What careers did the band members have before joining The Police?
• Stewart Copeland was part of a band called Curved Air before he put together The Police. • Before becoming lead singer of the band The Police, Sting was a ditch digger. He was also a school teacher at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic First School in Cramlington, England. There he taught English and was also a football (soccer) coach. Before being invited to join The Police by Stewart Copeland, Sting was in many jazz bands, including The Ronnie Pierson Trio, Earthrise, the Phoenix Jazz Band, the River City Jazz Band, the Newcastle Big Band, and Last Exit. • Andy Summers studied classical guitar at Northridge University. He was a session musician and was also a member of the bands New Animals and Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band (later renamed Dantalion’s Chariot) before joining The Police.
