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"He thought that the band should be a democracy, and it was more like a brutal dictatorship": The tangled story of Dire Straits, the million-selling band who quit at the height of their fame

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The white-hot success of their first single, Sultans Of Swing, and self-titled debut album was founded on the elder Knopfler’s fluid, finger-picked guitar style, which sounded as lovely as a bubbling stream. Theirs was no fleeting moment, either, with three more hit records following before they reached their apogee on their fifth studio album, Brothers In Arms. That record was unstoppable from the moment of its release in May 1985.
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"He thought that the band should be a democracy, and it was more like a brutal dictatorship": The tangled story of Dire Straits, the million-selling band who quit at the height of their fame

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By Paul Rees 
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1985 Rock Classic Named Among Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time – It Still Rocks Mark Knopfler is on the short list for greatest guitarists of all time, having produced many of the most iconic solos still played today on the air …
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"It's the silliest, most oddball song in our entire catalogue, but it truly hit a nerve." How Toto used a synthesised flute riff and a drum loop to concoct a classic and a cultural phenomenon

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Toto in 1982. It’s the summer of 1981. Toto have been hastened into Sunset Sound, their recording studio of choice in their native Hollywood, to make their fourth album. Their third, Turn Back, had come out just six months earlier and wasn’t a great success – No.41 in the US at its best, and without a hit single.
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