Here's the thing about Phil. The man had some serious pipes. He had a 4 octave range and he excelled in any octave. He wrote brilliant songs. And his stage presence was only matched by Adolf Hitler. Seriously, watch them play Dance on a Volcano at Live Aid and then watch a video of the Nuremburg rallies. We had better thank our lucky stars Phil didn't go into politics or he would have taken over the world. But Genesis as a whole had a brilliant dynamic. It wasn't just the Phil Collins backup band. They all made huge creative contributions to what made Genesis what it is. Yes, Phil wrore Mama, No Son of Mine, and Jesus He Knows Me, but Kike wrote Heathaze, Cul-De-Sac, and Domino, Mike Rutherford wrote Land of Confusion, Eleventh Earl of Mar, and Turn it On Again, and Steve Hackett wrote Blood on the Rooftops and In That Quiet Earth. Other bands like Nirvana for instance were not like that. Nirvana was basically just the Kurt Cobain backup band. Genesis was this perfect storm of legendary talent, and Phil was the face of it all, the delicious cherry on top of an already delicious sundae. He was the ambassador that allowed the amazing talent of combo that was Genesis to be brought into our lives. He was the prism that focused the lazer beams from the brains of Tony, Mike, and Steve, and amplified them until they were powerful enough to blow our minds out through our ear holes. Yes, he was the most incredible front man who ever lived, hands down.