The Stewart Copeland Interview 

I am 100% absolutely convinced that if Stewart was ever interviewed about hanging drywall, it would be THE most interesting conversation about drywall, ever. Great job, Rick!! Love your interviews.

Stewart talks like he plays the drums. Never a dull moment.

Rick Beato is without doubt THE best interviewer of musicians. Knowledgable, articulate, patient and friendly. No ego going on here just the desire to get the musician talking freely and interestingly about their craft. Stewart Copland is such an entertaining guy to listen to as well as being a terrific drummer and I am a fan for sure. Occasionally I had to pause and take a break for a cup of tea cos his energy levels are off the scale! Keep 'em coming Rick. Love your work.

Stewart Copeland one of the greatest drummers of all time! Exceptional person, entertaining, intelligent, great sense of humor and respectful. Amazing interview Mr.Beato🙌🏻

Copeland is like 71 years old...it's incredible how youthful he is!

Dude is so genuine, no filter, I love it.

"The Police was like a Prada suit made out of razor blades" - Stewart Copeland

This is probably the most revelatory interview on what it’s like to be in a band with a musical genius while all you want to do is play music and have fun .. 👍

Rick, you’re a Godsend. The Police remain the most interesting and enigmatic band in music history. This series probably serves as the closing chapter in their story, and you helped them write it. On behalf of billions of Police fans, THANK YOU.

So grateful you were able to interview all three members of The Police. Exceptional musicians and people.

My musical hero since I was 10 years old in 1980. Had posters of him and his drum kits all over my room. I since became a pro touring drummer and it’s all because of this guy.

Thank you, Rick, for just letting people talk and talk and talk. It is an absolute thrill.

One of the best interviews of a musician ever. Stewart's personality is so conversation-friendly.

Stu (at 71!) is a live wire; never a dull moment as he soft sells his genius. As one of--if not "the"--greatest drummers of all time you pair him with Andy's genius and a songsmith like Sting and it was just lightning in a bottle. No surprise with that much genius in one space that it would only hold together so long. But how lucky we are that it did. And Rick, hats off to getting all The Police together as the first "band" in your 1-on-1 interviews. It was a masterclass in letting the interviewee talk and in moving them into new and fascinating places. Hearing each member's perspective was just... You've wondered where this channel should go? Don't change a thing!

Stewart was magnetic as could be in The Police and it’s even more fun to hear him interviewed in his later years. Sounds like a a great guy to be your friend to hang with on a regular basis.

Love that he can criticize and poke fun at his former band members yet also deeply appreciates and respects them! What a class act, great guy and amazing drummer he is. He plays exquisitely but it’s funny how he describes it as just banging on the drums but in all their songs he is just perfection, as his other band members are as well, each one is a genius of their instrument, incredible! I love him and could hear him talk and tell stories for hours and hours. I had never understood why The Police stopped making records but he just explained it so well. Thank you Rick for this excellent interview!! Now ending with Stewart, plus the interviews with Sting and Andy Summers you hit the triple jackpot and gave all of us Police fans, the greatest gift! 🎉🙏👏🔥🤩🚔

Kudos Mr Beato, for completing The Holy Trinity Interviews - Sting, Andy and Stewart. 👑

Great interview. Stewart is still so youthful at 71. Fantastic energy and sense of humor.

Man, Stewart Copeland is sooo entertaining. The part where is singing "jaazz chords" talking about Sting and Andy writing Murder By Numbers had me laughing out loud.

I could listen to Stewart talk for hours. Passionate, full of energy, and really shows a self awareness about band dynamics and how egos can make things go sideways.

Finally, the last piece of the puzzle. Sting - Andy - Stewart... All that energy, humor and sheer genius. What an amazing guy that Stewart Copeland...Thank you Rick Beato for this Grand Slam!

I thought I’d watch 10 minutes of this and move on but I got hooked by his stories. I love Stewart’s combination of bravado and humility.

I’ll say this is the best interview in the history of this channel and that’s saying something.

Its interesting to see how the "guy who doesn't know music and just bangs things" now spends his time composing opera after a successful period as a film composer. Honestly the problem, if any, with The Police is you had 3 roosters in a hen house. What fantastic people, this interview archive is invaluable. Thank you Rick for your perseverance, these are really historic documents.

Please, Please, PLEASE try to get Alex and Geddy, preferably as individuals. This, as always, was fantastic, but these guys are due for their turn.

Copeland was the magic ingredient, an essential part that created the unique sound of “The Police” , which artists today miss, by dismissing the drummer, but this guy was also special, like the other members, ,all three components of that genius alchemy.

Copeland is such a good storyteller! His book reads like his interview. Very entertaining and informative.

So impressed by his memory. It's like he's talking about something yesterday not almost 50 years ago.

In today’s day and age of fast consumption and shallowness this video is a breath of fresh air. Rick knows to ask the relevant questions fans care about and actually takes the time to listen to the answers. Stew as we know is a creative genius who is quite expressive and generous with his stories. This is the type of content you’d expect VH1 to deliver instead of reality shows. Thank god we have RU-vid and this channel.

Rick making Stewart feel comfortable enough to open up his true feelings about Wrapped Around Your Finger is the greatest achievement of this interview....and you can tell it wasn't planned, just happened. The song and the band are even more interesting to me now.

Ok, hands down, Stewart Copeland is one of the most amazing freaking HUMAN BEINGS!! He's just so smart, so funny, so sophisticated, so honest - AMAZING!! Could listen to him talking ALL DAY LONG! Well done, Rick, this will forever be your best interview - sorry, conversation!

Steward Copeland is such a cool guy. Just down to earth, funny as hell - a guy you wish you met at a party and spent a night just chatting about everything and nothing at the same time. Same goes about Rick!

Stewart is like a perpetual teenager! What a guy and what a drummer.

One of the best music interviews of all time. You don’t even have to be a musician to appreciate it. A fascinating insight on achieving greatness with a dysfunctional group of talented players.

Copeland is hilarious! Rick hung on well for the ride and made a truly great interview! Thank you!

What a great interview. And I never knew that Stewart Copeland had such an active and dry sense of humor!

Just listened to the ending of Message in a Bottle…which Stewart says he doesn’t like his drumming at the end of the song…and guess what? It is BRILLIANT!……..Copeland is brilliant even when he says he’s not! GREAT INTERVIEW

You absolute madman, you did it: you got all three.

Is it just me or does anybody else see Copeland’s resemblance to Steve Martin? Also, his voice sounds a little bit like Martin’s as well. What a great interview this was! And with such an interesting and animated human!

This is one of the greatest interviews of all time! Stewart might just be as good a storyteller as he is a drummer.

Absolutely brilliant. now get the three of them together in the same room..

Loved all 3 of these "Police" interviews. Stewart is still so bombastic and entertaining. They are 3 very different personalities and you can see how that made the band combustible (and so great at the same time). Wonderful work, Rick!

This is a really refreshing interview! Stewart Copeland coming in and saying what’s on his mind, guiding the conversation, calling bullshit where appropriate and providing incredibly interesting inside information! I just love it! And none of this would be possible without Rick Beato’s incredible knowledge and insights. Brilliant.

This is one of those rare interviews that was a true joy to watch

I wasn’t a huge Police fan back in the 80’s. It took seeing interviews with Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland in the last couple of years to appreciate the band. I thoroughly appreciate Mr. Copeland specifically. He’s a great story teller. I feel like he could be anyone’s friend.

This is one of the best interviews I've ever heard. Copeland's honesty is so refreshing.

Have seen many SC interviews and this is by far his most maniacal performance!!Never seen RB looking so nervous, tapping his fingers. Not a criticism and a wonderful interview. SC not prepared to talk about his skills as correctly predicted by Andy Summers in his talk .What a channel.

What do Sting and Geddy Lee have in common: They play wicked bass parts while singing over the top of it. Great video. Huge Stewart Copeland fan.

The effect that Stewart had on drummers when he showed up back then, was amazing. Some of the drummers that said he was influencing their playing was unbelievable. I love his honesty and fairness about everything.

Rick, as usual I hesitate to click on your video because I know I will be transported away from reality into a magical world with a grin I cannot wipe from my face and an hour of my life lost fixated on another riveting interview! ❤

The last piece to the TRIFECTA of the TRIUMPHANT TRIO…first Sting, then Andy, and now Stew!!!! All in a year and a half. Rick Beato is a BEASTO!!! Thank you so much for highlighting my all time favorite band!!

AND.... Driven To Tears! So restrained but brimming with energy. Stewart shines in that one. Still incredible so many years later

Stewart=GOAT. Such a talented percussionist!

I love that Leatherhead High Street gets a mention. For those who don’t know, Leatherhead is a fairly unremarkable commuter town just about 15 miles South of London. I had been an avid Police fan since starting to learn drums at school when I was 10 and was fascinated by Stewart’s creativity on the drums. In my twenties I moved to just outside Leatherhead for work and was drumming in a local band. The rehearsal rooms we used were opposite a chip shop that in the eighties was a dairy. All the time we were practicing there I had absolutely no idea that the room above the fish and chip shop was formerly the studio where the first 2 Police albums were recorded and produced by Nigel Gray. Mindblowing.

Copeland is just so damned talented. I still remember being floored when I found out he did the music for Spyro the Dragon. My oldest son knew him for Spyro and was in turn floored when I introduced him to the music of the Police.

OMG! WHEN ALMIGHTY STEWART BANGS THE TABLE YOU CAN CLEARLY HEAR HIS DISTINCTIVE SOUND....love you

I had the great fortune to see The Police at the Liberty Speedway in Philadelpia in August of 1981. I was 14, and I still have the ticket stub. Other bands on the bill were The Specials, The Go-Gos, Oingo Boingo (Danny Elfman) and The Coasters. As a kid into punk, I managed to learn how to play drums and create music. To say that day changed my life would be an understatement. Stewart, you are a treasure.

Rick always brings out the best of the people he interviews. And for some reason, I love that Stewart uses his nickname for Sting "Stingo" throughout the interview.

3 very different interviews . 3 people in very different places on their paths. Congratulations Rick..Bravo

That was fun to watch. This guy needs a 2nd interview, covering soundtracks and Opera's. Come on Rick make it so!!!

Rick, you deserve very much the first « Merci » I gave. I never thought I would hear such a great interview with Stewart Copeland in my life. Stewart was my big idol with The Police in my youth, not the only one because there were Keith Moon and John Bonham and Jeff Porcaro but the really flashy, cool, creative drummer that gave me a kind of electrical shock by listening his parts was Stewart. 45 years later, I still play and went through so many great drummers and great styles of music, fusion, jazz and more…. But when The Police reunion tour did set up, I jumped to the Stade de France, in Paris, and Yelled and sang like I never did and don’t think I ever will. I nearly cried of satisfaction! Tonight, listening to this clever interview and Police songs still fills me with electricity and excitation. Only Stewart and the Police do me this, and you Rick Beato are far far far better than every interviewer that put a mic in front of this guy in 50 years. I already loved your conversation with Sting and I go to Andy’s now. A very big Thank You!!!

Stewart is such a colorful character to listen to! I highly, HIGHLY enjoy listening to his interviews / conversations and there's never a dull moment.

Of all the great music Stewart has been a part of creating, I LOVE that he did the Spyro soundtrack. Such an unexpected pleasure!

I really didn’t know who this guy was except the original police drummer. I not a huge police fan, and it came on after another video I watched. I let it roll about five minutes and was hooked. This dude is super cool and such an entertaining interview. I guess I need to be more open minded and try listening to interviews that maybe I don’t know about the person. Great interview! I’m 56 now and in good health, I hope I am that alive and witty at 71!

What an incredible interview. Rick is always always on point. Such a master. Never interrupts. Asks great questions sits back and let’s the guests fly. This is how it’s done. Just wonderful!

I'm only 10 or so minutes into this non-interniew and once again, I find Mr Copeland to be an absolute joy ... just the way he explains the upbeat foundation of "Material" and plays it on the table is fabulous or course, thank you, Rick

Rick, your interviews and videos are so incredible ! I've never heard Stewart so honest and precise in his explanations about the frictions in the Police. You're a brilliant interviewer and you bring out the best out of your guests. 😊

Wonderful. Rick, this is your calling. You are so good at interviewing musicians. And Steward is a real hero for me. He literally speaks my language/vocab. I love his energy for life - and opera! Wow. Fantastic.

I'd never seen a Stewart Copeland interview prior to this conversation,, and had no idea the guy was so funny, personable and interesting. Rick always does a fabulous job of getting a guest to relax and open up. The conversations with Stewart, Andy and Sting-o (I love that!) provided insights that raised my appreciation for the band and their music.

I watch everything Stewart on youtube! He's so great to listen to. I just started playing drums at age 58. I felt silly starting to learn so late, but my son said, hey go for it, you're getting a head start on being a drummer in your next life. I dunno why, but it struck me as something Stewart might have said 😂

No filter with this guy. Alarming candour...great interview...

YES!! One of my fav drummer. He's great and he's still so youthful because his ears are always open. People "make music for different reasons" That's what I've been saying. People have to go with what they they need to do musically. No villains. I'm just glad that we have the 5 albums. One of the best things that happened to music is when Stewart called Sting. The next best thing is when they did the session work with Andy and ran into him. Maybe some folks in the comment sections can lighten up about the feud. These guys love each other and understand what happened to them.

Those 3 interviews are some of your best ones. As a die-hard fan of The Police and Stewart Copeland, I thank you for posting them and doing such a great job.

I grew up watching The Equalizer with my Dad back in the 80s and the Stewart's score for the theme and the whole series always sticks with me to this day. It was ahead of it time 👍

This was excellent, I could listen to Stewart reminiscing all day. I was an early adopter of The Police, I even bought Fall Out on 7” in ‘77, followed by Can’t stand losing you on blue vinyl, my Mom hated them. I still have them, they are well played, as records should be.

Hard to believe Wrapped Around wasn't a standout for him...and u look at how he reinvented that song during the Reunion Tour...SC is such a badass

"Band therapy" All of this is gold and answers a lot of questions I've always had

This is just Fantastic. Love the Casio Keyboard story for “Spirits.” I can totally hear that. Mind blown

Omg - this has to be the best interview ever. Made me smile and laugh out loud for an hour, only pause it so I could share with my friends.

One of the most interspersed musicians - I could listen to him talk for hours especially when he is “Doris” bashing!

I LOVE that he calls Sting: Sting-o! Tremendous! You can tell that regardless of their differences that they are truly brothers to the end.

Congrats on completing this trio of interviews! My mouth dropped open when I saw Copeland on the thumbnail. 👏👏

I just wrapped up watching this absolutely amazing CONVERSATION and am so honored to get to be included, even if only through the looking glass. Already a Police fan, at the age of 15, I was given a box of "drilled" (promotional copy) cassette tapes, and one of them was Stewart's "The Equalizer & Other Cliff Hangers." I played it so much that ultimately it got eaten by my boombox. But that was my intro to musicians not being defined by the style of music they play. It broadened my appreciation of the individuals who make up the band. I am in the middle of reading Geddy Lee's autobiography (highly recommend it), but I am about to buy Stewart's book, and I certainly look forward to that adventure. Thank you, gentlemen. This was a joy to watch. God bless you both.

Wow, These jazz chords were being used by the country western cowboys back in the 1930s 40s and 50s. Fantastic interview Rick. Thank you for this. 🎸🎶🥁

It gives me shivers down my spine to hear all these great musicians talk about how they came up with the biggest hits... much respect...x

One of my top 10 drummers of all time. In a list that includes Bonham, Pocaro, Gadd, and Peart it says a lot really. One of the best drummers we have left. Very, very excited to watch this.

How could you not love this guy? I love the lack of filter and honesty he shows. We need more like him in the world. I said to a good friend the other day: "It's sad that you're more unique being honest with others and yourself than it is to cater to all the modern world bullshit and lies". Stewart is without a doubt a National Treasure and I hope is well preserved for years to come.

Great interview! A few more things I would've asked about: drug use by any members while on tour or when making an album, what his favorite Police album is, what his favorite Police song released as a single is, what his favorite Police song that wasn't a single is, how does he want to be remembered after he dies, favorite live performance he ever did, how often he plays the drums these days, who his favorite bands or musicians are today/what does he listen to, favorite Sting solo album or song, thoughts on electronic drum kits, etc.

Fourth row Synchronicity tour at the University of Illinois. These guys bottled magic. Love that Rick recorded all three band members. This is a document. Great interview with Stewart because he is so honest and enthusiastic and has processed his journey.

One of the best interviews I've ever seen with Stewart. There seems to be a real mutual respect and the result was informatively joyful to watch. Stewart is such an eloquent raconteur and Rick is such a brilliant, enthusiastic and genuine fan of music and musicians that the combinations screams repeated viewing. Two men at their best. A joy.

This is the the epitome of a one hour back handed compliment 🐝

I’ve seen many interviews with Stewart where he goes down memory lane with The Police, but here, Rick, you got him going deeper into the vault to pull up stories I hadn’t heard before. These were the stories I’d been wanting to hear. So thank you for this one. And congrats on getting the sit downs with Sting and Andy. Both of those interviews are absolutely intimate and stellar as well!

i can listen to Stewart for hours upon end, he is so human

These interviews, all of them, have to be stored in a more permanent media and sent to a place that can be preserved as the Beato Series for the future generations to watch and appreciate. This is history, being narrated by the protagonists talking themselves and this, this is something we need to save for the future.

Stuart scored Wall Street and the original Equaliser. Both 80’s masterpieces.

One of the best concert decisions I ever made was going to see The Police at Day on the Green in 1983. I had never seen them and everyone seemed to know that this was it; they're going to break up after this tour. And they did. And the whole show is here on YT for me to relive.

The silent guest in that interview kept drawing me in and that’s the screen-saver slide show of a magical, beautiful life! Bang on, Mr. Copeland!!

Sweet!! I *knew* you were going to interview him after getting Sting and Andy Summers. 🙂 Can't wait to watch it!

Man I love Stewart, one of the greatest drummers of all time! Never ever get tired of him talking music and anecdotes!! Awesome interview! One of the greatest bands, ever. 🐐🙌🔥💪

oh wow, we are so fortunate to have this