Mike Rutherford

Genres:	Pop / Rock
Decades Active:	1980s
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Biography

2 October 1950, Guildford, Surrey, England. While working in Genesis, guitarist Rutherford enjoyed a solo career broken into two distinct phases. His 1980 debut was a concept album based on Peter C. Brown's novel, featuring vocalist Noel McCalla, formerly with Moon who made two albums for Epic Records in the mid-70s. Neither Smallcreep's Day nor the follow-up, Acting Very Strange, were commercially successful. Rutherford resumed his solo activity in 1985, under the name Mike And The Mechanics. He had two new songwriting partners - producer Chris Neil and former hitmaker B.A. Robertson. The band employed twin lead vocalists in Paul Carrack (ex-Ace; Squeeze) and Paul Young from Sad Café. The new formation created two US hit singles, "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" and "All I Need Is A Miracle" and a million-selling album. The same line-up was retained for Living Years, whose title track was both an international bestseller and an Ivor Novello award...

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