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How Sting got his name
Posted by kjntgr on 11/14/16 at 10:22 pm10
I was listening to his interview on Stern and Sting said, in the very early days, he wore a shirt with black and yellow. Some one said "hey Sting"
The name stuck, his friends would call his house, ask for Sting. Then his mom began to call him that
The name stuck, his friends would call his house, ask for Sting. Then his mom began to call him that
re: How Sting got his namePosted by MorbidTheClown on 11/15/16 at 7:56 am to kjntgr
didn't he back up billy ocean or someone like that? I seem to remember hearing that he wore the black and yellow striped shirt and looked like a bee while part of that band so someone called him sting.
re: How Sting got his namePosted by parrotdr on 11/15/16 at 5:29 pm to MorbidTheClown
Not according to this but there is a connection. From Wiki
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Last Exit was a British jazz fusion[1] band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, in 1974[2] and is best remembered as the group Sting was in before finding stardom with The Police.[3] The band name came from the book Last Exit to Brooklyn. Last Exit was composed of drummer Ronnie Pearson (also of the Phoenix Jazzmen), guitarists John Hedley[4] and then Terry Ellis, keyboardist Gerry Richardson, and bassist and singer Sting. The band was a leading act around Newcastle for several years.
They released a single in 1975, "Whispering Voices/Evensong" (two Richardson compositions) on the Wudwink label, and later a tape called 'First from Last Exit' featuring nine original songs.[5] In 1976, Carol Wilson, Head of Richard Branson's music publishing company, saw Last Exit play in the Gosforth Hotel in Newcastle and signed them. Virgin financed the recording of a demo in the Pathway Studios in London. Wilson organised a number of gigs, including Dingwalls, and a double page feature in Sounds and played the demo to every major record label. Most A&R men liked it but could not see an obvious category to market the band, so no record deal materialised.
In 1977, Last Exit moved to London but after a few gigs half of the band returned to Newcastle, and Sting and Richardson started looking for other jobs. Richardson worked with Billy Ocean's band as musical director, while Sting joined Stewart Copeland and Henri Padovani and formed The Police. That same year, Last Exit played their last concert in Newcastle. In 1996 Sting invited Gerry Richardson to play organ on his album Mercury Falling.
re: How Sting got his namePosted by MorbidTheClown on 11/16/16 at 8:24 am to parrotdr
Cool. I knew i remembered billy ocean involved in the story somewhere.
re: How Sting got his namePosted by randybobandy on 11/16/16 at 11:39 am to kjntgr
When you are lucky enough to be named Gordon Sumner, you will accept any nickname available. Skidmark would have been an improvement.
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