John Silver (musician)

This article is about a musician in a British rock band. For the fictional pirate character, hero of Treasure Island novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, see Long John Silver.

Jonathan (John) Silver 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.

He lives in London with his wife, Lucy, and children, Leo, Max, and Libby.