The Police

The Police are a British-American rock band formed in 1977. For pretty much their entire run, they consisted of British musicians Sting (bass, vocals), Andy Summers (guitar) and American Stewart Copeland (drums), with only Henry Padovani being an early member before Summers pretty much replaced him (but in a Pink Floyd type scenario, there was a brief period with all four members). Summers is also notable for being 10 years older than the rest of the group and having had experience in the 1960s, having brief stints in Soft Machine and Eric Burdon & The Animals. 
They became famous for blending punk and reggae with their own twist, becoming famous in the late 1970s with songs such as Can't Stand Losing You, Message In A Bottle and Walking On The Moon. Andy's usage of a flanger on the latter two created a chorus effect which would go on to be like the fucking de facto guitar sound of the 1980s.
Speaking of the 80s, as the aforementioned decade took hold, they had their biggest hit with Every Breath You Take in 1983. It was famously morphed into a tribute by Puff Daddy to Biggie Smalls after he got his ass shot. It is also publicly known that a certain man with Tourette's prefers the P. Diddy version, to the point where he pissed himself upon hearing that it was 'THAT STING PIECE OF SHIT' when he was held calling Colgate Toothpaste, because the one with tartar control made him feel like a piece of shit. 
They split by 1986 because they couldn't stand each other anymore, but managed to reunite in 2008, which was celebrated to the point where they became the highest earning live group for a while. They split again and haven't done anything together since. Fun fact: Stewart Copeland does the music for Spyro the Dragon.
Category:Bands
Category:1970s