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The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. [ 1] Within a few months of their first gig, the line-up settled as Sting (lead vocals, bass guitar, primary songwriter), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion), and remained unchanged for the rest of the band's history. The Police became globally popular in ...
Andrew James Summers (born 31 December 1942) is an English guitarist best known as a member of the rock band the Police. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a band member in 2003. [1] Summers has recorded solo albums, collaborated with other musicians, composed film scores, written fiction, and exhibited his photography in ...
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE (born 2 October 1951), known professionally as Sting, is an English musician, activist and actor. He was the frontman, principal songwriter and bassist for new wave band the Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 and has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical ...
Few rock acts have gone out so on top as the Police did after releasing their final and most successful album 40 years ago. Synchronicity was the third-biggest album of 1983, selling 10 million ...
In the early twentieth century, before the publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four, the Empire of Japan (1868–1947), in 1911, established the Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu ('Special Higher Police'), a political police force also known as Shisō Keisatsu, the Thought Police, who investigated and controlled native political groups whose ideologies were considered a threat to the public order of the ...
The Go-Go's were an American all-female rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. [1] Except for short periods when other musicians joined briefly, the band has had a relatively stable lineup consisting of Charlotte Caffey on lead guitar and keyboards, Belinda Carlisle on lead vocals, Gina Schock on drums, Kathy Valentine on bass, and Jane Wiedlin on rhythm guitar.
Jim Watson. Website. www .311 .com. 311 (pronounced "three eleven") is an American rock band from Omaha, Nebraska. The band was formed in 1988 by vocalist and guitarist Nick Hexum, lead guitarist Jim Watson, bassist Aaron "P-Nut" Wills, [ 1] and drummer Chad Sexton. Watson was replaced by Tim Mahoney in 1990.
Synchronicity Studio album by the Police Released 17 June 1983 (1983-06-17) Recorded December 1982 – February 1983 Studio AIR (Salem, Montserrat) Le Studio (Morin-Heights, Canada) Genre New wave post-punk pop Length 39: 42 44:18 (cassette and CD editions) Label A&M Producer The Police Hugh Padgham the Police chronology Ghost in the Machine (1981) Synchronicity (1983) Every Breath You Take ...