Phil Collins of the cheesiest music ever committed to acetate". Erik Hedegaard of "Rolling Stone" mentioned that Phil Collins hate sites had "flourished" online, and acknowledged that he had been called "the sellout who took Peter Gabriel's Genesis, that paragon of prog-rock, and turned it into a lame-o pop act and went on to make all those supercheesy hits that really did define the 1980s". According to author Dylan Jones in his 2013 publication on 1980s popular music, many of Collins's peers "despised" him. Some fellow artists have made negative comments about Collins publicly. In 1990, former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters
Phil Collins he has also said that after a major back surgery, his doctor advised him that if he wanted to play the drums again, all he needed to do was practice as long as he took it step by step. In his 2016 autobiography "Not Dead Yet", Collins acknowledged that he had struggled with an alcohol problem following his retirement and third divorce; however, he also stated in the book that he had been sober for three years. On 8 June 2017, Collins announced he would postpone two scheduled tour stops, on the 8th and the 9th of June. According to