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Sunday, December 2, 2007
Klark Kent was for a time a solo project alter-ego for
Stewart Copeland, drummer for The Police, in which he played all the instruments.
(Though perhaps he had a backing band for public appearances - - or not - - as evidenced in the snippet of video attached to this link.)
Quoting the entry at allmusic.com, despite an elaborate backstory created for the persona - -
"...in reality, Copeland merely wanted to record songs he wrote for the Police that Sting didn't like."
The geezerly footnote
I (of course) recall for Klark Kent is his instrumental,
'Theme For Kinetic Ritual'
- - For a few years in the '80's it was the opening theme to the IRS label's show,
'The Cutting Edge' on MTV.
(Gee, 'Cutting Edge on MTV' sounds like such an oxymoron, he said snottily.)
From the Klark Kent 7-inch EP (Kryptone Records, 1978),
Listen to:
Don't Care
Thrills
Office Girls
(click for audio)
Labels: audio, vintage vinyl, YouTube