New Stewart Copeland book promises to be the ‘definitive document’ of The Police drummer's career
Exclusive interviews, never-before-published photos and full song transcriptions are all included in Stewart Copeland: Drumming in The Police and Beyond
Hudson Music has announced the release of Stewart Copeland: Drumming in The Police and Beyond - a brand new book that charts Copeland’s career in The Police, Oysterhead, Gizmodrome and more.
Written by Joe Bergamini, the book has been created with brand new interviews and input from Stewart himself, detailing his upbringing and early life and career, the recording of every Police album and his perspective on the parts he played.
As well as this, it contains a number of never-before-published photos, detailed information on Stewarts kits throughout his career (complete with diagrams of the setups), created alongside Stewart’s longtime drum tech, Jeff Seitz.
It doesn’t stop there though, as Bergamini has also transcribed 18 tracks spanning Stewart Copeland’s career and multiple bands and solo projects. Included in the book are Roxanne, Message in a Bottle, Walking on the Moon, Don’t Stand So Close To Me and many more.
The book promises to be the definitive document of the legendary drummer. Discussing looking back over his career, Stewart says on his YouTube channel, “Most people get to go through life living it, and as new experiences happen some of the other stuff fades - you hold onto some things but basically you’re living in the now.
"But when you’re in the public eye and people are writing books about you, things that you did that you’ve long forgotten about come back, and they are still a thing!
"You think ‘Gosh, Clark Kent! Oh yeah, I remember that.’ And it’s gratifying because there are things there worthy of rememberence. But actually it’s strange how when you’re living a life, you’re pretty much ‘here/today’. You do kind of lose track of where you’ve been."
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Stewart Copeland: Drumming in The Police and Beyond is available now as the book or book/poster bundle from Hudson Music.

Stuart has been working for guitar publications since 2008, beginning his career as Reviews Editor for Total Guitar before becoming Editor for six years. During this time, he and the team brought the magazine into the modern age with digital editions, a Youtube channel and the Apple chart-bothering Total Guitar Podcast. Stuart has also served as a freelance writer for Guitar World, Guitarist and MusicRadar reviewing hundreds of products spanning everything from acoustic guitars to valve amps, modelers and plugins. When not spouting his opinions on the best new gear, Stuart has been reminded on many occasions that the 'never meet your heroes' rule is entirely wrong, clocking-up interviews with the likes of Eddie Van Halen, Foo Fighters, Green Day and many, many more.