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Anthony was a founder member of the British Rock band Genesis. Ant was born in December 1951 in London. In 1965 Ant found himself at Charterhouse Public School. It was here that he met up with Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks. It was also at Charterhouse that the pre Genesis band Anon got together and performed at a concert playing three Rolling Stones songs. At this time there were two bands at Charterhouse The Anon and The Garden Wall. In 1967 various factions of both bands joined forces and became one band. This band was to go on to become Genesis. During a school visit former old boy Jonathan King was given a tape recorded by this new band and liking what he heard the band was invited down to London for a meeting.
 Following a series of meetings Jonathan King christened the band Genesis and offered them a recording contract. At this time the band included Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford, Anthony Phillips, Tony Banks and Chrissie Stewart who would be replaced by John Silver, who in turn would be replaced by John Mayhew. The band recorded two singles and the album From Genesis To Revelation before leaving Decca and signing with Charisma to record the Trespass album. Anthony recorded the albums From Genesis To Revelation and Trespass and also performed a great many gigs with the band before deciding to leave the band following a particularly bad bout of stage fright and also suffering a debilitating bout of bronchial pneumonia.
It was between the years 1970 and the release of his debut album The Geese And The Ghost in 1977 that many fans lost sight of Anthony Phillips. In actual fact much of the material that would make up the Geese And The Ghost and also the later Tarka album would be written during this time. During the next twenty-five years Anthony released a number of artistically satisfying albums such as Sides, Wise After The Event, 1984. Anthony's catalogue also includes a number of archive albums that feature music dating back to his time with Genesis. There is also the long running and hugely popular Private Parts And Pieces series of albums. All this in addition to Anthony's work composing music for film and television
Field Day is Anthony's latest studio album and is a double album featuring Anthony's beautiful acoustic playing. The album is sure to be popular with his large and dedicated fan base and as to be expected will also appeal to fans of the early Genesis sound as heard on Trespass. The album is however a resolutely solo album from one of rock music's most interesting composers and musician.