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[JAZZ FUSION] While Genesis was experiencing increasingly tense relations with lead singer Peter Gabriel, drummer Phil Collins got busy with Brand X, a London-based jazz fusion band featuring sometimes-Eno bassist Percy Jones, that’d originally called him in to potentially lend vocals to their debut. The record company wasn’t keen on the results, but Collins came and went as Brand X’s drummer as the decade progressed, leaving periodically to deal with his increasingly high-profile day gig. Fusion was a hot ticket in the mid-late 1970s, fortified on this side of the pond by bands like Weather Report, and Brand X made somewhat of a splash, especially given their prog-rock connections via Genesis, Eno, Bill Bruford and the like. Six albums later, in the early 1980’s, they went on hiatus. Since then, the collective has been intermittently active, most recently having released a pair of live albums recorded over the last two years. Founding guitarist John Goodsall and bassist Jones are still at the helm, with keyboardist Chris Clark, percussionist  Scott Weinberger and drummer Kenny Grohowski supplying ample chops alongside. The Brand X sound has morphed into something funkier than how it originally came across, but there’s certainly no shame in a hot riff. They’re at the Tralf Music Hall on Friday, May 18 – this is a general admission seated show.