Mike and the mechanics biography

The musical juggernaut that is Genesis, is responsible for a staggering amount of music. Not content with selling over 100 million albums as Genesis, Phil Collins has gone on to sell another 100 million, Peter Gabriel tens of millions more, and every other member (Steve Hackett, Anthony Phillips and Tony Banks) has gone on to secure a loyal solo following.

Adding no small sum (around 12 million at last count), to this already remarkable total, is Genesis founder, bassist, guitarist and song writer, Michael John Cleote Crawford Rutherford.
Mike first ventured into the lucrative world of solo careers in 1978, when Genesis - fueled by Phil Collins' need for time to untangle his private life - was put on hiatus.

Mike's first album was the 1980 release, "Smallcreeps Day". Inspired by the Peter Currel Brown novel of the same name, "Smallcreeps Day" was a somber album, which told the story of a factory employee who grew curious to see