Rarely has a hobby group been as successful as Mike & The Mechanics. Bassist and guitarist Mike Rutherford combined this group of friends with a permanent job at Genesis, but especially in the eighties he scored big hits in America with it. Now that Genesis seems to have been discontinued for good, Rutherford has put together a completely new line-up with two singers Andrew Roachford and Tim
… Howar among others. The band name is fully justified because The Road simply revives the Mike & The Mechanics of yesteryear. The pointed and transparent soft rock songs always sound pleasant to the ear. Howar audibly has a musical background and seems to have walked straight out of a theater in the West End with his slick and dramatic vocal performances. Roachford also knows how to convey his lyrics with a bronze voice. Like Rutherford, they are professionals. But there is no sense of inspiration, with which The Road ultimately does nothing more than pleasantly chug along. (MR)more
