Did Peter Gabriel ever receive treatment in a mental hospital? The story that I have been told is that Gabriel went ‘a little mad’ during the end of his tenure with Genesis, and had to leave the band in order to recuperate mentally and/or emotionally. The song “Solsbury Hill” is ostensibly a reference to the facility from which he was released.
This story has been relayed to me by a friend of mine who swears it is the truth, although has not been able to provide me with any evidence of it, and who himself can’t remember how he came to believe this. I am very skeptical, as none of the online biographies of Gabriel or Genesis mention this, and neither does the VH1 Behind The Music episode of Genesis. I figure that if Gabriel was once even near a mental hospital, such a salacious detail would receive front and center treatment on such a tabloidesque program.
So, whats the dilly? Was Peter Gabriel ever in a mental hospital?
I don’t buy it. Peter Gabriel has it more together than anyone else in rock-‘n’-roll. He can do no wrong as far as I’m concerned.
Somebody must have gotten him mixed up with Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd.
Since you’ve cross posted this in Cafe Society as well, I’m closing this thread before Manny comes and gets all medieval on you.