Birthday: 1950-10-02
Place of Birth: Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
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.
Genesis – The Last Domino? follows Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford and their crew as th...
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"When in Rome" is a live DVD by the legendary British rock band Genesis, capturing their performance...
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This Video Show DVD traces the band's history during the height of their popularity with Phil Collin...
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Genesis Live - The Mama Tour is a 1985 home video featuring footage from a Genesis concert in Februa...
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Genesis In Concert, filmed in 1976 during the band's tour supporting the album A Trick Of The Tail, ...
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Recorded live at Shepperton Studios, Borehamwood, UK, on October 30 & 31, 1973 The tracks: 1. Openin...
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This DVD captures the band's performance in Poland in 1998 during the Calling All Stations tour. Liv...
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A live performances from the We Can't Dance tour filmed on 8 November, 1992 at the Earls Court Exhib...
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When Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford joined forces in the late sixties, their intentio...
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Three Sides Live is a 1981 concert film of the Abacab tour by British rock band Genesis. It tied in ...
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Genesis live at the "We can't dance" tour, Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire, UK, 2nd August 1992. Track...
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On June 27th 2007, Genesis was playing a sold out show on their "Turn it on again"-Tour at Düsseldor...
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Fatherhood has proved a great subject for a variety of artists - some celebratory, some conflicted, ...
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Invisible Touch Tour is a live video by the English rock band Genesis, released in 1988 on Virgin Mu...
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A rare and welcome insight into Phil Collins' prodigious musical talent and the fascinating story of...
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Filmed on September 7, 2004 at Shepherd's Bush in London, Mike + the Mechanics take the stage with a...
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Genesis concert at Knebworth performed on August 2, 1992 with an attendance of 90,000 people. Inclu...
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Genesis performed on The Midnight Special January 25, 1974...
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Documentary covering three gigs during Genesis' 1978 'And Then There Were Three...' tour....
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Filmed at the Historic Wintershall Estate in Surrey, England, this concert brings togetzer a group o...
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Genesis - Two Night Stand - First Night - 6th May 1980 - Lyceum Ballroom, London, England. Tracks a...
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Granada Television (UK) documentary, following Genesis on their 1980 Duke tour....
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The production of Genesis's eponymous 1983 studio album is captured by Phil Collins on his video cam...
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Two nights (May 6th and 7th, 1980) capturing the band with a foot between two worlds — their prog ro...
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Recording of the first half of the Mama tour's setlist from a rehearsal tape. The location and perso...
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A feature-length documentary about one of the most successful British bands in rock music. The film ...
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Highlights of a May 1987 set in Montreux, Switzerland....
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Feature-length documentary that goes behind-the-scenes and into the front row with Genesis on their ...
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Following Genesis in their preparation for the We Can't Dance tour, 1992....
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Recorded live at the Bataclan Club in Paris on 10 January 1973...
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Live At The House Of Blues (March 15th, 1995) SET LIST Over My Shoulder A Begger On A Beach Of Go...
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Mike & The Mechanics AVO Session 2011 13.08.2012 3sat HD The Road A Beggar on a Beach of Gold I...
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A tremendous collection of Mike Rutherford related videos using the best sources available: Promo V...
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Genesis plays at London's Wembley Stadium from on July 1 to 4, 1987 as part of their "Invisible Touc...
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This penetrating independent film review draws on the media announcements of Steve Hackett, Phil Col...
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Recorded at ORTF TV Studios, 12 February 1974 for Paris Melody Programme 1. I Know What I Like 2. ...
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Band Du Lac is an all-star supergroup brought together to play occasional charity concerts, this par...
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All-star rock ensemble Band du Lac hit the stage for charity in this 2005 concert at England's Winte...
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A history and tribute to British Jim Marshall's amplifiers, which since then became the standard of ...
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Life-affirming, catchy, and yet somehow peculiar: the pop of Mike + The Mechanics can be described. ...
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In the beginning, there was Gabriel. Music critics and musicians review the works of groundbreaking ...
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This unique 3-DVD collection is the definitive critical overview of the work of Genesis. Taking the ...
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Documentary tracing the history of perhaps the most dominant progressive rock group of the '70s and ...
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Spanning the years 1975 to 1980, this music-rich review traces a tumultuous but pivotal time for Gen...
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A detailed profile of the life and career of musician Phil Collins....
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Overview of Prog Rock history in the UK: Documentary about progressive music and the generation of ...
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The most riveting Peter Gabriel-era Genesis video comes from a year earlier. For one reason or anoth...
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Come Rain or Shine is an unusually frank and humorous music documentary about the band Genesis getti...
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The Strat Pack: Live in Concert is a film of a 24 September 2004 concert featuring Joe Walsh, Gary M...
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MTV Sunday special about the history of the English rock band, Genesis....
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Elton John entertains a celebrity studio audience, answering questions and singing songs with his gu...
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The closing ceremony of the games of the XXXth Olympiad....
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Compilation of some of the greatest names and British bands in what they still dare to call prog roc...
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The fifth studio-album from English progressive-rock band Genesis....
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Rick Wakeman – prog rock superstar and television Grumpy Old Man – goes in search of Antonio Vivaldi...
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In Genesis' incredible body of work, 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway' is a landmark record, and one ...
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