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Last Exit was a British jazz fusion〔http://www.stewartcopeland.net/bio/bio07.html〕 band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, in 1974〔http://www.sagegateshead.com/event/gerry-richardson/〕 and is best remembered as the group Sting was in before finding stardom with The Police.〔http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/american-playwright-visited-region-sting-1413297〕 The band name came from the book ''Last Exit to Brooklyn''. Last Exit was composed of drummer Ronnie Pearson (also of the Phoenix Jazzmen), guitarists John Hedley〔http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/american-playwright-visited-region-sting-1413297〕 and then Terry Ellis, keyboardist Gerry Richardson, and bassist and singer Sting. The band was a leading act around Newcastle for several years. They released a single in 1975, "Whispering Voices/Evensong" (two Richardson compositions) on the Wudwink label, and later a tape called 'First from Last Exit' featuring nine original songs.〔http://www.sting.com/discography/index/album/albumId/319/tagName/Albums Sting Official Site〕 In 1976, Carol Wilson, Head of Richard Branson's music publishing company, saw Last Exit play in the Gosforth Hotel in Newcastle and signed them. Virgin financed the recording of a demo in the Pathway Studios in London. Wilson organised a number of gigs, including Dingwalls, and a double page feature in Sounds and played the demo to every major record label. Most A&R men liked it but could not see an obvious category to market the band, so no record deal materialised. In 1977, Last Exit moved to London but after a few gigs half of the band returned to Newcastle, and Sting and Richardson started looking for other jobs. Richardson worked with Billy Ocean's band as musical director, while Sting joined Stewart Copeland and Henri Padovani and formed The Police. That same year, Last Exit played their last concert in Newcastle. In 1996 Sting invited Gerry Richardson to play organ on his album ''Mercury Falling''. Several Last Exit songs were later reworked by Sting, to feature in The Police's and Sting's solo albums: *"I Burn For You", "The Bed's Too Big Without You", and "Oh My God" were recorded by The Police under the same name, the first being on the Brimstone & Treacle soundtrack, the second on ''Reggatta de Blanc'', and the third on ''Synchronicity''; *"Carrion Prince", "Truth Kills", and "Savage Beast" are early incarnations of "Bring on the Night" (from ''Reggatta de Blanc''), "Truth Hits Everybody" (from ''Outlandos d'Amour''), and "We Work the Black Seam" (from ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'') respectively; *The lyrics of "Fool in Love" were reused in The Police song "So Lonely" (from ''Outlandos d'Amour''). The songs "Don't Give Up Your Daytime Job" and "Don't You Look At Me" were considered for The Police album ''Ghost in the Machine'', but were not used. They are, however, available as demos on several bootlegs. ==References== * Sting, ''Broken Music'', Simon & Schuster, 2003, ISBN 0-7434-5081-7. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Last Exit (British band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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