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Mike Rutherford

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1950-10-02 (Age: 76)

Place of Birth

Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

Mike Rutherford

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.

Filmography (69)

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

2025
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Genesis | The Last Domino?

2021
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Mike + The Mechanics | Live in Berlin 2017

2017
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Neil McCormick's Needle Time with Mike Rutherford

2015
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Rick Wakeman on Vivaldi's Four Seasons

2015
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Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall

2014
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Genesis: Together and Apart

2014
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Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day

2013
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The Mechanic

2012
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London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music

2012
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Genesis: Behind the Music and in Their Own Words

2012
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Mike and the Mechanics - Live in Warburg 2011

2011
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Genesis | Live... Tonight

2011
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A Concert by the Lake

2010
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Prog Rock Britannia

2009