Tony Banks & Mike Rutherford Interview from 'A Life Less Ordinary' 

Its really rare to find these guys side by side. Good job

I had the utter privilege to spend some brief time with these guys after several concerts, back in the '70s. They were all very friendly, Phil particularly so. On one occasion I got their autographs on my camera case (the only thing I had to hand) and Phil would only sign it if if I, in turn, signed the skin of his snare drum. Imagine how that made a teen fan feel. I still have that camera case with the autographs. On another occasion, we were allowed into their dressing room after a gig, and they (apart from Peter, who sat quietly in the corner) were all very friendly and chatty. Tony, in fact, wrote out some on-the-fly sheet music for the opening chords of "Watcher Of The Skies" for my mate. They are all terrific musicians, and really great guys.

I highly recommend Phil’s book ‘Not Dead Yet’. It features in-depth accounts of some of the things talked about here as well as many other aspects of Phil’s life both in Genesis and as a solo artist. It’s also littered with Phil’s trademark humour.

Classy guys all of them... Great musos too... Phil Collins's humour was just hilarious... Read somewhere a South African Business man returning from UK was astounded to see, as the plane came in to land at Cape Town airport that it was filled with crowds & he turned to the passenger next to him saying : "Wonder who the crowd are here to greet?" to which the passenger said blandly : "me"... Low &, behold it was Mike Rutherford (not sure where the "Mechanics" were)... "You!?" replied the Business man - "Who the hell are YOU???" 😄😄😄

They are so well spoken.

Smarter (and saner) than your average rock stars for sure! I could listen to these interviews all day.

Tony is surprisingly funny! Kind memories shared affectionately of their friend's career growth. Great sharing. Thank you!!

These interviews make you realize they're human as well... I don't know why but I never thought of Phil being so nervous that his hand shaked when holding a paper. It's really cool that Mike mentions that he miss hanging out with the guys, I mean, after so many years they must have developed such a close relationship that it must be hard to be apart for so long. It happens to me with a couple of childhood friends (who happen to be bandmates of mine as well), I miss them when I don't see them for a month or so, we used to hang out a lot more before...

thanks for this!! Phil with his notes cracks me up and you can tell they are good friends and got along great with each other.

Such a nice and wonderful men...

I've seen interviews where Tony comes off as cold, aloof, and hypercritical, but here he seems like a really nice guy.

Your simply the best very handsome the world would not be the same without you

thank you both very much - i like to see my heros lively , adaptive and healthy , which i just did

Amamos o Phil sim, mas amamos muito a vocês também. Vocês fazem parte de toda vida do Phil Collins.

I love these guys so much.

Legends

The most underrated band of the 20th century. Every album with Pete is a masterpiece. By the 80's their skill allowed them to swop prog for pop and they made millions of dollars. Their old now and probably lack the energy but it would be something to hear them put together some prog songs like Selling England's. Modern technology would allow them to just send bits to each other to build on. The lineup - Mike,Phill,Steve,Pete,Tony and Ant. Whole generations have no idea of their amazing skills

9:05 finally it is properly pronounced. Sounds so much better. ;-)

keep up the good work banksian central.

Thank you for this!!! :-)

Great Post!!!

Did Steve Hackett not exist??

On the subject of Phil's voice when touring - I would have thought that the Genesis tours would have been easier than his solo tours because of some of the expanded instrumental passages in the Genesis repertoire as opposed to the succession of 4-minute songs on his solo tours. Obviously, those (short Genesis songs) lessened as the material became more 'concise' (read 'poppy'), but there was still 'Domino' and a few others. With the earlier repertoire, he was probably only singing about 50% of the night....

Every question for Mike and Tony: "Tell us about Phil!" Very interesting but I'd imagine it's getting tiring after this many decades, lolol

Girls liked early Genesis, at least the ones not brain dead did. I do remember boys being surprised I had their records so I get it.

I always felt Mike Rutherford was a bit closer to Phil than Tony. They seem to have a great chemistry.

Will this finally put to bed the Phil ruined genesis brigade??? I find it a ridiculous argument

You have fabulous musicality

Your a star in my eyes

Why don't they ever mention Steve Hackett ?

well Tony is the main reason for genesis .synths writer

Is there a software that slows down Tony's words?

8:19 interview with mr carrion crow

very honest.

I've wanted to hear interviews with just these guys because I think their individual contributions to Genesis are shamefully undermined. Aswell Mike Rutherford in my honest opinion is just as talented a songwriter as Phil or Peter.

Banks talks so fast!

as a diehard genesis fan i thought, right peters gone, but heres phil. i know you wont feel that but we as fans felt it. We thought here is the singer right here.

plus he was family

I think thats Phils working class roots that had him reading reviews. At public school I would think that part of the education is that elitist notion that what the plebians say about you doesn't matter that much. Obviously not completely but its odd that Phil takes such criticism so seriously. As he's said, its hardly his fault his music got played unendingly and that he was such a phenomenal musician that he could churn out hits. The one reason at one time I looked down on him a bit was that early genesis was certainly in large part known for their lyrics, which were just out and out almost as crazy as jon andersons. But then later Phil kind of dismisses not only the idea of lyrics in general, but their earlier lyrics in particular. So in a sense he was kind of insulting all the people who really enjoyed the music in part for that reason. I think writing a song to bring out the 'myth of salamacis' is as worthwhile as one to discuss a womans 'invisible touch'. They have two very different motivations behind them, but certainly one is more 'original' than the other. But I still dont' really get why guys who claim to get on fine can't sit down together and play together. Hell, have Phil sing "I know what I like" and have Pete play the drums, they aren't that tough on that one. Even doing it as a covid thing from different places would be cool, because it just seems odd that they always claim they get along, but can't do ONE thing together.

am I the only one who cant understand what they are saying? specially mike.

Tony! Can you speak a litle bit slower please??