1977
Melody Maker · London
Became famous
Draft. The ad text below is a paraphrase from documented sources. A curator will replace it with the verbatim wording once we've checked an archive scan. The outcome and citation are otherwise accurate.
classified · as printed
Drummer seeks bassist and singer for new wave power trio. Influences: reggae, free jazz, Talking Heads. Must be reliable. — S. Copeland.
What happened next
Copeland's networking via Melody Maker led him to guitarist Henry Padovani first, then a Geordie schoolteacher named Gordon Sumner who called himself Sting. The Police became one of the biggest bands in the world by 1983 and split bitterly two years later.
Source
Melody Maker classifieds, January 1977. Per Stewart Copeland's autobiography 'Strange Things Happen'.
Further
cite this ad
“Drummer seeks bassist and singer for new wave power trio. Influences: reggae, free jazz, Talking Heads. Must be…” — Melody Maker, 1977. Musolist museum, /museum/british-weeklies/stewart-copeland-mm-ad-1977.