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Genesis’ Tony Banks wonders if the world needs any more of his music
Keyboard icon looks back on his classical albums, recently assembled in a box set, recalls being knocked off the No. 1 spot by gardener Alan Titchmarsh – and remembers offering Peter Gabriel a new gig
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“They’d ask what I was doing while those guys were in the charts”: Tony Banks outside Genesis
Keyboardist’s solo albums may not have reached the heady heights of his bandmates’ output – but he’s had a great time making “more progressive” music with artists of his own choosing, including Fish, Toyah and Nik Kershaw
“We’d gone out on a limb”: Genesis genuinely feared that Foxtrot might fail
Barely planned, recorded in fits and starts and complete with one of King Crimson’s Mellotron, their 1972 album was, they believe, the moment they began to be taken seriously
"Genesis owes him so much." Band members pay tribute to former tour manager Richard Macphail
Former Genesis and Peter Gabriel tour manager and "sixth-member" Richard Macphail has died aged 73
Genesis studio albums to be reissued on heavyweight vinyl
All Genesis studio albums from Trespass to Calling All Stations will be reissued in August and September
“Neoclassical metal wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t heard Selling England By The Pound”: Genesis’ Tony Banks is Yngwie Malmsteen’s prog hero
Swedish guitar virtuoso hails keyboardist’s Bach-style playing (and he also has soft spots for ELP, Kansas and UK)
"I was never a show off!" - Tony Banks in The Prog Interview
Prog sat down with Genesis keyboard player Tony Banks upon the release of his classical album Five to discuss his shift into classical music and his career in general
