Peter says in a 1980 interview that he was totally juiced on LSD,laying on his back on a blanket on the floor in a room adjacent to the room the rest of the band was rehearsing in.He felt the floor wriggling beneath him,much like the worms that he spoke of wriggling all over the boys naked body in the grass during the pouring rain,in the opening to "Suppers Ready"which is what the birds thought of the worms covering the ground AND the boy.He could hear the keyboards playing,and began scribbling the lyrics to "Carpet Crawl" it's original name,with the lyrics literally pouring from his mind onto the paper.When Tony stopped playing,Pete jumped to his feet,and presented Tony a collage of the lyrics to his playing.They then worked out the tune to the product on LLDOB.
LLDOB was the first and last effort by Genesis where Petee acted alone with the lyrics,only getting contributions when needed.
This made Rutherford and Banks unhappy.Their next effort without Peter showed that they had a point.Peter should have come back and sang,the band would have excepted him back.They were afraid they would sink without him.But his ego wouldn't let him.
If there is any band that should get together before it's too late,that's definitely Genesis.
There's just the matter of a drummer who now thinks that his weak lame music is as big as Genesis material.And he thinks Pete was a bit of a bully.And he thinks Pete's to blame.
He's wrong,and he should be at a point in his life now that he gets past it all,and get back to the original Genesis,get the boys together,and do it once for dignity.That could be the thing that puts them on top of all the great bands of that era,and of all time.
Could you imagine listening to a new Genesis CD for the first time?On my "peter meter" I'd give it a solid gold boner!