vocals for applicants, Collins became the band's lead vocalist during the recording of their album "A Trick of the Tail". "A Trick of the Tail" was a commercial and critical success, reaching number 3 in the UK charts and 31 in the U.S; "Rolling Stone" wrote that Genesis had managed to turn the possible catastrophe of Gabriel's departure into their first broad-based American success." For the album's 1976 tour, Collins accepted an offer from former Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford to play drums while Collins
Phil Ondich and recording original material. Phil Ondich Phil Ondich is an American musician from near Mansfield Ohio. In 1997, drummer Phil Ondich (A.K.A. Philth) was playing in American hard rock band Raging Slab. Having met Zakk Wylde several times while he was touring for his 1996 solo record Book Of Shadows, the two agreed to work together on a project Wylde had been planning. Ondich became a founding member of Wylde's Black Label Society in 1998 and played on their first two albums before exiting the band in July 2000. During his time in Black Label Society, Ondich endorsed Pearl Drums