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The Police
Formed: 1977 in London, England
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Disbanded: 1985
Genre: Rock
Styles: Pop/Rock, Classic Rock, Europe, Alternative, Other, Pop, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, College Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk, Adult Contemporary
Group Members: Stewart Copeland, Sting, Andy Summers, Henri Padovani
Biography: 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 ...Read full biography

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Zenyatta Mondatta
Released: 1980
Label: Umvd Import
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The stage was set for the Police to become one of the biggest acts of the '80s, and the band delivered with the 1980 classic Zenyatta Mondatta. The album proved to be the trio's second straight number ...Read full review
Synchronicity
Released: 1983
Label: Ultra Disc
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Although the Police's fifth release, 1983's Synchronicity, would be their most commercially successful and lead to a sold-out tour of enormodomes (including New York's Shea Stadium), it would turn out ...Read full review
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