Even when their memory might not be the best, primarily due to addiction issues, most rockers love writing some good old biographies to share the exclusive adventures they’ve experienced throughout their careers. However, memory loss is probably not a problem for Stewart Copeland, as the Police drummer had everything on record in his diaries.
So, Stewart announced on Rocket 88 Books’ website that his biography was on the way, waiting to hit the shelves. Luckily, he has quite a trustable source, his diaries, written in the most sincere account of his days with the Police bandmates. And let us tell you, the career of Police was filled with creative disputes and drama, including Stewart breaking Sting’s ribs during a fight.
“Do you know where you were on September 25, 1976?” began the drummer as he wrote a promotional message to share what his biography would be about. “Maybe not, but I do, I was a long-haired alien drummer touring the UK in a prog-rock band called Curved Air, and that night we were in Newcastle, where I saw a local band called Last Exit.”
Copeland continued, “I know that because I was taking notes every day in my now slightly dog-eared pocket diaries. I noted that they were ‘great’ and that we had a party. In a later diary entry, after realizing that punk was the future, I remark on the day that I persuaded their bassist to move to London and join me in my own punk band.”
According to the rocker, his biography also had exclusive insights into the Police’s early days as the most accurate and trustable account. Stewart said, “All this, along with explanations of what the cryptic original notes mean, makes this book the truest account of the Police’s beginning and early days.”
Authentic visuals would also accompany the adventures Copeland would be telling. The musician noted, “It’s full of my original diary pages, hand-made poster designs, ragged accounts, callow observations, and other scribblings of a proto-rock star, illuminated by hitherto unseen vintage photos from the deepest vaults. It’s a big, noisy book about one heckuva ride.”
Thus, Stewart invites you to re-live the early days of the Police together. Even though the drummer hasn’t had problems with addiction, his memory still might have had faults in recalling what happened decades ago; however, his book is in luck as his diaries will help shape what he’ll be telling us about.
