Don’t expect The Police to get back together anytime soon.
That’s according to drummer Stewart Copeland, who — in an interview with LouderSound — said the chances of the iconic 1980s rock band reforming are highly unlikely.
“Those odds are slim. We are enjoying life — and each other — too much away from being in a band together,” he said. “Why jeopardize it by going back into that place where we shout and scream at each other all of the time? I understand now why we did that, because we had band therapy.”
Copeland added that “the three of us were put on this planet to make different kinds of music.”
Asked if he still gets along with his former bandmates, Copeland responded affirmatively.
“Oh yeah. The three of us would end up in one corner right away,” he said. “Or maybe I’d go over into Sting’s corner and gripe for a while about Andy and then head into Andy’s corner and gripe to him about Sting. Because you know damned well that before I got there, their heads were together having a good ol’ gripe about me.”
Still, there’s another reason that might waylay any attempts at a reunion. Copeland and Police guitarist Andy Summers recently filed suit against the group’s bassist and chief songwriter Sting over what they say are missing royalties.
Summers and Copeland said in the suit, filed in London High Court, that they never received songwriting credit on the song “Every Breath You Take” and have never been paid for their contributions.
Active from 1977 to 1984, the Police is known for such hits as “Don’t Stand So Close to Me,” “Roxanne” and “Message in a Bottle.”
The group did reunite and tour extensively from 2007-08 before disbanding again.
