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Dire Straits

Band formed in 1977 in London, England

Disbanded in 1995

Dire Straits's Genre:

Album Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll

Biography

Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk. If anything, the band was a direct outgrowth of the roots revivalism of pub rock, but where pub rock celebrated good times, Dire Straits were melancholy. Led by guitarist/vocalist Mark Knopfler, the group built their sound upon the laid-back blues-rock of J.J. Cale, but they also had jazz and country inflections, occasionally dipping into the epic song structures of progressive rock. The band's music was offset by Knopfler's lyrics, which approximated the winding, stream-of-conscious narratives of Bob Dylan. As their career progressed, Dire Straits became more refined and their new maturity happened to coincide with the rise of MTV and the compact disc. These two musical revolutions from the mid-'80s helped make Dire Straits' sixth album, Brothers in Arms, an international blockbuster. The band -- along with Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, and Steve Winwood -- become one of the leaders of a group of self-consciously mature veteran rock & rollers in the late '80s that designed their music to appeal to aging baby boomers. Despite the band's international success, they couldn't sustain their stardom, waiting a full six years to deliver a follow-up to Brothers in Arms, by which time their audience had shrunk significantly.

Knopfler (born August 12, 1949) was always the main force behind Dire Straits. The son of an architect, Knopfler studied English literature at Leeds University and worked briefly as a rock critic for the Yorkshire Evening Post while at college. He began teaching English after his graduation, leading a pub rock band called Brewer's Droop at night. By 1977, Mark was playing with his brother David (guitar) and his roommate John Illsley (bass). During the summer of 1977, the trio cut a demo with drummer Pick Withers. A London DJ named Charlie Gillett heard the demo and began playing "Sultans of Swing" on his BBC show Honky Tonkin'. Following a tour opening for Talking Heads, the band began recording their debut for Vertigo Records with producer Muff Winwood in early 1978. By the summer, they had signed with Warner in America, releasing their eponymous debut in the fall. Thanks to the Top Ten hit "Sultans of Swing," Dire Straits was a major success in both Britain and America, with the single and album climbing into the Top Ten on both sides of the Atlantic.

Dire Straits established Dire Straits as a major force on album-oriented radio in America, and their second album, Communique (1979), consolidated their audience, selling three million copies worldwide. As the group was recording its third album, Knopfler left the band to pursue a solo career; he was replaced by former Darling member Hal Lindes. Like its predecessor, Making Movies was a sizable hit in America and Britain, even though the band was criticized for musically treading water. Nevertheless, the record went gold on the strength of the radio and MTV hits "Romeo and Juliet" and "Skateaway." Dire Straits followed the album two years later with Love Over Gold, an album filled with long, experimental passages, plus the single "Private Investigations," which became a number two hit in the U.K. The album went gold in America and spent four weeks at number one in Britain. Shortly after the release of Love Over Gold, former Rockpile drummer Terry Williams replaced Withers.

During 1982, Knopfler began exploring musical avenues outside of Dire Straits, scoring the Bill Forsyth film Local Hero and playing on Van Morrison's Beautiful Vision. Apart from releasing the Twisting by the Pool EP early in 1983, Dire Straits were quiet for the majority of 1983 and 1984, as Knopfler produced Bob Dylan's Infidels, as well as Aztec Camera and Willy DeVille; he also wrote "Private Dancer for Tina Turner's comeback album. In the spring of 1984, the band released the double album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live and by the end of the year, they had begun recording their fifth studio album with their new keyboardist, Guy Fletcher.

Released in the summer of 1985, Brothers in Arms was Dire Straits' breakthrough album, making the band international stars. Supported by the groundbreaking computer-animated video for "Money for Nothing," a song which mocked music videos, the album became a blockbuster, spending nine weeks at the top of the American charts and selling over nine million copies; in England, the album became the biggest-selling album of the '80s. "Walk of Life" and "So Far Away" kept Brothers in Arms in the charts through 1986, and Dire Straits played over 200 dates in support of the album. Once the tour was completed, Dire Straits went on hiatus for several years, as Knopfler produced records by Randy Newman and Joan Armatrading, scored films, toured with Eric Clapton, and recorded a duet album with Chet Atkins (Neck and Neck, 1990). In 1989, he formed the country-rock group Notting Hillbillies, whose sole album, Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time, became a British hit upon its spring 1990 release. During the extended time off, John Illsley recorded his second album; the first appeared in 1984.

In 1990, Knopfler reconvened Dire Straits, which now featured Illsley, Clark, Fletcher, and various session musicians. The band released On Every Street in the fall of 1991 to great anticipation. However, the album failed to meet expectations -- it only went platinum in America and it didn't crack the U.K. Top 40 -- and failed to generate a hit single. Similarly, the tour was a disappointment, with many tickets going unsold in both the U.S. and Europe. Once the tour was completed, the live album On the Night was released in the spring of 1993 and the band again went on hiatus. In 1996, Knopfler launched his solo career with Golden Heart. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Dire Straits

This station plays the best music from and music from related artists like Supertramp, J. Geils Band, Peter Frampton, Pete Townshend, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Robert Plant, Joe Walsh, Jefferson Starship, Electric Light Orchestra, Golden Earring and more.

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Dire Straits's Selected Discography (29)

On Every Street

2000 Warner Bros Records Inc.; 1991 Phonogram Ltd. (London)200012 Songs

Communiqué

2000 Warner Bros. Records Inc.20009 Songs

Dire Straits

1978, 2000 Warner Bros. Records Inc.20009 Songs

Brothers in Arms

2000 Warner Bros. Records Inc.19909 Songs

Love Over Gold

2005 Warner Bros. Manufactured & Marketed by Rhino Home Video19905 Songs

Making Movies

2000 Warner Bros. Records Inc.19857 Songs

Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler

2005 Mercury Records LimitedCOMPILATION200522 Songs

Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits

1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1991, 1993 Mercury Records Ltd. (London); This compilation 1998 Mercury Records Ltd. (London)COMPILATION199816 Songs

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live

199611 Songs

On the Night

1993 Warner Brothers Records199310 Songs

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live

1984 Warner Bros. Records, Inc. for the US and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the US198313 Songs

Money for Nothing

COMPILATION198812 Songs

Kingdom Come [Original Soundtrack]

1991 Mercury Records Ltd.SOUNDTRACK200111 Songs

Live at the BBC

1995 BBC Worldwide Ltd.COMPILATION19958 Songs

Brothers in Arms [DualDisc]

200518 Songs

Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits [DVD]

200417 Songs

Dire Straits/Communique

DIGITAL200118 Songs

Making Movies

DIGITAL200112 Songs

One World [BMG]

COLLECTION199613 Songs

Kingdom Come [DMD Single]

DIGITAL20051 Songs

Flashing for Money

DIGITAL20051 Songs

Millionaire Blues

DIGITAL1 Songs

Money for Nothing

DIGITAL1 Songs

On Every Street [EP]

EP19914 Songs

Twisting by the Pool

EP19844 Songs

Sultans of Swing: Live in Germany

200916 Songs

Alchemy Live [Video]

199111 Songs

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live

198411 Songs

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live

DIGITAL200911 Songs

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from: Dire Straits

1978, 2000 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Saturday Night at the Movies (Intro)

from: Alchemy Live [Video]

from: Brothers in Arms

2000 Warner Bros. Records Inc.