Mike Rutherford

Also known as Michael Rutherford, Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford

British pop rock musician, guitarist and songwriter

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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…

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Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) — self2025
Genesis | The Last Domino? — Self2021
Mike + The Mechanics | Live in Berlin 2017 — Self2017
Neil McCormick's Needle Time with Mike Rutherford — Self2015
Rick Wakeman on Vivaldi's Four Seasons2015
Genesis: Together and Apart — Self2014
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall — Self

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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, lead guitarist and bassist of the rock band Genesis. He 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 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.