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Ben Rogerson

“I cheat, really. I’m not a great technical player at all. Because I was always writing for myself, I could avoid the things I couldn’t play”: Tony Banks says that virtuoso technique was never his priority, but avoiding "lazy" chord progressions was

British Pop and Rock musician Tony Banks of the group Genesis performs onstage at the Poplar Creek Music Theater, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, October 2, 1982. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images).

He might frequently be cited as one of the greatest keyboard players of all time, but on a technical level, Genesis stalwart Tony Banks doesn’t rate himself as highly as you might think.

In fact, in a new interview with the LA Times, Banks suggests that part of the reason for his success was that he was able to create workarounds in his keyboard parts so that any deficiencies in his playing weren’t exposed.

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