One of the
first new wave bands to get on the right side of a large and varied audience.
The London-based trio produced a minimalist and crisp sound, that found its way
in rock, reggae and post-punk songs.
As is the case with so many bands, there
is much speculation about the origins of the name The Police. Often accounts
are obscure, for example when they point out that the trio preferred to dress
in black or that the surname of the founder of the band, Stuart Copeland, begins
with cop. Still others point out that family members of the band have been
employed at the CIA and the FBI, or at record company IRS (IRS is also the
abbreviation of Internal Revenue Service, a governmental department that makes Americans
feel secure by guaranteeing that one necessity of life is never discontinued:
paying taxes).
Stuart Copeland himself appears to have made an end to the
discussion by stating in an interview: 'We saw it on the side of a car.' To
which he added: 'Period'.
Active: 1977-1984; 1986; 2003; 2007-2008, GBR
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