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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.
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 It’s a revealing account of his life and times in Genesis, spliced with extracts from his father’s unpublished memoir about “an age of empire, of archdukes ...
Jan 18, 2024 · Mike Rutherford laughs. Quietly and stealthily, the Mechanic-in-Chief has now racked up those decades, alongside eight albums, with his ‘hobby band,’ as many dismissed it at the time.
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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.
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Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford is an English guitarist, bassist and songwriter, best known as co-founder and lead guitarist/bassist of the rock band Genesis. He and keyboardist...
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.
