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Mike Rutherford
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British pop rock musician, guitarist and songwriter
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Mike Rutherford is a British musician, songwriter, and composer born in Guildford, Surrey, England, on October 2, 1950. He is a member of the bands Genesis and Mike and the Mechanics. His musical career began in 1967, and he plays bass guitar and guitar within the rock and progressive rock genres.
Rutherford was educated at Charterhouse School and holds United Kingdom citizenship. He is associated with the record label Charisma and is represented by PRS for Music. He speaks English and has also worked in acting.
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Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist, and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Genesis in 1967. Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks are the group's two continuous members. Initially serving as Genesis's bass guitarist and backing vocalist, Rutherford also performed most of the band's rhythm guitar parts—frequently on twelve-string…
Known for
- Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) — self2025
- Genesis | The Last Domino? — Self2021
- Mike + The Mechanics | Live in Berlin 2017 — Self2017
- Neil McCormick's Needle Time with Mike Rutherford — Self2015
- Rick Wakeman on Vivaldi's Four Seasons2015
- Genesis: Together and Apart — Self2014
- Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall — Self2014
- Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day — Self (archive footage)2013
- Cachitos de hierro y cromo — Self (archive footage)2013
- The Mechanic — Self2012
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1950
Discography
- Moonshine1980
- Smallcreep’s Day1980
- Time and Time Again1980
- Working in Line1980
- Acting Very Strange1982
- Acting Very Strange1982
- Halfway There1982
- Maxine1982
- Hideaway1983
Member of
- Genesis1967–2022
- Mike + the Mechanics1985–2004
- Mike + the Mechanicssince 2010
- Anon
- Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes
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- Listeners
- 4,544
- Total plays
- 92,117
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Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950 in Guildford, Surrey) is an English musician. He is a founding member of Genesis, initially as a bassist and backup vocalist. In later incarnations of Genesis, he assumed the role of lead guitarist. He is one of only two constant members in Genesis (the other is keyboardist Tony Banks). He also fronts his own band Mike & The Mechanics. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010. <a href="https://
Key facts
- Born
- Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford , ( 1950-10-02 ) 2 October 1950 (age 75) , Chertsey , Surrey , England
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter
- Years active
- 1967–present
- Spouse
- Angie Rutherford ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 13 November 1976</span>"}]]}'>1976 )
- Genres
- Progressive rock art rock pop rock soft rock
- Instruments
- Guitar bass guitar
- Labels
- Charisma Atlantic WEA Passport (US)
- Member of
- Mike and the Mechanics
- Formerly of
- Genesis Red 7 Anon
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Rutherford
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Guildford
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Charterhouse School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Charisma
- Official website
- genesis-music.com
- Image
- GenesisO2260322 (1 of 42) (51963770280) (cropped).jpg
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- Mike Rutherford
- member of
- Mike and the Mechanics
- date of birth
- 1950-10-02
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- birth name
- Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford
- name in native language
- Mike Rutherford
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist and songwriter, best known as co-founder, lead guitarist and bassist of the rock band Genesis. He and keyboardist Tony Banks are the group's two continuous members.
Initially serving as Genesis's bass guitarist and backing vocalist, Rutherford also performed most of the band's rhythm guitar parts—frequently on twelve-string guitar—in collaboration with successive Genesis lead guitarists Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett. Following Hackett's departure from Genesis in 1977, Rutherford assumed the additional role of lead guitarist on the band's studio albums (beginning with ...And Then There Were Three... in 1978). Rutherford was one of the main Genesis songwriters throughout their career and wrote the lyrics for some of the band's biggest international hits, such as "Follow You Follow Me", "Turn It On Again", "Land of Confusion" and "Throwing It All Away". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010.
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