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Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist and songwriter, best known as co-founder and lead guitarist/bassist of the rock band Genesis. He and keyboardist Tony Banks are the group's two continuous members. [3]
Mike and the Mechanics (stylised as Mike + The Mechanics) are an English rock supergroup formed in Dover in 1985 by Mike Rutherford, initially as a side project during a hiatus period for his other group Genesis.
Feb 11, 2014 · The polarity between Mike Rutherford’s life and that of his late father, Royal Navy Captain William Rutherford, is the thread that runs through his autobiography, The Living Years. It’s a revealing account of his life and times in Genesis, spliced with extracts from his father’s unpublished memoir about “an age of empire, of archdukes ...
May 12, 2021 · Not long before a virus took over the planet, the big buzz in music for fans of progressive rock was the announcement that the legendary bassist Mike Rutherford would be rejoining Tony Banks (keyboards) and Phil Collins (vocals) in a reformation of their old band, Genesis.
Mike Rutherford. A founding member of the long-running art rock band Genesis, Mike Rutherford also made the occasional excursion into solo projects, most notably the pop combo Mike + the Mechanics. Born October 2, 1950,…. Read Full Biography.
Apr 17, 2019 · Mike Rutherford on Reviving the Mechanics and the Future of Genesis. The guitarist talks reworking Eighties hits like "All I Need Is a Miracle" for new LP 'Out of the Blue,' and why a Genesis...
Michael RUTHERFORD was (is?) a founding member of seminal prog-rock giants GENESIS. From humble beginnings on guitar for UK schoolbands, RUTHERFORD found his niche as chief bassist and backing guitarist with GENESIS, duties he would chiefly apply from 1978 onward.
Apr 24, 2017 · Mike Rutherford, ever charming, gives the air of a man who genuinely doesn’t know what will happen next. The Mechanics had no grand plan and here they are, in their second incarnation, producing music that’s still a comfortable fit on the airwaves.
May 9, 2023 · Bassist and guitarist Mike Rutherford formed Mike + The Mechanics during a hiatus from Genesis in 1985. Initially a side-project, the success of hits such as The Living Years, All I Need Is A Miracle and Over My Shoulder made them a bona fide group.
Sep 23, 2014 · When he wasn’t on the road during the past few years, Rutherford was plugging away on his new memoir The Living Years. It tells the story of the guitarist’s (occasionally strained)...
