That is something I did not know, and I pride myself on being a history buff. I must look into that more. If you're right (and I have no reason to doubt you) then I guess I owe poor old Can-Utility an apology.
As for Invisible Touch, it could very well be as you say - Rutherford did go all pop with Mike + the Mechanics (though I'd argue certainly the first, and maybe even the second album in parts was quite prog in a proggy pop way) but I don't see it with Tony. He tried, failed, and decided to go back to his first love, classical. Of all the three driving the new direction, I would still say 90% at least of the blame lies with Collins. Damn him. You can't I guess say he single-handedly turned Genesis from a prog to a pop band, but if he had pursued more the path taken by Gabriel in his solo career, maybe Genesis would not have ended up going as ****e as they did towards the end.
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