Mike Rutherford: Genesis, Mike + The Mechanics, Eddie Van Halen and more

[@VickersElectric]

Great interview! I love Genesis, has been my favorite band for 40 years! Mike is a legend! I love Small Creeps Day! An amazing album! I wish he would tour playing that album in full!

[@lagrega]

Fascinating to hear that he wrote some and jammed with Eddie Van Halen. That tape would be fun to hear.

[@gokhanersan8561]

I wanna hear that so bad! Feels So Good from OU812 always felt Genesis-like to me.

[@Islander2112]

Mike Rutherford is perhaps the most underrated musical genius.

[@SpaceCattttt]

It's always a treat to hear from Mike and the others after Genesis quit. It doesn't happen too often, sadly.

[@SamanthaLily1]

22:30 Glad that Mike Rutherford is being honest with the music industry nowadays and I strongly agree too.

[@petersneesby6396]

Great Musician is Mike Rutherford as I saw Genesis & Mike & The Mechanics on many occasions over the years. He is such a nice polite & down to earth guy. I Grew up since I was a teenager in the 80's listening to his Great music especially with Genesis ❤ 💯%

[@willnewsome6222]

Now at the age of 50, and being a professional musician for a number of years, I’ll never forget the feeling my 12 year old self felt when hearing the genius of Mike Rutherford. I didn’t fully understand it then from an artist’s standpoint, or even technically, but my soul felt every work he was a part of. Him mentioning some of his favorite songs, so many mine also. The universe definitely brings us back home, without question. This video popped up on my KZbin feed while I’m midway through writing my next album…a reminder and a nod from the muse to review what was once the past and undoubtedly having been a major influence all this time. Thank you for an amazing interview! You have a new subscriber. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all!

[@FleurHills-i9h]

Absolutely love hearing Mike talk about all things music, especially Genesis. I, like so many others, adore Smallcreeps Day, and wish Mike could understand how much it is loved. It deserves to be re-issued, as does 'Acting Very Strange'. However, despite the 'rare as hens teeth' status of those two albums I must thank Mike for creating some of the most important and impactful music of my my lifetime.

[@SamanthaLily1]

I’ve been listening Man of Our Times, really underrated one in Duke album.

[@РоманМусин-и6т]

Oh yes! It took me quite a while to start appreciating that track. I used to think it was filler, couldn't wait for it to end, cos I never dared to skip a track on a Genesis album.

[@FlyingPhilUK]

Such a great guy! Love listening to him talk, so relaxed, self-depreciating, magnanimous, very much the diplomat!

[@robertmilne4304]

Such a nice chap and so down to earth.

[@TheLastOilMan]

I mentioned Smallcreep when I met him a few years back, he wasn’t enthused ! Sorry Mike, it’s brilliant !

[@snacklofter]

Great interview - Mike very relaxed and informative.👍👍

[@dereckvon]

Good to hear from Mkie.

[@daviddaniels8]

both of his solo albums are great, smallcreeps is a masterpiece.

[@phenixreturns]

Mike is an incredible bassiste and very Good guitar player

[@theconstantflow]

Great interview! I'm German and my English is pretty good, I would say. But Mike Rutherford... haha. His fast mumbling.... I always have to make an effort and concentrate a lot to understand his English. Haha... The decades I've heard him speak have helped a bit ;)

[@Penfold37250]

I am English and I still struggle when he mumbles 😂

[@SamanthaLily1]

That’s pretty much English people in general😄 But I keep listening and I got hang of it the longer I hear.

[@dominotheory7331]

Glad Tonight x3 was mentioned awesome track. Thanks for posting this

[@harmono8766]

Silent Running was something like a narrative for what was going on in my life. I felt alienated from the world.

[@legitibitmaster3264]

Such an underrated rhythm guitarist which also can play clear slow medolic lead solos, also such a topcat funky bass player ❤️

[@JoelAdamson]

There was a time when 60-75% of the videos on MTV were Genesis, Starship, or members or former members of Genesis, Jefferson Starship, and Jefferson Airplane. The rest was Journey.

[@jimmypanthew4391]

Very surprised to see and hear Mike Rutherford to love "It's My Life"from Talk Talk i love too!!!

[@leedesigner1977]

Enjoyed that!

[@jeffscheib8799]

Such a great guitar player he jams on that double neck guitar/bass with ease

[@newsles2]

Great interview, but poor Tony not having a big solo success! Everyone rush out and buy The Fugitive immediately!

[@ozzyprogdomino8815]

I have a copy of Bank statement on CD.

[@Schimnesthai]

I have 5 and the 2019 comp, rn what's being sold is the compilation of 5, 6 and 7 pieces for orchestra.

[@112sje]

His solo career has received very little promotion. When I bought his "Banks Vaults" boxset from HMV they said it was the only copy they were sent.

[@112sje]

@@ozzyprogdomino8815 I hadn't heard of that until I watched the Genesis history programme on BBC2 one afternoon so I went out the following day and HMV had one copy. This was about two years after it was released.

[@juanomatix]

I read somewhere that Genesis was actually Tony's solo project

[@skinner5334]

World class across the board.⚡️

[@mikebozik]

Thank you so much, Mike. For your beautiful music, and speaking the truth about today's politics.

[@MudFlanagan]

great stuff. loved this. thanks

[@markkenyon2906]

Ah Mike, Talk Talk was the support for Genesis aka Six Of The Best at The Milton Keynes Bowl, Milton Keynes on the 2nd October 1982.

[@raelarise1]

Mike's Birthday too

[@markshipston4838]

What a day that was,

[@ambadad]

Yep! They were first on at about 2 pm and had bottles thrown at them by some of those near the stage. I thought they were OK. People might have been in a better, more accepting, mood if we'd had glorious weather, but it rained until just before SOTB came on.

[@lw1391]

Andrew Roachford is fantastic. Nice pick Mike

[@timothyclaffey9138]

Mark you are a fantastic interviewer! Well done!

[@RallyingSightsSounds]

That's the most positively I've heard Mike talk of Smallcreep's Day, though that's not saying much! I don't think he can believe anyone remembers it, let alone how appreciated it is.

[@babylemonade2868]

I heard it for the first time a year ago and bought it on vinyl the same day. It’s a great album

[@itsmrfish1]

Fantastic album Vastly underrated

[@jeffsimon9594]

The interviewer had to press him to discuss it though. Maybe Mike has an issue with the fact that the songs were all off-cuts from Genesis albums? For me it is one of those great 'lost' Genesis albums and gives an idea of what the band may have sounded like had Ant Phillips stayed..

[@RallyingSightsSounds]

@jeffsimon9594 Indeed, I didn't think they were even going to come back to the subject after the first mention!

[@koosk41]

Love Smallcreep's Day where there's hardly a weak track on it. Side one is indeed superb, but Time and Time Again 😍

[@denesmain]

malgre que je n est pas compris la discusion mais pour moi mike rutherford est un super musicien et une piece maitresse dans le groupe

[@timstapleman]

The Eagles visuals at The Sphere in Vegas were "mind-blowing". Considering the ticket prices, would you expect anything less?

[@geoffbaker4452]

Hey, I live in Basingstoke and would gladly come to see them at the Anvil. Sadly it's sold out, so the local fans obviously aren't offended! 😂

[@russelldolter]

I'm not really surprised to be honest. Ed said in an interview when asked what his last album he actually bought was. His response was Peter Gabriel's So.

[@Driver2616]

Nice the way he references the solo success that Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins and himself (all from the one band) had. He forgot to mention Steve though…..

[@newsles2]

Speaking of heckling, I remember Paul Young getting quite a bit of stick on the Invisible Touch Tour. I saw them at Roundhay Park in Leeds and Wembley. In particular I recall Leeds because Young eventually bit back at them, pointed them out, called them w**kers and yelled "give them their money back!". I was sceptical about him as support too, but it has to be said that it was a good performance and his band were superb, especially the Hammond player.

[@booshting3520]

Refund ? Paul Young obviously didn't figure that nobody was paying to see him on that tour 😅

[@Loco4Poco27]

Genesis Reunion: String of shows JUST to play the Sphere. The Lamb 50th. Peter. Tony. Mike . Steve . Nick Collin’s I wish .

[@hoisin75]

Oh god yeah. I need a cigarette after reading that

[@raelarise1]

Wow can you imagine that 😮

[@thebod1]

And Phil sitting on a chair next to Steve.

[@mattk5020]

Brilliant interview, Can you get Tony Banks on the show and Peter Gabriel.

[@Garstonk]

Great interview...and 50 fps too👍

[@philstevens9914]

No USA Shows?

[@dominotheory7331]

Genesis in the Dome would of been awesome they would of knocked it out of the park.

[@Tjoppy]

would *have But I agree!

[@marklockey4434]

Talk Talk supported Genesis at the Milton Keynes Bowl in 1982, not Knebworth. Smallcreeps Day is a wonderful album, better than some of the latter Genesis albums.

[@raelarise1]

You’d think Mike would remember it was Milton Keynes, as it was his birthday 😅

[@ozzyprogdomino8815]

Yes, it was Lisa Stansfield at Knebworth. I know because I was there 🙂 Still the best concert I have ever seen.

[@Schimnesthai]

@@raelarise1 He is definitely bad with dates, i also have that problem, but we are talking about Mike, i have an image from a magazine promoting CAS, they interviewed both Mike and Tony, while the former almost got all the dates wrong, the later got all of them, very interesting.

[@michaelantonyaustin]

Lovely interview with Mike but such pedestrian song choices… I have the feeling PR made a list of hits and he had to choose from those 🤷‍♂

[@TheOptimod]

Same as Tracks Of My Years on Radio 2, - "you will choose what we want you to choose"

[@JohnMacRae23]

Good grief someone tell the interviewer to not breath into the f'n microphone

[@TheOptimod]

It's terrible and also the lip smacking noise, needs some retraining on mic procedure!

[@Danceup-dh6kn]

Yes, it's almost unlistenable

[@somethingyettocome]

Why does he say the early Mechanics didn t tour? I saw them in Munich in 1989 touring the Living Years, and they toured the first album in the US. Strange

[@4ctmam]

I think he meant in 1985, when the first album came out.

[@Malegys]

His memory is on the same level as his Creative taste.

[@SamanthaLily1]

Unfortunately, Land of Confusion still didn’t age in my country

[@MichaelRowe-cv3oq]

Mike and The Mechanics.......AOR/MOR bilge of the highest order,they make The Lighthouse Family sound like Slayer.

[@Yorkie263]

Your opinion has been noted, and put in file 13

[@neilhampson]

😂

[@gingernuts1967]

I like earlier Mechanics (and love Genesis) but tend to agree with this comment. Plus it’s bloody funny. Nice one.

[@mikerico5568]

📣 Now wait a bloody minute mates! When are you coming to America Mike?! 👀

[@jeffdawson2786]

M + M was unappreciated by me for many years.

[@GertvanderDoes]

Now I'm sure I'm autistic. All I hear is the interviewer breathing into his mic. Mike is a dear as always of course...

[@michaelgeorge4826]

23:38 - "...I'm a huge Stones fan. Who isn't, really?..." I'm glad he said that, but actually there's plenty of snobbery regarding the Stones among other musicians.

[@daviddaniels8]

the host is captian obvious he says your first solo album ... then you did your second solo alb7m which came out after that. wow this guy can count!

[@69spook]

Would that be the 3rd solo album after that? .... 🤔

[@aviduser1961]

He can count like you can spell.

[@mikearchibald744]

"your first album.....you came out with your second album after that" Yes, thats how second works.

[@jimw6659]

Mike was blunt and rude to Chester Thompson when he asked to drum for Genesis after Phil left and just before the awful Calling All Stations sessions began.

[@Yorkie263]

You were there to confirm this ?

[@neilhampson]

I thought Chester was on tour with Phil?

[@ytthrowaway4584]

@@neilhampsonNah Ricky Lawson drummed for Phil for quite a while in the 90s.

[@nonsuch]

For as many people say they like it, I wish I could say The Lamb does anything for me. I hate having an album I purposely skip over in a band's catalog. As far as Gabriel era Genesis goes... Selling England, Foxtrot, Nursery Crime, and Trespass (in that order) are far superior for my money. Then after Selling England by the Pound comes Trick of the Tail and above. I've tried 100's of times to love The Lamb. While I do like a few songs, I can fit them on one side. It's just a bizarre album that doesn't feel like Genesis.

[@lornestein7248]

I sorta feel the same about W&W 1976. Not much on that album i like. ..but The Lamb is an absolute masterpiece!

[@nonsuch]

@@lornestein7248 And I think Wind and Wuthering is a masterpiece 😂

[@lornestein7248]

@@nonsuch I knew you were gonna say that!!.. that's why I wrote you.. Too funny!😁

[@nonsuch]

@@lornestein7248 It's literally my favorite post Gabriel album.

[@TheAntman1265]

A Joe Biden character would fit way better in the Land Of Confusion video than Trump. Geez Biden is the mindless machine politician. Tons more than Reagan or Trump by miles!

[@alfalfa4009]

Absolutely agreed! The one president that didn’t get us into wars and all these libtards with TDS are clueless. I will however definitely go see the tour when it comes to the USA next year.

[@translunar1]

It’s a shame Mike can’t see past his own Trump derangement syndrome! 😂

[@quaid667]

@@translunar1 i don't see any TDS lol. Just surface info from our beloved media.

[@jeffsimon9594]

@@translunar1 Boomer musicians as a group are better just staying off the subject of politics...

[@TheDavidtk240]

One of Mike's musical choices is Henley's Boys of Summer. Really?? I guess musical multi-millionaires stick together. I was thinking John Renbourn or Gang of Four. Thanks for the post!