Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band The Police. During the group's extended hiatus from the mid-1980s to 2007, he played in other bands and composed soundtracks. Copeland was ranked by a Rolling Stone magazine reader poll in 2010 as the fifth greatest drummer of all time.
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Stewart Copeland on composing
The Police's drummer gives us an insight on how they composed their tracks.
Biography
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Links & Information
Links
- Official homepage at stewartcopeland.net
- Wikipedia article on Stewart Copeland
- IMDb at imdb.com/name/nm0004841
- Last.fm page on Stewart Copeland
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/Stewart Copeland
- MusicBrainz entry on Stewart Copeland
Member Of
- Strontium 90 (1977),
- Curved Air (1975-1977),
- Animal Logic (1986-1992),
- Oysterhead,
- Mad for the Racket,
- The Police
Personal Relationships
- Sibling of Ian Copeland
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