Mike Rutherford
Acting
Born 1950-10-02
Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
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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.
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Acting
56 credits
Top Gear
Sacrée soirée
MTV Video Music Awards
Classic Albums
Berlin Live
Seven Ages of Rock
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
London 2012 Olympic Games
Genesis - Live from Knebworth
An Audience with Elton John
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Genesis - Live
Genesis - Live at Belgium TV Studio, PopShop'72
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Genesis: The Video Show
A Concert by the Lake
Genesis - Live at Wembley Stadium
Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value
Genesis | Live in Poland
Genesis - Three Sides Live
Genesis: Total Rock Review
Genesis - Live at Bataclan, Paris
Genesis: Live at Shepperton Studios
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Genesis: Invisible Touch Tour
Genesis | Come Rain or Shine
Genesis: When in Rome 2007
Genesis | Songbook
Genesis | MAMA Tour Rehearsal
Genesis: Turning It on Again
Mike + The Mechanics | Live in Berlin 2017
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert
Inside Genesis: 1975-1980
Genesis | The Last Domino?
Genesis - Live on Midnight Special
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
Genesis | Members Only DVD
Genesis: Up Close and Personal
Genesis: A History
Genesis: In Concert
Genesis | A Midsummer Night's Dance
Genesis: Visible Touch
Genesis: From the Beginning
Genesis - The Way We Walk: Live in Concert
VH1 Behind the Music: Genesis
Genesis - Melody 74
Genesis - Six Hours Live 1972-1980
Inside Genesis: The Gabriel Years 1970-1975
Genesis | Live: The MAMA Tour - National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham
Mike + the Mechanics + Paul Carrack - Live at Shepherds Bush London
Genesis: Behind the Music and in Their Own Words
Genesis | Live in Düsseldorf
Prog Rock at the BBC
From Genesis to Revelation
Genesis | Opening Night
Genesis | No Admittance
Other credits
4 credits
Miami Vice
The Shout
Genesis Raindrops Over Hamburg
Steve Hackett – Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live in Brighton
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