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Re: sting escaping the police



Sting was able to escape The Police for one reason:  He's got one name.
Seriously - Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers were much better musicians
than Sting, they just did not have a good strategy for marketing themselves.

If Pete had a name like Scratch, he would have broken away years ago.
If Roger could had changed his name to Punch, his solo career would have
gone through the roof.
If Jimmy Page had been Gizmo, he would have had a great solo career.
Robert Plant could have been Zoso.

It really has nothing to do with the profound impact that they had on music.
It is all about marketing, branding, ego and name identification.

Jeff