Título: Stewart Copeland
Seção: The Police (1977-1986)
Background: Stewart Armstrong Copeland was born in Alexandria, Virginia on July 16, 1952, the youngest of four children of CIA officer Miles Copeland, Jr. and Scottish archaeologist Lorraine Adie. The family moved to Cairo, Egypt, a few months after his birth, and Copeland spent his formative years in the Middle East. In 1957, his family moved to Beirut, Lebanon, and Copeland attended the American Community School there. He started taking drum lessons at age 12 and was playing drums for school dances within a year.

Conteúdo: In late 1976, Copeland founded the Police with lead singer-bass guitarist Sting and guitarist Henry Padovani (who was soon replaced by Andy Summers), and they became one of the top bands of the 1980s. The Police's early track list was mostly made of Copeland's compositions, including the band's first single "Fall Out" (Illegal Records, 1977) and the B side "Nothing Achieving". Though Copeland's songwriting contribution was reduced to a couple of songs per album as Sting started writing more material, he continued to co-arrange all the Police's songs with his two bandmates. Amongst Copeland's most notable songs are "On Any Other Day" (where he sang lead vocals too), "Does Everyone Stare" (later to be used as the title of his documentary on the band Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out), "Contact", "Bombs Away", "Darkness" and "Miss Gradenko". Copeland also co-wrote a number of songs with Sting, including "Peanuts", "Landlord", "It's Alright for You" and "Re-Humanize Yourself".  Copeland also recorded under the pseudonym Klark Kent, releasing several UK singles in 1978 with one ("Don't Care") entering the UK Singles Chart that year, along with an eponymously titled 10-inch album on green vinyl released in 1980. Recorded at Nigel Gray's Surrey Sound Studio, Copeland played all the instruments and sang the lead vocals himself. Kent's "Don't Care", which peaked at #48 UK in August 1978, actually predates the first chart single by the Police by several months ("Can't Stand Losing

user: Was Copeland one of the original members of Police?

assistant: Copeland founded the Police with lead singer-bass guitarist Sting and guitarist Henry Padovani (

user: Did Copeland just play for the band, or did he sing or compose too?

assistant: Copeland's songwriting contribution

user: What is one of the song's he compsed?

assistant: "Fall Out" (

user: Did he co-write with anyone in the band?

assistant: he continued to co-arrange all the Police's songs with his two bandmates.

user: What was one of The Police's most popular songs during this time period?

assistant: most notable songs are "On Any Other Day" (

user: Did Copeland write for anyone else besides The Police?

assistant: Copeland's score for Rumble Fish

user: Who were some of his other band members of The Police?

assistant: Henry Padovani

user: Did they have any albums that were particularly successful?

assistant: "Don't Box Me In" (UK Singles Chart n. 91)--

user: Is there anything else noteworthy while Copeland was part of The Police?

assistant: "Don't Care",

user: What was noteworthy about "Don't Care"?

assistant: Copeland played all the instruments and sang the lead vocals himself.

user: How well did the record do?

assistant: peaked at #48 UK