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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]
While Rutherford's solo albums had been moderately successful, he had never managed a Top 40 hit (except in Canada, where "Maxine" from Acting Very Strange reached No. 39); Mike + the Mechanics scored three of them, including two US Top 10s, "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)", "All I Need is a Miracle" and an additional No. 32 hit with "Taken In". "
Feb 11, 2014 · The Mike Rutherford that strolls into his management’s Kensington office this December afternoon is a far cry from the 21-year-old in The Piper Club. The curtains of hair are long gone and the once boyish face is concealed behind the beard he’s been wearing, in varying degrees of wooliness, since Wind And Wuthering .
Jan 18, 2024 · The success of Mike + The Mechanics took Genesis co-founder Mike Rutherford by surprise; but, inspired by the results of the first incarnation, he built a second one and took it on the road. In 2017, around the time the Mechanics release eighth album Let Me Fly, Rutherford told Prog the story so far.
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Learn about Mike Rutherford, a founding member of Genesis and Mike + the Mechanics, and his solo projects. Find his songs, albums, reviews, and more on AllMusic.
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. With Rutherford now on a first tour since the dissolution of Genesis last year, he explains why ...
Apr 17, 2019 · The guitarist and songwriter talks about his new album Out of the Blue, which features reworked versions of his old hits with the Mechanics. He also reflects on his career with Genesis and the possibility of a reunion.
