The Police?

A little know fact about "The Police" is that they originally named themselves "Strontium 90" and consisted of four musicans. Sting played rhythm guitar and sang, the other muscians were the same. They played as one of the Gong related bands on the Gong festival of May 14th 1977. And what is the Gong relation, you ask? Well, the 4th member was bass player Mike Howlett of Gong. There is a sampler on which one can hear Strontium 90.

Here a link:

http://biotop.umcs.lublin.pl/~kniescio/strontiu.htm

Sting also appeared as singer in concerts of Eberhard Schoener (where is the entry in the archives, by the way?) and on the CD "Flashback" by Eberhard Schoener.

Edited by BaldJean

Dragon Phoenix wrote: Matti wrote: His earliest, a bit jazzy solo albums are very good! (Dream of the Blue Turtles, Nothing Like the Sun, Soul Cages). Agree, in fact better than anything the Police did. I would be less harsh on the later abums than you, but indeed he did not reach that level again.

I agree too, I'm one of those who think that the first four Sting albums are superior to the Police albums. In fact, I must say, that The Police is a group that have steadily declined in my affections and estimation ... can't put my finger on it ... today I walked up to a friend to lend him PFM's Storia Di Un Minuta and he was holding a Police singles compilation and I felt a strange aversion to this band I once liked ...

For me the Dream Of The Blue Turtles is the clear pinnacle of Sting's work ... this one seems to get better and better with time ...

Yes, Police were a great band, and... well, Sting became uninspired afterwards, but only much later on. His earliest, a bit jazzy solo albums are very good! (Dream of the Blue Turtles, Nothing Like the Sun, Soul Cages). Later albums have some good songs but on the whole they are boring pop.

I have always LOVED the Police,especially Stewart Copeland's drum work.

So...

Does anyone like them besides me?