Wednesday, August 20, 1997

Peter Banks

Peter Banks
Chipping Barnet, North London, United Kingdom
Progressive rock, rock

Peter William Brockbanks (15 July 1947 – 7 March 2013), known as Peter Banks, was a British guitarist. He was the original guitarist of the progressive rock bands The Syn, Yes, Flash, and Empire. Former Sniffin' Glue and NME journalist Danny Baker and Big George are widely reported as having called Banks "The architect of progressive music".


Two Sides of Peter Banks (1973)
Instinct (1994)
Self-Contained (1995)
Reduction (1997)

Empire (featuring Peter Banks):
Mark I (1973)
Mark II (1974)
Mark III (1979)

appeared on:
Encores, Legends and Paradox: A Tribute to ELP (1999)