Alphabet Beats #071: K is for...Klark Kent

K is for....

Stewart Copeland (Drummer of The Police and Soundtrack Writer) recorded under the pseudonym Klark Kent, releasing several UK singles in 1978 with one ("Don't Care") entering the UK Singles Chart that year, along with an eponymously titled 10-inch album on green vinyl released in 1980. Recorded at Nigel Gray's Surrey Sound Studio, Copeland played all the instruments and sang the lead vocals himself. Kent's "Don't Care", which peaked at #48 UK in August 1978, actually predates the first chart single by The Police by several months ("Can't Stand Losing You", issued in October 1978).

Klark Kent

10" Album (1980)

"Don't Care" – 2:08
"Away From Home" – 2:55
"Ritch in a Ditch" – 2:46
"Grandelinquent" – 3:09
"Guerilla" – 3:32
"Old School" – 2:44
"Excesses" – 3:12
"Kinetic Ritual" – 4:18

Singles
"Don't Care" / "Thrills" / "Office Girls" - 1978
"Too Kool To Kalypso" / "Kinetic Ritual" - 1978  
"Away From Home" / "Office Talk" - 1980
"Rich In A Ditch" / "Grandelinquent" - 1980