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Background information
Birth name Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner
Also known as Sting
Born 2 October 1951 (1951-10-02) (age 57)
Wallsend, England
Genre(s) Rock, pop, Medieval music
Occupation(s) Musician, Singer-songwriter, Producer, Actor
Instrument(s) Vocals, Bass guitar, Guitar, Double bass, Keyboards, Saxophone, Lute
Years active 1971 — present
Label(s) A&M
Deutsche Grammophon
Universal Music Group
Associated acts The Police
Notable instrument(s)
Fender Precision Bass
Fender Jazz Bass
Sting at the 2009 premiere of Moon
Background information
Birth name Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner
Also known as Sting
Born 2 October 1951 (1951-10-02) (age 57)
Wallsend, England
Genre(s) Rock, pop, Medieval music
Occupation(s) Musician, Singer-songwriter, Producer, Actor
Instrument(s) Vocals, Bass guitar, Guitar, Double bass, Keyboards, Saxophone, Lute
Years active 1971 — present
Label(s) A&M
Deutsche Grammophon
Universal Music Group
Associated acts The Police
Notable instrument(s)
Fender Precision Bass
Fender Jazz Bass
Early life
Sumner was born in the town of Wallsend in the northeast of England,[3] to Audrey (née Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, a milkman and engineer.[4] His parents had three more children after Gordon: a son (Philip) and two daughters (Angela and Anita). The young Gordon would often assist his father with the early-morning milk-delivery rounds. Early on, Gordon's "best friend" was an old Spanish guitar with five rusty strings which had been left behind by an uncle who had emigrated to Canada.
He attended St. Cuthbert's High School in Newcastle upon Tyne. Later, he left the University of Warwick in Coventry, after only one term. He would often sneak into nightclubs like the Club-A-Go-Go. Here, he would watch musicians such as Jack Bruce and Jimi Hendrix, artists who would later influence his own music. After jobs as a bus conductor, a construction labourer, and a tax officer, he attended Northern Counties College of Education, (which later became part of Northumbria University) from 1971 to 1974 and qualified as a teacher, doing some[which?] training in Alnwick.[5] He then worked as a schoolteacher at St. Paul's First School in Cramlington for two years. His experiences there would inspire him[citation needed] to write two of the Police's most notable hits: "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and "Roxanne". Each was loosely based on one of his favourite books: Lolita and Cyrano de Bergerac, respectively[citation needed].
From an early age, Sumner knew that he wanted to be a musician[citation needed]. His first music gigs were wherever he could get a job. He performed evenings, weekends, and during breaks from college and from teaching. He played with local jazz bands such as the Phoenix Jazzmen, the Newcastle Big Band, and Last Exit.