John Mayhew
John Mayhew was born in Ipswich, England, United Kingdom on March 27th, 1947 and is the Drummer. At the age of 61, John Mayhew biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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John Mayhew (27 March 1947 – March 26, 2009) was the third drummer for the Genesis progressive rock band Genesis.
In August 1969, he replaced former drummer John Silver.
He appears on the album Trespass, as well as the Genesis Archive 1967-75 and Genesis 1970-1975 box sets.
Phil Collins replaced him in August 1970.
Early years
Mayhew and his brother Paul, who was just ten years old, grew up in Ipswich. His parents separated, and John, who was still in his teens, went with his father. He saw little of his brother, who had remained with John's mother after this. He inherited his love of music from his mother and performed with bands in the Ipswich area, such as 'The Clique' and 'The Epics.' In the late sixties, he joined another band, 'Milton's Finger, and released a few songs, two of which (Jenny's mother / Love of my life) ended up on an acetate 7". Tony Coe, an ex-Clique and 'Epics' member who was in Geno Washington at the time, recalls him leaping out of a van in Dean Street, London, and saying he was with this new band 'Genesis' who were playing at Ronnie Scott's (upstairs) for £40. Paul Mayhew had started a hunt for him in early 2009, having not seen John for 18 years and not having nothing to do with him since the early 1970s.