After spending 1977–78 touring in the UK and overseas, they released their first album, Chelsea , in 1979.
The band also drew on influences from reggae to jazz to progressive and pub rock . While maintaining the main band, Police members continued to moonlight within the art rock scene. In late 1977 and early 1978, Sting and Summers recorded and performed as part of an ensemble led by…
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Their next album, Spectres (1977), had the FM radio hit “Godzilla,” and would become one of the band’s better-selling albums, with other well-known songs like “I Love the Night” and “Goin’ Through the Motions”. However, its sales were not as strong as those for the previous album, going gold but…
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His marriage to Bianca Jagger ended in 1977, although they had long been estranged.
The Police ‘s early track list (before their album debut) was largely Copeland compositions, including the band’s first single ” Fall Out ” ( Illegal Records , 1977) and the B-side “Nothing Achieving”.
According to a 1977 article in Creem , DeVille’s wife Toots Deville suggested the name: “…the band looked like it might have been going nowhere, in reverse. So maybe another name change would help—God knows the music was great. Mink Pie … hmmmm. ‘No, it’s gotta be something slick—something sorta…
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Guitarist Martin Rotsey joined in 1977
Following the breakup, Farner began a solo career and signed with Atlantic Records , which resulted in two albums: Mark Farner (1977) and No Frills (1978). Brewer, Schacher and Frost remained together and formed the band Flint. Flint released one 1978 album on Columbia Records ; a second record was…
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Their next two albums, Leave Home and Rocket to Russia , were both released in 1977
In late 1977, while in rehearsal for their next album and just days before the band was set to enter the studio, Osbourne abruptly quit the band.