John Silver (musician)

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John Silver
Background information
Birth name	Jonathan Silver
Born	1950
Origin	Oxford, England
Genres	Progressive rock
Instruments	Drums
Years active	1968–1969
Associated acts	Genesis

Jonathan "John" Silver (born 1950) was the second drummer for the English rock band Genesis. He replaced Chris Stewart in the summer of 1968 and appears on their first full-length album, From Genesis to Revelation, and on the Genesis Archive 1967-75 box set. He left the band in August 1969 and was replaced by John Mayhew after leaving to study at Cornell University.^[1]

John Silver was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford, and Genesis rehearsed at his parents' house in Oxford.^[2]

Silver lives in London with his wife, Lucy, and children, Leo, Max, and Libby.^{[citation needed]} Silver worked briefly at Thames Television in London in the 1980s.^{[citation needed]}

In 1973, Anthony Phillips, Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins recorded a song dedicated to Silver, called "Silver Song".^[3] This recording and other versions of the song have been included on albums by Phillips. Silver also appears on the 1973 recording "Fantomas Opening Theme" which appears on Phillips' Archive Collection Volume II.

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