Over a decade after the Police's mammoth 2007/2008 reunion tour, drummer Stewart Copeland took a look back at the band and what they mean today to the fans — and the group itself. During a new chat with Record Collector, Copeland admitted, “The Police is a strange experience for all of us. It's a sacred event where we don't express ourselves artistically. We're there to play 'Roxanne' and 'Every Breath You Take' the way people expect. But it was really worth it. The feeling that you get from and audience is why we became musicians.”
Copeland, who's currently hosting a three-part BBC TV series, called Stewart Copeland's Adventures In Music, went on to talk about where the Police experience stands now for him, Sting, and Andy Summers: “The downside is that, in spite of out great love and admiration for each other, music now has a very different purpose in each of our lives. It's like putting ourselves aside and joining the army for the greater good.”
He went on to say, “Music that's old and of that vintage builds power. Sting could write the best song of his life, but it won't have the same impact as the worst song he ever wrote that's been around for 40 years, because of the emotional baggage it carries.”
