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| Rock’s top trio works separate shifts on
some super solo projects!The Police
may be the hottest band around these days, but the tow-thirds British threesome isn’t
about to rest on its collective laurels. Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers all have
individual irons in the fire, far removed from the world of sold-out concert tours and
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| "We are not joined at the hip; we are not a
three-headed Hydra," says sexy lead singer Sting, who’d fast becoming a popular
film actor. Having appeared in Quadrophenia and Radio On in pre-Police days,
he’s since gone on to star in Brimstone & Treacle and the upcoming Dune.
But Sting admits, "I don’t want to be an actor. What I’m trying to do is
learn a craft so maybe I can use it in another field. I’ve always been conscious of
the finite element in rock, and I’ve always intended to branch out into things like
acting and writing. There’s a danger in being pigeonholed in one area. I think you
can lose your freedom, and the others agree. None of us wants to be shackled to the group
forever." Indeed, Sting’s cohorts are also keeping busy away from the band. When he wasn’t persuing his hobby, polo, American-born Stewart scored Rumble Fish and worked on So What, a 16mm film about the English punk scene. And Andy, having released an album, I Advanced Masked, (with guitarist Robert Fripp), has turned to photography; his new book, Throb, gives a glimpse of life on the road with The Police. Duran Duran and the 80’s English Invasion! Super Teen Special No7 |
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