Peter Gabriel's third self-titled album in 1980 was a milestone in the field of recording technology. For example, hollow reverberating acoustic drums were cut off for the first time with a so-called noise gate effect, a sound that drummer Phil Collins later used in his In The Air Tonight. The mix of electronic sounds, a pounding, ritual drum sound (no cymbal is used on the entire album) and alienating
… lyrics create an almost eerie atmosphere, which is especially well expressed in the single Games Without Frontiers. Biko, one of Gabriel's most famous songs, sings and mourns the death of South African activist Steven Biko during a police interrogation. It inspired Little Steven to the Artists Against Apartheid project.more
