In the UK in the late'70s, the convulsion that was punk may have been short-lived but the ripples it sent out were far reaching. According to The Jam, this was now The Modern World, so if you considered yourself a new-wave band, or were venturing into the pop field and didn't want to look like some kind of throwback, you needed to look sharp or look 'street'. And it helped if you had a snappy name that included a definitive article. Hence monikers like The Motors, The Yachts, The Rich Kids, and The Police. The Police were the brainchild of Stewart Copeland, who had played drums with progressive rock group Curved Air until they disbanded in 1976. When they'd performed at a show in Newcastle upon Tyne, Copeland had met singer and bass player Cordon Sumner - who was nicknamed Sting due to his wasp-like black and yellow striped sweater. Copeland encouraged Sting to contact him should he ever come to London, which he did in January 1977 with his Tyneside jazz-rock fusion band called Last Exit.
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