History Music / TonyBanks

* TheStoic: Tony is infamously unemotional when on stage, especially when in Genesis. Even during his solo career where he occasionally sang, Tony barely emoted.

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The other notable aspect of his career is that he is the only Genesis member to have failed his solo career. Phil Collins became a titan of the 80's, only second to Music/MichaelJackson in sales. Peter Gabriel similarly cast an intimidating shadow. While Mike Rutherford didn't have much success with his first two albums, he did assemble Music/MikeAndTheMechanics and remained a major figure in the 80's, even restarting the machine in the 21st century. Meanwhile, Music/SteveHackett remains a respected figure in the ProgressiveRock community and continues to release albums generating a lot of buzz. However, Banks never managed to get off the floor in spite of trying a lot of things, including synthpop.

While he never was the {{face of the band}}, he's recognized for having authored many of its more important tunes and being (along with Rutherford) its only constant member. His creative peak could be said to be the albums ''Music/ATrickOfTheTail'' and ''Music/WindAndWuthering'', where he has a majority of the writing credits and contributed large expansive pieces such as "One For The Vine" or "Mad Man Moon". In the Music/PhilCollins era, he was still recognized as a writer for "[[EpicRocking long songs]]", notably "Domino" and "Home by the Sea". While he enjoyed giving a song breathing space and certainly did so when you let him, he did recognize that being able to create a song with a few basic chords and adequate lyrics can often be enough, and contrary to what is often new fans' first instincts didn't consider the pop turn of Genesis as a negative.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Though he came from a wealthy/upper class background and met his fellow Music/{{Genesis|Band}} founders at the prestigious public school they all attended, this is an averted trope.

* ConceptAlbum: ''A Curious Feeling''.
* DeadpanSnarker
* GentlemanSnarker
* GoodIsNotNice
* HappilyMarried

* PerpetualFrowner

* TheStoic

Anthony George Banks (born 27 March 1950) is a founding member and the keyboardist of the rock band Music/{{Genesis}}. He is actually the only original member left in the band, with [[Music/MikeAndTheMechanics Mike Rutherford]] having come aboard after Banks and Music/PeterGabriel's founding of the band The Garden Wall. He appears to be responsible in large part for some of their weirder post-Peter Gabriel tunes as well as the more fancy ones.

* PopStarComposer: Banks scored the 1978 horror film ''Film/TheShout'', the 1983 Creator/FayeDunaway movie ''The Wicked Lady'' and the 1986 Creator/KevinBacon movie ''Quicksilver'' (no, not ''this'' ''ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}'', the [[SimilarlyNamedWorks one about the bike messengers]]), among others. May be somewhat subverted, as Banks has not yet achieved the fame that his Music/{{Genesis}} bandmates and fellow [[PopstarComposer Pop Star Composers]] Music/PeterGabriel and Music/PhilCollins have.
* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Though he came from a wealthy/upper class background and met his fellow Music/{{Genesis}} founders at the prestigious public school they all attended, this is an averted trope.

While he never was the {{face of the band}}, he's recognized for having authored many of its more important tunes and being with Mike Rutherford the only constant member of it. His creative peak could be said to be the albums ''Music/ATrickOfTheTail'' and ''Music/WindAndWuthering'', where he has a majority of the writing credits and contributed large expansive pieces such as "One For The Vine" or "Mad Man Moon". In the Music/PhilCollins era, he was still recognized as a writer for "[[EpicRocking long songs]]", notably "Domino" and "Home by the Sea". While he enjoyed giving a song breathing space and certainly did so when you let him, he did recognize that being able to create a song with a few basic chords and adequate lyrics can often be enough, and contrary to what is often new fans' first instincts didn't consider the pop turn of Genesis as a negative.

While he never was the {{face of the band}}, he's recognized for having authored many of its more important tunes and being with Mike Rutherford the only constant member of it. His creative peak could be said to be the albums ''Music/ATrickOfTheTail'' and ''Music/WindAndWuthering'', where he has a majority of the writing credits and contributed large expansive pieces such as "One For The Vine" or "Mad Man Moon". In the Music/PhilCollins era, he was still recognized as a writer for "[[EpicRocking long songs]]", notably "Domino" and "Home by the Sea". While he enjoyed giving a song breathing space and certainly did so when you let him, he did recognize that being able to create a song with a few basic chords and adequate lyrics can often be enough and contrary to what is often new fan's first instinct didn't consider the pop turn of Genesis as a negative.

Anthony George "Tony" Banks (born 27 March 1950) is a founding member and the keyboardist of the rock band Music/{{Genesis}}. He is actually the only original member left in the band, with [[Music/MikeAndTheMechanics Mike Rutherford]] having come aboard after Banks and Music/PeterGabriel's founding of the band The Garden Wall. He appears to be responsible in large part for some of their weirder post-Peter Gabriel tunes as well as the more fancy ones.

* PopStarComposer: Banks scored the 1983 Creator/FayeDunaway movie ''The Wicked Lady'' and the 1986 Creator/KevinBacon movie ''Quicksilver'' (no, not ''this'' ''ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}'', the [[SimilarlyNamedWorks one about the bike messengers]]), among others.
** May be somewhat subverted, as Banks has not yet achieved the fame that his Music/{{Genesis}} bandmates and fellow [[PopstarComposer Pop Star Composers]] Music/PeterGabriel and Music/PhilCollins have.

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: For his second record ''The Fugitive''.
** Also on "Big Man" from ''Bankstatement'' and "Hero for an Hour" from ''Still''. He was also the second lead vocalist on "Shepherd", a rare early (pre-Collins and Hackett) Genesis track that never received an official studio recording (a version from a BBC session has been released on multiple box sets).

While he never was the {{face of the band}}, he's recognized for having authored many of its more important tunes and being with Mike Rutherford the only constant member of it. His creative peak could be said to be the albums ''Music/ATrickOfTheTail'' and ''Wind And Wuthering'', where he has a majority of the writing credits and contributed large expansive pieces such as "One For The Vine" or "Mad Man Moon". In the Music/PhilCollins era, he was still recognized as a writer for "[[EpicRocking long songs]]", notably "Domino" and "Home by the Sea". While he enjoyed giving a song breathing space and certainly did so when you let him, he did recognize that being able to create a song with a few basic chords and adequate lyrics can often be enough and contrary to what is often new fan's first instinct didn't consider the pop turn of Genesis as a negative.

While he never was the {{face of the band}}, he's recognized for having authored many of its more important tunes and being with Mike Rutherford the only constant member of it. His creative peak could be said to be the albums ''A Trick Of The Tail'' and ''Wind And Wuthering'', where he has a majority of the writing credits and contributed large expansive pieces such as "One For The Vine" or "Mad Man Moon". In the Music/PhilCollins era, he was still recognized as a writer for "[[EpicRocking long songs]]", notably "Domino" and "Home by the Sea". While he enjoyed giving a song breathing space and certainly did so when you let him, he did recognize that being able to create a song with a few basic chords and adequate lyrics can often be enough and contrary to what is often new fan's first instinct didn't consider the pop turn of Genesis as a negative.

The other notable aspect of his career is that he is the only Genesis member to have failed his solo career. Phil Collins became a titan of the 80's, only second to Music/MichaelJackson in sales. Peter Gabriel similarly cast an intimidating shadow. Mike Rutherford, while he didn't have much success with his first two albums, he did assemble Mike And The Mechanics and remained a major figure in the 80's, even restarting the machine in the 21st century. Steve Hackett meanwhile remains a respected figure in the progrock community and continues to release albums generating a lot of buzz. Meanwhile, Banks never managed to get off the floor in spite of trying a lot of things, including synthpop.

* IAmTheBand: He never went on record saying this, but other people involved with Genesis were happy to say it on his behalf. Genesis manager Tony Smith always held that everyone in that band was replacable exept for Tony, and Music/PhilCollins has admitted nothing happened in Genesis without Tony's approval. In fact, if Music/PeterGabriel wanted to do something cheeky (like wear a dress and a fox's head, or sing over the solo in Supper's Ready) he had to go behind Tony's back, or Tony would have put a stop to it.

* PopStarComposer: Banks scored the 1983 Faye Dunaway movie ''The Wicked Lady'' and the 1986 Kevin Bacon movie ''Quicksilver'' (no, not ''this'' ''ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}'', the [[SimilarlyNamedWorks one about the bike messengers]]), among others.

** Also on "Big Man" from ''Bankstatement'' and "Hero for an Hour" from ''Still''. He was also the second lead vocalist on "Shepherd", a rare early (pre-Collins and Hackett) Genesis track that never received an official studio recording (a version from a BBC session has been released on multiple box sets)

Anthony George "Tony" Banks (born 27 March 1950) is a founding member and the keyboardist of the rock band Music/{{Genesis}}. He is actually the only original member left in the band, with MikeRutherford having come aboard after Banks and Music/PeterGabriel's founding of the band The Garden Wall. He appears to be responsible in large part for some of their weirder post-Peter Gabriel tunes as well as the more fancy ones.

While he never was the {{face of the band}}, he's recognized for having authored many of its more important tunes and being with Mike Rutherford the only constant member of it. His creative peak could be said to be the albums ''A Trick Of The Tail'' and ''Wind And Wuthering'', where he has a majority of the writing credits and contributed large expansive pieces such as "One For The Vine" or "Mad Man Moon". In the Music/PhilCollins era, he was still recognized as a writer for "[[EpicRocking long songs]]", notably "Domino" and "Home By The Sea". While he enjoyed giving a song breathing space and certainly did so when you let him, he did recognize that being able to create a song with a few basic chords and adequate lyrics can often be enough and contrary to what is often new fan's first instinct didn't consider the pop turn of Genesis as a negative.

Anthony George "Tony" Banks (born 27 March 1950) is a founding member and the keyboardist of the rock band Music/{{Genesis}}. He is actually the only original member left in the band, with MikeRutherford having come aboard after Banks and PeterGabriel's founding of the band The Garden Wall. He appears to be responsible in large part for some of their weirder post-Music/PeterGabriel tunes as well as the more fancy ones.

* IAmTheBand: He never went on record saying this, but other people involved with Genesis were happy to say it on his behalf. Genesis manager Tony Smith always held that everyone in that band was replacable exept for Tony, and PhilCollins has admitted nothing happened in Genesis without Tony's approval. In fact, if PeterGabriel wanted to do something cheeky (like wear a dress and a fox's head, or sing over the solo in Supper's Ready) he had to go behind Tony's back, or Tony would have put a stop to it.