Tony Banks fans�

[Tusker]

⦠will find this interview with Alan R. Pearlman"s (ARP founder) daughter quite interesting I think.

 

 

I loved the bit where he said that one of the great things about the 2600 was that you could make a great sound and then not be able to make it again. ð Like all of us, TB is getting older. The long interview might have been taxing. I am so glad he did it.

[Joe Muscara]

Like all of us, TB is getting older. The long interview might have been taxing. I am so glad he did it.

 

They're touring again, so he must have that much left in him.

 

[wd8dky]

The almighty $$ seems to wake up the "energy" in a lot of has-been groups that were once so awesome! I saw them on the "3 Sides Live" tour and it was terrific.

[Tusker]

They are sounding great in the clip Joe posted. Three sides live (particularly the In the Cage medley) is one of my favorites also.

 

Tickets at MSG approaching $800. Yikes!

[David Emm]

I'll wait for the DVD. I paid a mere $15 to see them perform The Lamb, which is major music-lesson money well spent. They've often presented amazing video behind them as they played, not so far from Pink Floyd's. I think it might be a bit of the art school thing, but also the British nature of making the very most of everything that's at hand. Many early British films were low-budget, but they were usually polished to a high sheen. Picture seeing Peter sing "The Lamia" from inside a slowly spinning, silk-screened cloth tube OF Lamia, highlighted with UV spotlights. It dropped down and then rose at song's end. That's smart stage craft.

 

I enjoyed hearing Tony speak of the Pro Soloist, in particular. For someone who professes NOT to be a gear wonk like most of Us On Here, he sure knows how to wax fondly like an uncle holding forth about a beloved old car. One of many reasons I've remained a fan is his bravery in touring with Mellotrons. Thank God for Markus Resch and M-Tron now.

 

Tony may be doing the tour to fund more of this, as well.

 

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[SteveCoscia]

The Tony Banks interview is fun. Thanks for sharing. He is blunt. Tony bought the Pro-Soloist for all the correct reasons. Being able to push a button and get a sound must have been an epiphany. The Pro-Soloist gave Tony (and us) those early sounds that are such an integral part of the Genesis catalog. I was hoping he would have elaborated on the early Genesis albums and his synthesizer usage on each album. As a huge Tony Banks fan, his keyboard rig from 1970s through the early 80s albums was one of my major preoccupations.

 

Interesting to hear about his collaboration with Michael Rutherford - their odd time signatures resulted in great rhythm for synth solos. The ARP Quadra was a major fixture for Genesis during the late 1970s and early 80s timeframe. Then Tony's blunt remark about ARP not selling many Quadras (during ARP's dark days).

 

I smiled when Tony said he like the Sex Pistols song, Pretty Vacant (because it's also one of my favorites).