Tony Banks

The Profile

English keyboardist, songwriter and founding member of Genesis. Beyond the band, he released solo rock albums, film soundtracks, and orchestral works including Seven, Six, and Five.

Founding member and principal keyboardist of Genesis; co-writer of many Genesis songs. Solo discography includes A Curious Feeling (1979), The Fugitive (1983), Soundtracks (1986), Bankstatement (1989), Still (1991), Strictly Inc. (1995), and orchestral albums Seven (2004), Six (2012), Five (2018). Collaborated with Jack Hues (Strictly Inc.) and Fish (“Shortcut to Somewhere”).

Five reviews focus on Tony Banks’s solo career beyond Genesis. A Curious Feeling earns guarded praise for its instrumentals, while The Fugitive and Still are panned as thin pop experiments. The Wicked Lady intrigues as a synth-and-orchestra soundtrack curio. Strictly Inc. is dismissed as commercially intent but uninspired. Overall tone is reverent of his Genesis legacy yet critical of most solo output.