Stewart Copeland has joked that the group took the “Police” name because it gave them free publicity in every country in the world. However, his father Miles (Sr.) had been a founding father and field agent for the CIA, later writing two books about those experiences. And Stewart had decided on the name even before forming the band.
Andy’s pre-Police career was commemorated in Jenny Fabian’s book Groupie, where his genitals are described by those in the know as being “perfectly formed.” In the same psychedelic era, he was predictably experimenting with LSD:
“My first few acid trips were all deeply religious experiences and I started to get the White Light and all that.”
Interesting excerpt from Rock & Holy Rollers: The Spiritual Beliefs of Chart-Topping Rock Stars in Their Lives and Lyrics by Geoffrey D. Falk. How did that genital comment make it in there? I’m laughing … hilariously …
Stewart Copeland has joked that the group took the “Police” name because it gave them free publicity in every country in the world. However, his father Miles (Sr.) had been a founding father and field agent for the CIA, later writing two books about those experiences. And Stewart had decided on the name even before forming the band. Andy’s pre-Police career was commemorated in Jenny Fabian’s book Groupie, where his genitals are described by those in the know as being “perfectly formed.” In the same psychedelic era, he was predictably experimenting with LSD: “My first few acid trips were all deeply religious experiences and I started to get the White Light and all that.”
Interesting excerpt from Rock & Holy Rollers: The Spiritual Beliefs of Chart-Topping Rock Stars in Their Lives and Lyrics by Geoffrey D. Falk. How did that genital comment make it in there? I’m laughing … hilariously …