“Now my attitude is, ‘Unless I’m gonna play loads of guitar, I’m not in the band.’” Halfway into the song Say Goodnight – just one of 13 hook-filled and immensely satisfying tracks from Circa Zero’s debut album, Circus Hero – former Police guitarist Andy Summers hits a couple of echoey chords that wouldn’t sound out […]
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Andy Summers and Rob Giles on the Adam Carolla ShowMarch 27, 2014
Andy Summers and Rob Giles are in studio. Adam talks with Andy about the foundations of The Police, working with Sting, and how Rob and Andy started making music together. Listen to the episode here
Former Police guitarist Andy Summers has done it all — including starting a new band at 72March 27, 2014
“I’ve been through the whole thing you can do with a rock band,” says Andy Summers. He’s not kidding. Even before joining The Police, the guitarist had jammed with Jimi Hendrix in L.A. and with Eric Clapton in London, recorded a crossover album with an orchestra of Hungarian refugees in Munich, broken his nose in […]
QA: Andy Summers on new band Circa Zero and Police’s last actMarch 24, 2014
Police guitarist Andy Summers has a new band, Circa Zero, that rocks as hard as anything he’s done in his long, arresting career. Summers sat down with FOX411 to discuss Circa Zero, his upcoming documentary, and what The Police could possibly do as its final act. FOX411: I understand Circa Zero’s album title was inspired […]
Glide Magazine Interview: Andy Summers – The Police to Circa ZeroMarch 22, 2014
“I’m a little bit shell-shocked today,” guitarist Andy Summers said with a laugh a few weeks ago when I called him for an afternoon interview. “We’ve been making this insane video till after midnight last night where we were throwing paint all over each other. That was intense. And we did that time and time […]