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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]
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.
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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 It’s a revealing account of his life and times in Genesis, spliced with extracts from his father’s unpublished memoir about “an age of empire, of archdukes ...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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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.
M+TM return to the stage in 2025 for the “Looking Back - Living the Years” UK Tour. Even inside Genesis, Mike Rutherford's forte has always been his melodic songwriting.
