John Anthony (born 3 December 1944) is an English music producer.
He has worked with Van der Graaf Generator, Genesis, Queen, Roxy Music and Peter Hammill.
He started out in 1966 as a DJ in Windsor, Berkshire, where two years later he sang briefly with two bands: the Soul Agents, and Hogsnort Rupert and the Good Good Band.
"[4] In 1969 as an artists and repertoire (A&R) man for Mercury Records in London, Anthony was asked by Lou Reizner to produce an album by Van der Graaf Generator.
Tony Stratton Smith, the manager of Van der Graaf Generator, was so impressed with the resulting The Aerosol Grey Machine that he hired Anthony as an A&R man and staff producer at the newly formed Charisma Records.