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Mike Rutherford
Writer, Actor, Composer, Additional Credits
Born October 2, 1950 (74 years)
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.
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
| 2014 | Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall · as Self |
| 2014 | Genesis: Together and Apart · as Self |
| 2014 | Good Morning Britain (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2013 | Cachitos de Hierro y Cromo (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Genesis | Live... Tonight · as Self |
| 2011 | Berlin Live (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 2011 | Perspectives (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Pointless Celebrities (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Prog Rock Britannia · as Self |
| 2009 | Prog Rock At The BBC · as Self |
| 2008 | Genesis: When in Rome · as Self |
| 2008 | Come Rain or Shine · as Self |
| 2008 | Front and Center (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | Genesis: The Musical Box · as Self |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Genesis:| Up Close and Personal · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2007 | 7 Ages of Rock (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Genesis: Turning It On Again · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Strat Pack · as Self |
| 2005 | Inside Genesis: The Gabriel Years 1970-1975 · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | Mike and the Mechanics: Live at Shepherds Bush Empire · as Himself - Guitar, Vocals |
| 2004 | Genesis: The Video Show · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | Inside Genesis: 1975-1980 · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2002 | Top Gear (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | The Genesis Songbook · as Self |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | The Wright Stuff (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Panelist |
| 1999 | |
| 1997 | An Audience with Elton John · as Self |
| 1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Classic Albums (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | Taratata 100% Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Genesis: I Can't Dance · as Mike Rutherford |
| 1992 | Genesis: Jesus He Knows Me · as Mike Rutherford |
| 1991 | Genesis: No Son of Mine · as Mike Rutherford |
| 1988 | Genesis: Live at Wembley Stadium · as Self |
| 1987 | Genesis: Tonight, Tonight, Tonight · as Mike Rutherford |
| 1986 | Genesis: Invisible Touch · as Mike Rutherford |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1984 | Genesis: The Mama Tour · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Genesis: Three Sides Live · as Self - Guitars, Bass |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) · as Self - Musician |
| 1977 | The Genesis Concert Movie · as Self |
| 1974 | Tiswas (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | Genesis | Live at Shepperton Studios · as Self |
| 1973 | Genesis | Live at Bataclan, Paris · as Self |
| 1972 | Pebble Mill at One (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | The Old Grey Whistle Test (TV Series) · as Self - Guitar |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self - Genesis |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |