Mike Rutherford
Mike Rutherford
Michael John Cloete Crawford "Mike" Rutherfordis an English musician. He is a founding member of Genesis and one of the band's only two original members...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth2 October 1950
never-say-never
Nothing's planned. Never say never.
writing seventies originals
Seventy percent of what I write, I throw out. I can write very easily, but writing original things is the hard bit.
balance band gains
Being in a band is always a compromise. Provided that the balance is good, what you lose in compromise, you gain by collaboration.
hours officers relief worn
Their officers are working 20 hours a day, and they were just worn out, ... They wanted to have some relief for their officers.
describe dimension extra friendly mike pop radio resulted songs synergy three
The idea to write fresh, radio friendly pop songs would get an extra dimension if I could use two different voices. The synergy between the three of us has resulted in something magic, something which I could only describe as being Mike & The Mechanics.
eye railroads madness
We seem to be committing ourselves to an eye wateringly expensive railroad for the few. High speed rail plan is madness.
against bad best champions damage defending faced guys hit hitting knocked malcolm national team tip top
I'll tell you what ... this Connecticut team is the best hitting team we've faced and we knocked off the defending national champions (Nova Seafood). And they didn't hit bad pitching. They did the damage against two of my top guys (Ryan Arsenault and Malcolm Cone-Coleman). So you tip your cap.
thinking next projects
When I've finished one project, I start thinking about the next.
thinking gun names
I would feel horrible to think I had put my name on a pistol permit and allowed someone to carry around a gun and they committed another crime.