Topic: Stewart Copeland

Police drummer, Monty Python comic turn to opera

LONDON (Reuters) - Police drummer Stewart Copeland and Monty Python star Terry Jones are the unlikely pair in a new operatic double bill which opens in London on Friday.Copeland has set Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic horror story "The Tell-Tale Heart" to ...
Ever wonder what it looks like from the stage? In his new DVD "Everybody Stares" The Police drummer Stewart Copeland gives you an idea of not only his view of the world from behind the drum kit; but he also gives you ...
All three members of the Police have it, and so much more. While the Police catalogue may be fixed in the past, their playing styles and creative energies continue to be vital and fresh. After all, the Police are young and clean ...
" The Police were able to release hit after hit at a time when much of modern music was devoid of quality and meaning. The Police successfully melded rock, pop, ska, reggae, jazz, funk and punk influences into a sound uniquely their own ...

Band reviews: The Police

One of the more talented bands to emerge out of the late 1970's were The Police, whose mix of reggae and Jamaican influenced ska provided a slightly different sound from much of the mainstream music of the period. Sting, who plays ...
For his second album, Elvis Costello (real name Declan Patrick MacManus) kept the same song writing style that was present on his first album, My Aim Is True, but formed a backing band that would be permanent and called the band the ...

A Crow Left of the Merger

Arguably the most profound musical group of Generation Y, the question as to how a band remains consistently relevant while fully devoting themselves to the fluctuating process of reinvention is answered with?emphatic precision on Incubus' " Vocalist/Lyricist, Brandon Boyd paints a ...

Why did The Police Break Up?

Technically, the late 1970s-1980s rock band, The Police, has never formally disbanded. The next day, fans of The Police were even more thrilled to hear the band members intended to undertake a world reunion tour.Questions still remain regarding why The Police ...

The Police Will Not Reunite Again

After a bitter split with his Police bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland, Sting eventually agreed to a reunion of the band that began in 1977. After splitting in 1984, The Police performed three charity concerts together in 1986. While fans won ...

Glossary, 'Save Your Money for the Weekend'

If you live around these parts and ain't never heard Glossary, you're doing it wrong. Just released into the Internets, here is the Stewart Copeland-directed video for their song "Save Your Money for the Weekend," from their album Feral Fire ...