Original lineup of Flaming Youth, from a promotional photograph.

Flaming Youth is an obscure British rock group who recorded a single album in 1969 before breaking up. Today, the band is known more as the original group of pop singer Phil Collins, who was the group’s drummer. Phil Collins on the May 1983 cover of Rolling Stone. ...

The band consisted of keyboardist Brian Chatto, guitarist Ronnie Caryl, Gordon Smith on guitar and bass, and Collins on drums. Toward the group’s end, Rod Mayall briefly joined on organ, and the group became more free-form. ^[1]

The group released a single album, Ark 2, in 1969. The album was released on the Fontana label to some critical but no commercial success. There was also a follow-up single recorded, “Man, Woman, and Child”. After a brief tour, the group dissolved. Album cover for Ark 2 by Flaming Youth. ...

Collins and Caryl both auditioned for Genesis the following year, although Caryl was not successful.^[2] Caryl continues to tour as Collins’s guitarist on his solo tour. Genesis is a British progressive rock group that was formed in 1967 when founding members Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks were still students at Charterhouse School. ...

References

• ^  Coleman, Ray. “Phil Collins: The Definitive Biography”. Simon & Schuster, 1997. London. Pgs. 54-58.

• ^  Negrin, Dave. “One Step At A Time: An Interview With Ronnie Caryl”. The World of Genesis. 5/29/05. [[3]]