| The Police: Ticket nest | | | | with Copeland in January 1977. In the |
| | | | following month, they were successful in |
| The Police are a three-piece rock band with | | | | recording the band?s debut single, "Fall Out" |
| strong reggae and ska music influences. In | | | | "Nothing Achieving," The trio toured as a |
| the early 1980s, they became one of the most | | | | support act for Cherry Vanilla as well as |
| popular groups in the world in the wake of | | | | Wayne County & the Electric Chairs in March |
| the punk rock phenomenon prominence. | | | | and April. |
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| The police music group were considered to be | | | | The police band, along with The Clash, have |
| more than a punk rock band. All three members | | | | the honor of being one f the first mainstream |
| of the band were technically proficient in | | | | white bands to adopt reggae as a predominant |
| their performances. Andy Summers used to | | | | musical form. With reggae-styled material, |
| create dense, interlocking waves of sounds | | | | they were successful in scoring major |
| and effects with his precise guitar | | | | international hits. Although ska and reggae |
| performance. Stewart Copeland had command on | | | | were already very popular in the United |
| playing polyrhythms. Sting ( ), was capable | | | | Kingdom, the style was little known in the |
| of constructing catchy pop songs with his | | | | United States or other countries. Only a |
| high, keening voice. With their outstanding | | | | handful of reggae songs had enjoyed any |
| performancesthe the Police band certainly | | | | significant chart success before the |
| demonstrated that the punk spirit could have | | | | emergence of the Police. |
| a future in pop music. | | | | |
| | | | A lucky accident made the bleached blonde |
| The Police grew considerably more adventurous | | | | hair the trademark of the band. The incident |
| as their career progressed. They experimented | | | | happened just before the release of the first |
| with jazz and various world musics. However, | | | | album of the police. Desperate for money, the |
| the band kept on increasing their fan base | | | | police band was asked to do a commercial for |
| with their mastery of the pop single. | | | | Wrigley's Spearmint chewing gum on the |
| Eventually, the band had become the most | | | | condition that they dye their hair blonde. |
| popular rock & roll band in the world by | | | | |
| 1983. The members of the the police band were | | | | The police band has never announced their |
| enjoying the peak of fame at this time.But | | | | break-up officially. However, after the end |
| the band could not stay united. The band | | | | of Synchronicity tour in March 1984, each |
| broke away in 1984 due to internal tensions. | | | | band member pursued his own solo career. They |
| Later, Sting the police was successful in | | | | reunited again to perform in three concerts |
| picking up the majority of the band's | | | | for the Amnesty International A Conspiracy of |
| audience and became an international | | | | Hope Tour in June 1986. A tense short-lived |
| superstar. | | | | reunion in the studio produced only subdued |
| | | | re-recordings of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" |
| On February 11, 2007, the members of the band | | | | and "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da". At this time, |
| were able to reunite after 23 years apart. | | | | Sting had clearly shown his intentions of |
| Their performance at the opening act of the | | | | creating his separate identity without the |
| 49th Annual Grammy Awards provide them the | | | | band. |
| opportunity to reunite after such a long | | | | |
| period of time. On the very next day of their | | | | Sting began working on a jazz-tinged solo |
| performance, the band made an important | | | | project immediately, releasing The Dream of |
| announcement of the police tour in 2007 | | | | the Blue Turtles in 1985. The album of the |
| alongwith their performance at the Live Earth | | | | police became an international hit and Sting |
| concert in July. | | | | became the superstar. Copeland and Summers |
| | | | demonstrated no inclination to follow their |
| American-born drummer Stewart Copeland | | | | bandmate's path. Copeland recorded the world |
| founded the band in early 1977. Copeland was | | | | beat exploration The Rhythmatist in 1985. He |
| anxious to form a new three-piece group and | | | | also continued to compose scores for film and |
| join the burgeoning London punk scene after | | | | television. Later, he formed the prog rock |
| the demise of his progressive rock band | | | | band Animal Logic. He continued his art rock |
| Curved Air. Singer-bassist Sting and | | | | and jazz fusion experiments with his solo |
| guitarist Henry Padovani began rehearsing | | | | career. |