Squonk (song)

Squonk (song)

Infobox Song
Name = Squonk


SorA = album
Artist = Genesis
Album = A Trick of the Tail
Released = 20 February 1976
track_no = 3
Recorded = October-November 1975
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 6:27
Writer = Tony Banks/Mike Rutherford
Composer =
Label = Charisma/Virgin (UK)
Atco (US)
Producer = David Hentschel and Genesis
Chart position =
prev = "Entangled"
prev_no = 2
next = "Mad Man Moon"
next_no = 4

"Squonk" was a song recorded by Genesis for the 1976 album "A Trick of the Tail". According to the band members, this was the song that earned Phil Collins his role as lead singer, after they heard him audition it. The song features many different sections and was a live favorite at Genesis concerts between 1976 and 1980.According to Collins, in the interviews on the DVD rerelease, this song was intended to be the closest thing Genesis ever got to Led Zeppelin, presumably due to the incredibly heavy drumming a la 'When the Levee Breaks'.
Steve Hackett in particular remembers getting an ecstatic reception when the band opened a show with this song at Madison Square Garden.Overall, this song is symptomatic of a new direction they would follow well in the 80s, the most notable departure from other earlier work being the change of Collins' drumming style from light, snare-heavy, jazz-rock to full-blooded rock. This change is mainly due to new producer David Hentschel.


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