Band leader Darryl Way, a notorious perfectionist, grew impatient with the struggling of his bandmates, especially novice drummer Copeland. The band kicked off with a European tour, which started poorly. Returning to England, Copeland worked as road manager for the progressive rock band Curved Air's 1974 reunion tour, and then as drummer for the band during 19. His other brother, the late Ian Copeland, was a pioneering booking agent who represented the Police and many others.Ĭareer Curved Air (1975–1976) He has also overseen Copeland's interests in other music projects. Records and became the manager of the Police.
His eldest brother, Miles Copeland III, founded I.R.S. He went to college in California, enrolling at Alliant International University and the University of California, Berkeley. He later moved to England, attending the American School in London and Millfield boarding school in Somerset from 1967 to 1969. He started taking drum lessons at age 12 and was playing drums for school dances within a year. When Stewart was five years old, the family moved to Beirut, where he attended the American Community School. The family moved to Cairo a few months after Copeland's birth. According to his father's 1989 biography and files released by the CIA in 2008, he was a founding member of the OSS and the CIA. suburb of Alexandria, Virginia, on July 16, 1952, the youngest of four children of Scottish archaeologist Lorraine Adie and Alabama-born CIA officer Miles Copeland Jr. Stewart Armstrong Copeland was born in the Washington, D.C.
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2.3 Solo projects and movie soundtracks (1987–1998).He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Police in 2003, the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2005, and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013.
He was ranked the 10th best drummer of all time by Rolling Stone in 2016. Īccording to MusicRadar, Copeland's "distinctive drum sound and uniqueness of style has made him one of the most popular drummers to ever get behind a drumset".
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His composing work includes the films Wall Street (1987), Men At Work (1990), Good Burger (1997), and We Are Your Friends (2015), the television series The Equalizer, Dead Like Me, and The Amanda Show, and the video games Alone in the Dark 4 and the Spyro series. He has also produced many film and video game soundtracks and written various pieces of music for ballet, opera, and orchestra. Before playing with the Police, he played drums with british band Curved Air from 1975 to 1976. Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American musician and composer who rose to prominence as the drummer of the British rock band The Police.