The Police

A promotional portrait of the British rock band The Police (L-R): Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland, circa 1980. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Courtesy of Getty Images)

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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 ef... Read More

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roydog1030

roydog1030

July 13, 2009 - 09:28 AM GMT

Some how some way, The Police seem to hit home in me with their music. Like a drug. Never seen them in concert. Would have loved to right up front in the center row. Play it boys,play it loud! You guys rock the world.
Rory Jones-Westland Mi