Biography

The Police were a British rock band formed in London in 1977. For most of their history the band consisted of Sting (lead vocals, bass guitar, primary songwriter), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion). The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s and are generally regarded as one of the first new-wave groups to achieve mainstream success, playing a style of rock influenced by punk, reggae, and jazz. They are also considered one of the leaders of the Second British Invasion of the United States. They disbanded in 1986, but reunited in early 2007 for a one-off world tour that ended in August 2008.
- IMDb mini biography by: PW

Ranked #10 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll.

Members were Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.

They were turned down for a session by the influential BBC Radio One DJ John Peel in their early career, something which Peel claimed to have never regretted as he didn't rate them at all. Other hugely successful bands he turned down included U2 and Dire Straits.

Its 1983 worldwide hit "Every Breath You Take" was covered in 1997 by Sean 'Diddy' Combs (then known as Puff Daddy) in the song "I'll Be Missing You", featuring Faith Evans and 112, for the album "No Way Out" as tribute to Combs' friend Christopher Wallace aka The Notorious B.I.G., assassinated on March 9, 1997. Evans was Wallace's wife at the time of the murder.