Mike Rutherford

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Born: October 2, 1950
From: Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

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.

Works

69 films

Genesis - Live from Knebworth

1992

Genesis - Live at Belgium TV Studio, PopShop'72

19727.2

Genesis: From the Beginning

1986

London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music

20126.9

Genesis - Live

1973

Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value

19997.0

A Concert by the Lake

20106.2

Genesis | Live in Poland

1998

An Audience with Elton John

19979.0

Genesis - Three Sides Live

19818.4

Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall

20146.5

Genesis | MAMA Tour Rehearsal

1983

Inside Genesis: 1975-1980

20048.0

Genesis | Come Rain or Shine

20089.0

Genesis - Live on Midnight Special

1973

Mike + The Mechanics | Live in Berlin 2017

20177.2

Genesis: Turning It on Again

20079.0

Genesis - Live at Bataclan, Paris

19738.6

Genesis | Live in Düsseldorf

20074.8

Genesis: A History

1991

Genesis | Members Only DVD

2008

The Strat Pack: Live in Concert

20058.0

Genesis: When in Rome 2007

20088.0

Genesis | A Midsummer Night's Dance

1992

Genesis - Live at Wembley Stadium

19898.6

Genesis: Live at Shepperton Studios

19736.9

Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day

2013

Genesis - Melody 74

19746.5

Prog Rock Britannia

20097.6

Genesis: Total Rock Review

2006

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)

2025

Genesis Raindrops Over Hamburg

2007

From Genesis to Revelation

19989.0

Genesis: Up Close and Personal

20078.0

Genesis: Invisible Touch Tour

19889.5

Genesis - The Way We Walk: Live in Concert

19937.9

Genesis - Six Hours Live 1972-1980

20007.0

Inside Genesis: The Gabriel Years 1970-1975

20054.5

Genesis: The Video Show

20058.6

Prog Rock at the BBC

20098.2

Genesis | Live... Tonight

2011

Genesis: Behind the Music and in Their Own Words

2012

Genesis | ... And Then There Were Three ...

1978

Genesis: In Concert

19776.8

Genesis | No Admittance

1992

Genesis | The Last Domino?

20216.6

Genesis: Visible Touch

19877.0

VH1 Behind the Music: Genesis

1999

Genesis | Live: The MAMA Tour - National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham

19847.8

Genesis | Opening Night

1992

Mike + the Mechanics + Paul Carrack - Live at Shepherds Bush London

20056.4

Band Du Lac: A Concert By The Lake

2006

Genesis: Together and Apart

20146.7

Genesis in Liverpool

1980

Genesis - Live in London: The Lyceum Tapes May 6, 1980

19807.0

The Making of the MAMA Album

1984

The Mechanic

2012

Phil Collins: A Life Less Ordinary

20029.0

Mike and the Mechanics - Live in Warburg 2011

2011

Genesis - Live in London: The Lyceum Tapes May 7, 1980

1980

Band Du Lac: One Night Only Live

20068.0

Genesis | Live at Montreux 1987

1987

Genesis | Songbook

20017.8

Rick Wakeman on Vivaldi's Four Seasons

2015

Mike and the Mechanics - Video Collection

2007

Mike + the Mechanics | Live at the House of Blues 1995

1995

Genesis: Selling England by the Pound

1973

Three Dates with Genesis

1978

Neil McCormick's Needle Time with Mike Rutherford

2015