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Peter Gabriel

PETER GABRIEL

YEAR

2014

INDUCTED BY

Chris Martin

CATEGORY

Performers

Progressive. Exuberant. Intellectual. Peter Gabriel took us to new heights.

Peter Gabriel has taken on as many different roles post-Genesis as the theatrical roles he assumed as the band’s frontman. Whatever Gabriel does—be it writing hit songs or designing avant-garde amusement parks—he does it with style.

Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Will Hermes

There have been many Peter Gabriels:

The Prog rocker who steered the cosmos-minded genre toward Earth; the semi-new waver more focused on empathic storytelling and musical innovation than fashion or attitude; the Top Forty hitmaker ambivalent about the spotlight; the global activist whose Real World label and collaborations introduced pivotal non-Western acts to new audiences; the elder statesman inspiring a new generation of singer-songwriters.

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