Genres: New Wave, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Punk/New Wave, Album Rock Active: 70's, 80's, 2000's Formed: 1977 in London, England
The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, Jimmy Cliff, Roxy Music, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Fripp, Weather Report, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, The Clash, David Bowie, Toots & the Maytals, Stevie Wonder Adam Ant, The Pretenders, U2, Blondie, The Cars, Madness, Simple Minds, Joe Jackson, Squeeze, The Soft Boys, Talking Heads, Tears for Fears, Violent Femmes, XTC, The Outfield, The Motels, Big Country, The Clash, The English Beat Live, Dada, GoodBooks, Geggy Tah, Men at Work, The Outfield, Soda Stereo, Thursday, The Verve Pipe, The Jenny Thing, Action Action, The Static Age, The Warm Jets, Skank, Hombres G, Tyler Read, Chain Gang, Matt Easton, Tory Cassis |  |
Nominally, the Police were punk rock, but that's only in the loosest sense of the term. The trio's nervous, reggae-injected pop/rock was punky, but it wasn't necessarily punk. All three members were considerably more technically proficient than the average punk or new wave band. Andy Summers had a precise guitar attack that created dense, interlocking waves of sounds and effects. Stewart Copeland could play polyrhythms effortlessly. And Sting, with his high, keening voice, was capable of constructing infectiously catchy pop songs. While they weren't punk, the Police certainly demonstrated that the punk spirit could have a future in pop music. As their career progressed, the Police grew considerably more adventurous, experimenting with jazz and various world musics. All the while, the band's tight delivery and mastery of the pop single kept their audience increasing, and by 1983, they were the most popular rock & roll band in the world.
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Release: June 5, 2007
Label: A&M, Polydor, Universal Distribution
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Release: April 9, 2007
Label: Disk Union
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