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United Kingdom (1977 – 1995)

Dire Straits were a band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums), and subsequently managed by Ed Bicknell. 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’ fifth studio album, Brothers in Arms, an international blockbuster. The band - along with Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, and Steve Winwood - became 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.
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  • DASHA_CALIGARI

    Шикарная группа!

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  • juninhohyuuga

    Tunnel of love

    Wednesday morning
  • Stuart_92

    Get your money for nothing, and your chicks for free.

    Wednesday morning
  • inexplicable_

    Romeo and Juliet ! ♥

    Tuesday afternoon
  • Pedrorockeiro

    Uma das melhores bandas, Mark é um gênio

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    Nothing can't beat Sultans of swing! http://www.bublaa.com/bubble/Indie%20Talk

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  • pribongiovi

    Tunnel of love <333333333

    Monday evening
  • brunnabosi

    melhor banda de todos os tempos!!!!!!!!

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    SULTANS OF SWING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Expresso Love {2]

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    SUPER FOR LIFE!

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    quando ouso esses caras lembro de muita coisa na minha vida, good old school rock british

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    O termo ''Música'' ganha um significado a mais com essa banda. Simplesmente de se emocionar e viajar no astral ao mesmo tempo. I love this.

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  • BozekVooDoo

    <3 !

    13 days ago
  • omnivision123

    Yes, one of the greatest rock bands. I still remember their live performance I attended in Oakland

    17 days ago
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    Making Movies...

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    All I can do is hand it to You and Your latest trick.

    20 days ago
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    Telegraph Road

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    Sultans Of Swing <3

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