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Outlaws D'Amour The Police Raid Airwave Syndicate

The Police are not punk. The Police are not disco. The Police are not heavy metal. The Police are not power pop. The Police are the best rock ’n’ roll band I’ve seen in years. I kid you not. The group was formed by American drummer Stewart Copeland in January 1977 as much out of disenchantment with the old as infatuation with the new.

July 2, 1982
John Pidgeon

Outlaws D'Amour The Police Raid Airwave Syndicate

In September 1979. Brit writer John Pidgeon first spread word to these shores of this new blond, “punk" trio called the Police...who weren't really blond, or punk, but very much a trio. Pidgeon sets the scene for Phase One of the Police Invasion...

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