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Check STM p r o d u c t s p a c k agekitsstmcompletepackage 2 . html they are very good people to deal with . <| sep |> person not a scalperlol <| sep |> Dire Straits artist picimg 2 . akamaized . netiu 2524 e 185 bef 783 e 4 fe 0 b 8 aeb 2 cb 67 f 7 c 94 d . png Dire Straits were a British rock band from Newcastle , United Kingdom , 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 postpunk era of the late ' 70 s , 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 guitaristvocalist Mark Knopfler , the group built their sound upon the laidback bluesrock 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 , streamofconscious 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 ' 80 s 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 selfconsciously mature veteran rock rollers in the late ' 80 s 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 followup 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 . The LP Dire Straits established Dire Straits as a major force on albumoriented radio in America , and their second album , Communiqu 1979 , consolidated their audience , selling three million copies worldwide . As the group was recording its third album , David 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 United Kingdom . 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 of the same name . 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 computeranimated 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 biggestselling album of the ' 80 s . 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 countryrock 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 autumn 1991 to great anticipation . However , the album failed to meet expectations it only went platinum in America but went to number one in the UK charts and most of Europe it failed to generate a hit single in the UK . The tour embarked on was massive but may have been a bit of 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 . Dire Straits released one last album in 1995 , Live at the BBC , as a contractual album release to Vertigo Records . That same year , Knopfler disbanded the group . In 1996 , Knopfler launched his solo career . Read more on Last . fm . Straits 1 , 994 , 540 listeners , 50 , 018 , 785 plays tags classic rock , 80 s , blues , guitar Please downvote if incorrect ! Selfdeletes if score is 0 .