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At the very end of 1976, the burgeoning British punk scene saw the birth of the Police, the result of a meeting between drummer Stewart Copeland, who had been with the progressive rock band Curved Air, and a young French guitarist, Henry Padovani, who had just arrived in London. Although they lacked a bassist, Stewart Copeland already had his sights set on Gordon Matthew Sumner, aka Sting, whom he had spotted at a concert by his band Last Exit a short while earlier. As soon as the trio were formed, he went into the studio to record his first two songs, "Fall Out" and "Nothing Ach...