“It was the end of me being a cult artist at the fringes of the mainstream”: Peter Gabriel, Sledgehammer and So, and why he had to be nailed inside a barn to finish the album

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May 19, 2026

“It was the end of me being a cult artist at the fringes of the mainstream”: Peter Gabriel, Sledgehammer and So, and why he had to be nailed inside a barn to finish the album

Former Genesis frontman’s fifth solo record, released 40 years ago, doesn’t seem like a prog album at first – but look closer and it’s business as usual