Genesis co-ounder Anthony Phillips swaps his guitar for keys on Gemini – Pieces For Piano. His latest collection gathers recordings made between 2022 and 2025, including a piece written for Argentine concert pianist Martha Argerich. He tells Prog about his wrist injury, his contribution to Genesis’ early sound, and his friendship with Steve Hackett, the man who replaced him.
“I get told I sound like a toff,” says Anthony Phillips. “On the road with Genesis in the 60s some guy at Leicester University called us ‘snotty-nosed bastards’ – but at Charterhouse [famed alma mater of Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks et al] we thought we were pretty neutral. We used to take the mickey out of chaps we called ‘rip-snorters.’ They were really posh.”
