Mike Rutherford
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Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford is an English guitarist, bassist, songwriter and singer, best known as co-founder & lead guitarist/bassist of the rock band Genesis. Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks are the group's two continuous members.
Rutherford playing with Genesis in 2022
Performing in Toronto, 3 June 1977 Rutherford with his Shergold double-neck bass
Genesis (band)
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Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, in 1967. The band's longest-existing and most commercially successful line-up consisted of keyboardist Tony Banks, bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford and drummer/singer Phil Collins. In the 1970s, during which the band also included singer Peter Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett, Genesis were among the pioneers of progressive rock.
Genesis performing in 2022 (L–R): Daniel Pearce, Daryl Stuermer, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, Tony Banks, Nic Collins and Patrick Smyth
The group formed at Charterhouse School in Godalming, Surrey.
Rutherford, Gabriel and Collins in 1974 during The Lamb... tour
Hackett in January 1977 on the Wind & Wuthering tour, the last before his departure