What are the Police really about?

What is it about music that stays the same but after listening to it again and again it begins to relate to your life and make more sense? The Police have really effected the way that I look at music and have truly influenced my life not only as a musician but also in my point of view. Below is a biography of their history and what they have done that has not only effected me but millions of people across America and the globe. This truly is a band to know and if you are a growing musician, this is a band to listen to.

The Police, (a British Ska and reggae band) was formed when an influenced drummer, Stewart Colplin came across a high performance bass in a jazz club in England. Sterwart Colplin and Sting formed what we know today as the Police in 1977. They have become popular and more popular throughout their career and have brought multiple styles of music which come out today in popular albums which are still being recorded.

The Police is formed up of Sting, on the bass and lead vocals, Stewart Colplin on the drums and percussion, and Andy Summers on the lead guitar. The Police are known for bringing funk and reggae into main stream British Ska. Before the Police, Andy Summers played in multiple groups including "Fall Out" and the "Animals". Colplin's most famous band before what he has come to today, was "Curved Air" he left the band after he met Sting however, Curved Air is still coming along. Finally, as the Police preform across the nation, we see each of the members (especially Stewart Colplin) bring in their own styles of music.

As we have been seeing their concerts since the late 70s, the Police are most famous for bringing a reggae sounding funk into main stream British Ska. We see some of that in their most popular album, Synchronicity. With this album came the Police's greatest hits making this one of their most popular albums. A couple of the great songs that came with this album were "King of pain" "Wrapped around your finger" and "Every breath you take". These songs made it to the Police's album cover, "Greatest hits" along with everyone's favorite, "Message in a bottle". The more popular song is about being alone, feeling desolate from everyone else and then realizing that everyone is there however to get to them, you have to break boundaries. The Police are most known for bringing their mixed style of music together, as well as creating meaningful lyrics that have more to them then what is on the surface. Their music is about all of the usual stuff such as love, literal objectives, and politics but they have used a kind of reggae funk style which has made them one of the most popular 80s band.

You are probably wondering what type of music they play and what significance it has on their life. Here is a brief summary that gets more in depth throughout this biography. As they first seemed to be an influenced white reggae and British Ska group, the Police have done a good job of bringing funk, minimalism, Arab, Indian and African styles into their music today. One of the reasons to this was because Stewart Colplin's dad happened to be a CIA agent. This meant that he would be traveling to multiple places and being introduced to different genres of music. Throughout his travels, he took advantage of that and was able to bring it in to what he does today.