While it wasn't hard to note the similarities to both The Police's sound and the cockeyed everyday-horror lyrics of Police album cuts like "Does Everyone Stare" and "On Any Other Day," Copeland would only cop to helping "Kent" score a record deal. and abroad, the full Klark Kent album, featuring "Don't Care" and singles "Away from Home" and "Rich in a Ditch," was released. Two years later, with The Police a growing presence in the U.K. (The sight of Sting pretending to play guitar through the teeth of a gorilla mask must be seen to be believed.) With Copeland up front in shades and silver space-age makeup, he recruited Sting, Summers, longtime Police roadie Kim Turner and Curved Air drummer Florian Pilkington-Miksa (whom Copeland replaced in prog combo Curved Air before he founded The Police) to back him up on-stage in disguises. 42 that October.) Things got even wilder when "Kent" was invited to perform on Top of the Pops. (For comparison: the first release of "Roxanne" earlier that year missed the charts entirely, and follow-up "Can't Stand Losing You" would only reach just a bit higher at No. To everyone's shock, "Don't Care" became a modest hit on the U.K. With Sting handling most of the writing for the group, Copeland took a song of his the frontman rejected, the snotty "Don't Care," and put it together himself, playing drums, guitar and bass and singing. At the time, the trio - Copeland, singer/bassist Sting and recently-hired guitarist Andy Summers - were struggling to gain attention for their unusual blend of rock and reggae. Now, the Klark Kent album - out of print for over 25 years - gets a generously expanded double-CD reissue next month with 14 previously unreleased bonus tracks!ĭig past the lofty liner-notes of the original Klark Kent EP - pressed on green 10" vinyl with a K-shaped die-cut sleeve - and you'll find the unmistakable rhythms of Stewart Copeland, co-founder and drummer for The Police. From the twisted minds of one of rock's most celebrated drummers came a burst of tongue-in-cheek post-punk by Klark Kent, a mysterious presence who made a brief cameo on the U.K.
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