Dire Straits
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Dire Straits  

Dire Straits
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Type : Band
Pays : United Kingdom
Date de formation : 01/01/1977
Date de séparation : 01/01/1995

Styles

Roots Rock, Blues Rock, Pub Rock

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Dire Straits is a British rock band formed in Deptford (London borough of Lewisham) in the summer of 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (rhythm guitar), John Illsley (bass) and Pick Withers (drums). Considered one …

Activity

From 1974 to 2022

Labels

Warner Bros. Records, Vertigo

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Dire Straits is a British rock band formed in Deptford (London borough of Lewisham) in the summer of 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (rhythm guitar), John Illsley (bass) and Pick Withers (drums). Considered one of the greatest rock bands of the 1980s, Dire Straits has sold over 140 million albums since its inception.

Sultans of Swing, Romeo and Juliet, Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms, Money for Nothing, Your Latest Trick, Private Investigations, Walk of Life, Calling Elvis, So Far Away, Lady Writer, Twisting by the Pool are some of the band's biggest hits.

The band broke up in 1993, although their contract did not officially end until 1995. Its members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.