“Things had been good – now there were arguments. At the last gig, Andy and I argued about an amplifier and who would use it”: Original The Police guitarist Henry Padovani explains why he was ousted in favor of Andy Summers – but didn’t mind being fired

Henry Padovani with The Police in 2007.

In July of 1977, 35-year-old Andy Summers was recruited by Sting to join The Police, who had formed only months prior, after Sting had coupled up with American drummer Stewart Copeland and French-born, punk-leaning guitarist, Henry Padovani.

With Padovani in the band – as evidenced by his only recorded and released material, 1977’s Fall Out/Nothing Achieving – the sound of The Police was grittier and more in line with the emerging London punk scene from which the band hailed.