The Police was a three-piece British pop band which was strongly influenced by reggae, and came to prominence in the wake of the punk rock phenomenon and rose to become one of the most popular groups in the world from the late 1970s to the mid- 1980s. Popular music, sometimes abbreviated pop music, is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are broadly popular. ... Reggae is an African Caribbean style of music developed on the island of Jamaica and is closely linked to the religion Rastafarianism, though not universally popular among its members. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

The Police evolved from the shortlived group Strontium 90, which was formed by expatriate Australian musician Mike Howlett. He began his career as the bassist with the late 1960s Australia harmony pop group The Affair before moving to London in 1970. In 1973 he joined the noted progressive rock group Gong, which had been founded by another Aussie expatriate, Daevid Allen. He remained with the group until 1976 Howlett and drummer Pierre Moerlan composed much of Gong's material Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/Oceania. ... Mike Howlett is an Australian-born musician and producer based in the United Kingdom. ... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Gong are a progressive rock band formed by Australian musician Daevid Allen. ... Daevid Allen (1938 Melbourne, Australia - ) is musician based in Byron Bay, Australia. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

After leaving Gong ca. 1976 Howlett formed Strontium 90, recruiting singer-bassist Sting, guitarist Andy Summers (a former member of Eric Burdon's New Animals) and United States-born drummer Stewart Copeland, whom Howlett already knew from Copeland's previous band Curved Air). Sting circa 1987 Gordon Matthew Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951), best known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician and formerly bassist and lead singer of The Police. ... Musician and composer Andy Summers (a. ... Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941, Walker-on-Tyne, Northumberland) was the lead singer of The Animals and later of War. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... Stewart Copeland (born July 16, 1952) was the drummer for the band The Police. ... Curved Air is a progressive rock group formed in 1970. ...

Strontium 90 was the band in which the three future Police first met and played together and Howlett claims to have introduced the three musicians to each other. He taped several demos of the band, including the first recorded version of Sting's "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", which was also the first recording the trio ever made together. He also taped a London live performance from the same period, which marked the first time that the future Police played together in front of an audience.

Strontium 90 were unable to secure a recording contract, so Sting, Summers and Copeland eventually left, with Copeland and Summers forming the first version of The Police in 1977. Howlett became one of the leading producers of the New Wave period, with a string of chart-topping production credits. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The term New Wave has been used to describe several movements in art. ...

After Strontium 90 broke up, Copeland initially recruited Sting as bassist and lead singer) and Henri Padovani as guitarist. This line-up issued the band's first single ("Fall Out") in May 1977. Padovani's relatively limited ability as a guitarist meant that his tenure in the band was short, and soon after the single came out he was replaced by Andy Summers, who was several years older than Copeland and Sting and whose experience as a guitarist went back to the early 1960s and included a stint in Eric Burdon's New Animals in the late Sixties. When the band recruited Summers, Copeland told Padovani that he wanted to experiment with 'new sounds'. Padovani accepted this, and quit the band. In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Steve Howe playing lead guitar for Yes in 1977 A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941, Walker-on-Tyne, Northumberland) was the lead singer of The Animals and later of War. ...

Copeland had previously played drums in progressive rock band Curved Air. Shortly after quitting, he caught notice of Sting, then bass player and singer with a jazz fusion group called Last Exit. Sting proved to be a capable songwriter; he had previously spent time as a secondary school English teacher, and his lyrics are noted for their literary awareness and verbal agility. Material in the later album Ghost in the Machine was inspired by the writings of Arthur Koestler, and material in Synchronicity was prominently inspired by the writings of C.G. Jung. But "Tea in the Sahara" on the latter album showed interest in Paul Bowles as well. Curved Air is a progressive rock group formed in 1970. ... Last Exit was a music group composed of Bill Laswell, Peter Brotzmann, Sonny Sharrock and Ronald Shannon Jackson. ... High School also refers to the highest form of classical riding, High School Dressage. ... Arthur Koestler Arthur Koestler ( September 5, 1905 - March 3, 1983) was a novelist, political activist, and social philosopher. ... Carl Gustav Jung Carl Gustav Jung (July 26, 1875 – June 6, 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of the neopsychoanalytic school of psychology. ... Paul Bowles (December 30, 1910 - November 18, 1999), was a composer, author, and traveler. ...

The Police are notable as one of the first mainstream white pop groups to adopt reggae as a predominant musical form and to score major international hits with reggae-styled material. Although reggae was already very popular in the United Kingdom (due to the large number of Caribbean immigrants) the style was little known in the United States or other countries, and prior to the emergence of The Police only a handful of reggae songs -- e.g. Eric Clapton's 1974 cover version of Bob Marley's "I Shot The Sherriff" -- had enjoyed any significant chart success. In this and several other repects, The Police invite comparisons with Cream, a trio of highly regarded 'star' players with a bass-playing lead singer, who achieved huge success adapting a novel African American music form (in Cream's case, blues music) for white pop-rock audiences, and who achieved enormous international success while for the most part retaining the respect of critics. Reggae is an African Caribbean style of music developed on the island of Jamaica and is closely linked to the religion Rastafarianism, though not universally popular among its members. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... Eric Clapton CBE (born Eric Patrick Clapp on March 30, 1945 in The Green, Ripley, Surrey), is a British guitarist and composer, nicknamed slowhand. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley ( February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981), better known as Bob Marley, was a singer, guitarist, and songwriter from Saint Ann, Jamaica. ... This article is about the 1960s rockband, Cream is also the name of a British nightclub. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants and has its earliest stylistic roots in West Africa. ...

For the Police, their first album, Outlandos d'Amour was a hardship, working on a small budget, with no manager, record deal, or any kind of contacts. Stewart Copeland's older brother, Miles, heard 'Roxanne' for the first time and immediately got them a record deal with A&M Records. The single was re-released in 1979, and it was then that the Police achieved widespread fame in the United Kingdom, as well as scoring a minor hit with the song in several other countries, notably Australia. Their success led to a gig at the infamous New York club CBGB and a gruelling United States tour in which the band drove themselves and all their equipment around the country in a station wagon. Outlandos dAmour is the debut album by The Police, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music). ... A&M Records is a record label formed in 1962 by Jerry Moss and Herb Alpert. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/Oceania. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... CBGB, also CBGBs or CBs is a legendary club in the Manhattan Bowery district of New York City, New York. ...

As with several other international acts of this period (e.g. Blondie), The Police enjoyed some of their first international hits in Australia, well before most other countries. Their popularity there was greatly assisted by the fact that the group was enthusiastically supported by Australia's only non-commercial rock radio station, Double Jay in Sydney, which in turn led to early exposure for their music videos on the hugely popular national pop show Countdown. They first toured Australia in 1978 to a wildly enthhusiastic repsonse, and one of their Sydney concerts recorded and broadcast by Double Jay. Like Nirvana in 1990, on this first Australian tour the band were still not well known, but by the next time they returned they were chart-topping superstars. Blondie is a rock band that first gained fame in the 1970s and early 1980s. ... Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/Oceania. ... Triple J (JJJ) is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). ... This is about the city of Sydney in Australia. ... Events January January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. ... This article is about the 1980s-1990s grunge band Nirvana. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In October 1979, the group released their second album Regatta de Blanc, which was a major seller in many countries and which spawned the hit single "Walking on the Moon". Reggatta de Blanc is the second album by The Police, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). ...

In March of 1980, the Police decided to embark on their first World Tour, and they were one of the first major rock bands to play in places like Bombay, India and Egypt. The Police toured the world long before they were a world class act. The much generated hype of their new music and tour caused an outbreak of popularity among new wave devotees across the rest of the world. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... This article or section should be merged with Mumbai (Bombay) This article is about the city formerly known as Bombay. ... The Arab Republic of Egypt, commonly known as Egypt, (in Arabic: مصر, romanized Miṣr or Maṣr, in Egyptian dialect) is a republic mostly located in north-eastern Africa. ... The term New Wave has been used to describe several movements in art. ...

Pressured by their record company for a new record and a prompt return to tour by fall's end, The Police quickly released their third album, Zenyatta Mondatta in the fall of 1980. The album gave the group an United Kingdom number one with "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da", which charted successfully in the United States. Mondatta gave the Police worldwide fame. It was perhaps the weakest of their albums in artistic terms, although a degree of critical disappointment did nothing to harm its sales. It was however the last album the group cooperated in, or as Sting would later put it, the last album they worked on "as a band". Zenyatta Mondatta is the third album by The Police, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Dont Stand So Close to Me is a famous song and hit single by the British pop group The Police. ...

By this time Sting was becoming a major star in his own right, and was clearly intent on establishing a career beyond the confines of The Police. He branched out into acting with fair success, making an impressive debut as the mysterious visitor in the Dennis Lonchrane film version of Dennis Potter's play Brimstone & Treacle, as well as scoring a minor solo hit in the United Kingdom with the movie's theme song, "Spread A Little Happiness". This was followed by a well-received performance as 'The Ace Face' in the film version of The Who's mod opera Quadrophenia. His biggest role was the psychopathic assassin Feyd-Rautha in the blockbuster David Lynch screen adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune, and although he was admirably suited to the role and performed well, the film itself received very mixed reviews, mainly due to the fact that it was taken out of Lynch's hands by his producers, who drastically recut it. Dennis Christopher George Potter (May 17, 1935 – June 7, 1994) was a controversial British dramatist who is best known for several widely acclaimed television dramas which mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social. ... The Who is a British rock band. ... Quadrophenia was a double album released by The Who on October 19, 1973 (see 1973 in music), one of the groups two full-scale rock operas. ... Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a personality disorder which is often characterised by antisocial and impulsive behaviour. ... Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ... Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen is a key character in the science fiction novel Dune by Frank Herbert. ... David Lynch in the late 1980s David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946 in Missoula, Montana) is an American filmmaker. ... Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science fiction author. ... Dune is a 1984 movie directed by David Lynch, based on the book, Dune, by Frank Herbert, starring among others Kyle MacLachlan and Sting. ...

As Sting's fame rose, he began to exert more and more control over the group, aided by the fact that he wrote the bulk of their material. His relationship with band founder Stewart Copeland began to deteriorate, with the two reputedly coming to blows on some occasions, and the increasingly strained partnership was further stretched by the attedant pressures worldwide fame, ego, money, publicity and drugs. FAME is an acronym for fatty acid methyl ester. ... eGO is a company that builds electric motor scooters which are becoming popular for urban transportation and vacation use. ... Moneys is an agreement within a community, to use something as a medium of exchange, which acts as an intermediary market good. ... Publicity is one of the variables that comprise the promotional mix. ... Many drugs are provided in tablet form. ...

Their fourth album, Ghost In The Machine, produced by Hugh Padgham, was released in 1981, featured a thicker sound and vocal textures and spawned the hit singles, "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" and "Spirits In The Material World." Ghost in the Machine is the fourth album by The Police, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). ... Hugh Padgham is a record producer and audio engineer, and, although he makes no claims to having any musical talent, has become one of the worlds most successful and influentual producers. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

They released their last album, Synchronicity, in 1983; it is widely regarded as a classic. Notable songs from that album include "Every Breath You Take" (an example of a paranoia song), "Wrapped Around Your Finger", "King Of Pain" and the forboding "Synchronicity II", which was accompanied by a memorable music video directed by Godley & Creme. Synchronicity is the fifth album by The Police, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Every Breath You Take is a song, written by Sting and originally performed by The Police. ... A paranoia song is a song, most likely of the pop genre, which involves themes relating to paranoia, such as the constant fear of being watched. ... Godley & Creme is a duo of musicians and music video directors. ...

Although there was never an official break-up, each band member gradually began his own solo career. A short-lived attempt to reunite in 1986 produced only a subdued re-recording of "Don't Stand So Close to Me", and by this time it was clear that Sting had no intention of continuing the band, having already released a success solo debut LP in 1985, the jazz-influenced Dream Of The Blue Turtles". 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On March 10, 2003, The Police were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, showing Lake Erie in the background The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated, as the name suggests, to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential rock and...

'Bold text==Discography==

• Fallout/Nothing Achieving (single) (1977)
• Outlandos d'Amour (1978)
• Regatta de Blanc (1979)
• Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)
• Ghost in the Machine (1981)
• Synchronicity (1983)
• Every Breath You Take: The Singles (1986)
• Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings (1993)
• Every Breath You Take: The Classics (Revamp) (1995)
• Live! (1996)
• The Very Best Of... Sting & The Police (1997, 2002)

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