Biography
Anthony George Banks (born 27 March 1950) is an English musician primarily known as the keyboardist and founding member of the rock band Genesis. Banks is also a prolific solo artist, releasing six solo studio 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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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Invisible Touch
1986
Face Value
1981
Genesis
1983
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
1974
Selling England By The Pound
1973
Abacab
1981
A Trick Of The Tail
1976
Duke
1980
Foxtrot
1972
...And Then There Were Three...
1978
Nursery Cryme
1971
Impera
2022
Wind & Wuthering
1976
We Can't Dance
1991
Three Sides Live
1982
Seconds Out
1977
Genesis Live
1973
Trespass
1970
Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk
1998
Mike + The Mechanics
1985
Phantomime
2023
Turn It On Again (The Hits)
1999
From Genesis To Revelation
1969
A Change Of Seasons
1995
Credited work
6,096 releases · 504 albums · active 1969–2026
- Performance · 22,246
- Other credits · 2,885
- Production · 414
- Engineering · 67
Studios: The Farm · Trident Studios · Island Studios · Relight Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Genesis
- Various
- Steve Hackett
- Djabe
- Phil Collins
- Ray Wilson
- Mike + The Mechanics
- Bankstatement