Their career spanned a total of 15 years. Īccording to the Guinness Book of British Hit Albums, Dire Straits have spent over 1,100 weeks on the UK albums chart, ranking fifth all-time. Dire Straits won four Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards-winning Best British Group twice, two MTV Video Music Awards, and various other music awards. They also became one of the world's most commercially successful bands, with worldwide record sales of over 100 million. ĭire Straits' biggest selling album, 1985's Brothers in Arms has sold over 30 million copies, and was the first album to sell a million copies on the then-new compact disc (CD) format. Many of Dire Straits' compositions were melancholic. Despite the prominence of punk rock during the band's early years, their stripped-down sound contrasted with punk, demonstrating a more " rootsy" influence that emerged from pub rock. Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, and blues, and came closest to beat music within the context of rock and roll.
Dire Straits were a British rock band that formed in Deptford, London, in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), his younger brother David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Pick Withers (drums and percussion).
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