He spoke to BBC Radio 2's Steve Wright alongside Matthew Wright, who'll present the annual ceremony at London's Underglobe today (September 3). Asked about prog music's celebration of elaborate performance, Banks said: "When we first came on the scene we tried to do as little as possible - I continue to do that! Fortunately, some other people in the group managed to get it together. Peter Gabriel became fantastic as a performer.

"I think he realized that when he was up there he had to do something. We had quite long instrumental sections and breaks between songs, he had to have something to do. Simple things like the flower became such a visual statement for Genesis."