Who is the lead singer of dire straits
Dire Straits | Mini Documentary
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rather like uber British band dire
straits never impressed fashionistas
with their sartorial style their pong
Shawn for headbands and baggy shirts
smacked more of a local pub bands in a
stadium rock act and their nice guy
image flew in the face of snarling punk
groups like The Sex Pistols and the
clash and to begin with the four-piece
formed by Mark Knopfler and his brother
David in 1977 were doing it tough as
their name suggested I was selling
guitars to to live and Street on
people's floors and things but even then
Mark had a feeling dire straits were
destined for something great I knew it
was gonna happen one way or the other
yeah after finding British success with
their debut single Sultans of Swing
their record company Warner Brothers
thought their middle-of-the-road rock
sound might also go down well in the
u.s. it soon became clear they were
right I think dad's face was the first
record that they'd had from a British
band for some time by a new British band
which which was air playable was
programmable as far as they were
concerned because it sounds like an
American record their self-titled album
sold 2 million copies in the US alone
and led to a world tour
we arrived in America to a completely
sold-out to complete press mania and
media overkill if anything and you
sometimes flip around six stations and
you get one of our songs was being
played simultaneously on every air band
you could get that worldwide popularity
continued through the release of their
next four albums which spawned hit
singles like Romeo and Juliet private
investigations walk of life and money
for nothing it's gets really silly when
something happens worldwide that size of
that size and there's another attention
however after the phenomenally
successful world tour of 1986 to promote
brothers-in-arms mark decided it was
time to take a break from the group
distinctly remember lying on a bed and
saying enough he took time off to
concentrate on side projects and
although the band reformed briefly in
1991 to release their final studio album
on every street mark has since been
plowing his efforts into lower profile
pursuits such as producing for other
artists and writing film scores
