Mike Rutherford
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
75
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-10-02 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
Mike Rutherford
Biography
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 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 the 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. In addition to his work with Genesis, Rutherford released two solo albums in the early 1980s. In 1985, he formed Mike + the Mechanics, which became a chart-topping act and significant live draw in its own right. The group earned Rutherford an Ivor Novello Award for the 1988 single "The Living Years", as well as two Grammys.
Known For
Top Gear
Sacrée Soirée
MTV Video Music Awards
Classic Albums
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Rick Wakeman on Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
Seven Ages of Rock
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert
Genesis | Songbook
Band Du Lac: A Concert By The Lake
An Audience with Elton John
Genesis | Live at Wembley Stadium
Genesis - The Way We Walk: Live in Concert
Berlin Live
London 2012 Olympic Games
Genesis: In Concert
Genesis | Come Rain or Shine
Genesis: The Video Show
Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value
Genesis | Opening Night
Prog Rock at the BBC
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
Prog Rock Britannia
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Genesis | Live: The MAMA Tour - National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham
Genesis: When in Rome 2007
Genesis | Live in London: The Lyceum Tapes May 7, 1980
A Concert by the Lake
Genesis: Invisible Touch Tour
Genesis | Live at Montreux 1987
Genesis - Genesis
Genesis - Live at Shepperton Studios
Mike + The Mechanics | Live in Berlin 2017
Genesis in Liverpool
Phil Collins: A Life Less Ordinary
VH1 Behind the Music: Genesis
Genesis | Three Sides Live
Genesis-The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (50th anniversary super deluxe edition)
From Genesis to Revelation
Genesis: Together and Apart
Genesis - Live at Belgium TV Studio, PopShop'72
Genesis | The Last Domino?
Mike + the Mechanics | Live at the House of Blues 1995
Genesis | MAMA Tour Rehearsal
Genesis: Behind the Music and in Their Own Words
Genesis | A Midsummer Night's Dance
Three Dates with Genesis
Mike + the Mechanics + Paul Carrack - Live at Shepherds Bush London
Genesis: Turning It on Again
Inside Genesis: 1975-1980
Genesis | Live in Poland
Genesis | Live in London: The Lyceum Tapes May 6, 1980
Genesis | Live in Düsseldorf
Genesis | Members Only DVD
Genesis - Live
Genesis: From the Beginning
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Genesis: Up Close and Personal
Genesis | No Admittance
The Making of the MAMA Album
Inside Genesis: The Gabriel Years 1970-1975
Genesis - Live on Midnight Special
Genesis: A History
Genesis - Live at Bataclan, Paris
Genesis - Six Hours Live 1972-1980
The Mechanic
Genesis | Live... Tonight
Genesis | ... And Then There Were Three ...
Mike and the Mechanics - Video Collection
Neil McCormick's Needle Time with Mike Rutherford
Genesis - Melody 74
Genesis - Live from Knebworth
Band Du Lac: One Night Only Live
Mike and the Mechanics - Live in Warburg 2011
