Tony Banks: The Maestro of Genesis | Composer & Arranger Biography

Anthony George Banks is an English musician, songwriter and film composer primarily known as the keyboardist and founding member of the rock band Genesis. Banks is also a prolific solo artist, releasing six solo albums that range through progressive rock, pop, and classical music.
Banks co-founded Genesis in 1967 while studying at Charterhouse. He was their keyboardist and one of their principal songwriters and lyricists. He became a frequent user of the Hammond T-102 organ, Mellotron, ARP Pro Soloist and Yamaha CP-70 piano. In the band's earliest years Banks would play acoustic guitar for some of the mellow and pastoral songs.
In 2010, Banks was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis. In 2011, he was included on MusicRadar's list of the 27 greatest keyboard players of all time. In 2015, he was named "Prog God" at the Progressive Music Awards.

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[diegorositto]

Who is the guy from the photo, a mix between Bill Brufford and Chick Corea?

[secretmission]

Whoever that is in the first few pics, it ain't Tony Banks!

[EHiggins]

The part about "Hashtag paragraph break hashtag" had me on the edge of my seat.

[theblackstardisciple]

Who tf is the first guy in the picture?

[ovidiulupu]

The heart of genesis!a fantastic musician!

[KCUDX]

Why can't people narrate anymore?

Frankly the content stinks of AI, too.

[UlrichRoss]

The voice sounds generated and is no pleasure for me.

[Tobias]

why the flying frick is the picture AI generated? there are many pics of tony that look great and this pic is just weird

[AlexandrodaSilvaSantos-cupb]

Este não é o Tony Banks do Genesis, é outra pessoa.

[peterhughes]

It is pretty poor that whoever made this couldn't get the picture right. Too much reliance on AI possibly

[felipekernmoreira]

Embarqued in a successful solo career? Oh boy...

[VitalMusique]

What the hell are those pictures ? And thinks like "Tony banks made a great used of the the DX7" is just not true !

[noahnas]

this is clearly made by A.I, down to the voice and everything. smash that dislike button

[andycoates]

Been listening to T. Banks since 1977 Seen every tour since then (some on multiple occasions..and why - not!) :) just a genius musician ... as many have said below ... "That aint him" ..

[gillesmatheronpro]

Do I want more ?
If it comes with this awful synthetic "voice", or whatever you can name this noise, the answer is simple : no.
Creating takes input and self investment, not typing a text so a machine takes on.
Then, what about it reading typographical signs...? I didn't see that one coming, but it's the only (hilarious) good side of this video.
One of the bad ones is having portions of text being repeated, with no justification other than filling the void with some more... void.
I love T. Banks, even for his bad sides, because he truly is a musical genius. But I hate it when someone ruins is image, with such a poor production.

[danieledaroma]

This video is half way between a joke and a social experiment....

[vitracbertrand]

Nul . Le gars qui poste cela ne connaît rien à Genesis, ni aux synthétiseur utilisé. En plus la photo est fausse. Minable.

[returnofthemash]

Prompt : make a crap video with half truths about Tony Banks using the wrong images. SUCCESS

[phoenix-wcvx]

Where's Banks! Clown who showed the wrong Banks! 😂😂😂😂

[joaocalladomusico]

I don't understand why make a video about a real musician using someone else's face.