Ray Wilson

Ray Wilson (born 8 September 1968, Dumfries, Scotland) is a Scottish musician, best known as vocalist in the grunge band Stiltskin and Genesis in 1996/97. Wilson started off in a band called Guaranteed Pure in the early 1990s. They released an album called Swing Your Bag, the title track of which was included on a compilation album on the label of Fish entitled 'The Funny Farm Project : Outpatients '93'. He then joined Stiltskin; they released on... more

Ray Wilson (born 8 September 1968, Dumfries, Scotland) is a Scottish musician, best known as vocalist in the grunge band Stiltskin and Genesis in 1996/97. Wilson started off in a band called Guaranteed Pure in the early 1990s. They released an album called Swing Your Bag, the title track of which was included on a compilation album on the label of Fish entitled 'The Funny Farm Project : Outpatients '93'. He then joined Stiltskin; they released one album and had a number one hit in the UK with the single "Inside". Wilson is probably best known as the lead singer of Genesis from 1996 to 1998, after Phil Collins officially departed in March 1996. Founding Genesis members Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford were handed a CD of the Stiltskin album The Mind's Eye from Virgin Records executives. They were very impressed with Wilson's vocal abilities and had their manager, Tony Smith, call him for an audition. Wilson was officially announced as the new lead singer of Genesis in early June, 1997.... less