Phil Collins awaits meeting with the man who called him the antichrist

Phil Collins expects it to be "interesting" if he meets members of Oasis at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, especially given Noel Gallagher's long-standing name-calling at his expense.

The 2-year-old musician is set to be inducted into the Hall of Fame this year, alongside artists like Oasis, Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order and Wu-Tang Clan. That's why he's curious about what it would be like to meet Noel Gallagher, who has criticized him for years and called him the "antichrist."

"All the artists who will be inducted have been invited to lunch before the ceremony. It will be interesting, because I'm sure I'll run into Oasis," Collins told MOJO magazine.

Noel Gallagher has made numerous scathing comments about the former Genesis member over the years. As early as 1994, he called him "the antichrist of music" and later even jokingly said he would like to see his "severed head in a fridge."

Collins' daughter Lily, who was 18 at the time, even approached Liam Gallagher backstage at the Live Earth concert in 2007 and asked him why his brother was attacking her father so much.

"She came up to him and said, 'Why do you hate my dad?' Liam reportedly replied, 'I don't hate anyone, love,'" Collins recalled.

While he thinks Noel probably doesn't really think he's the "antichrist," Collins believes he knows what inspired the statement.

He recalled how Noel had previously said that he was scared by a Genesis performance in the 1980s, which he attended under the influence of alcohol and other substances.

"When I think about it, although Noel didn't say which song it was, I think it was 'Mama', where I sing that 'Ha-ha-ha... Oww' part, with the light shining on my face. I think that's the song that made him call me the antichrist. But I want to give him the benefit of the doubt and I believe he really doesn't think I am," Collins said.

Gallagher's name-calling continued later. In 1997, he even used a political campaign as an opportunity to joke about Collins, who was then living in Switzerland, suggesting that one reason for voting against the Conservative Party was fear that the musician might return to the UK.

In 2005, Collins responded to the criticism and described Oasis as "rude, horrible people who are not as talented as they think they are".