Dire Straits

Dire Straits
Dire Straits
	Dire Straits live in Norway in 1985
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Rock
Years active	1977 – 1995
Labels	Phonogram; Warner Bros.; Vertigo
Associated acts	The Notting Hillbillies
Past members	Mark Knopfler; David Knopfler; Hal Lindes; Jack Sonni; John Illsley; Terry Williams; Pick Withers; Alan Clark; Guy Fletcher

Dire Straits were an English rock band] from London, England. They formed in 1977 and have sold more than 120 million albums worldwide and also won three Grammy Awards.

Dire Straits disbanded in 1995.

Albums

Studio albums

Dire Straits (1978)
Communiqué (1979)
Making Movies (1980)
Love over Gold (1982)
Brothers in Arms (1985)
On Every Street (1991)

Other albums

ExtendedancEPlay
Encores
Alchemy
On the Night
Live at the BBC
Money for Nothing
Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits
The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations

Members

Dire Straits Media

PRS for Music heritage plaque commemorating Dire Straits' first performance in Deptford, London
The original Dire Straits line-up in Hamburg, Germany (1978); L to R: John Illsley, Mark Knopfler, Pick Withers and David Knopfler
Mark Knopfler and Hal Lindes
Knopfler and Lindes onstage in Amsterdam, June 1981
Dire Straits, 12th July 1983, Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb
A National Style 0 resonator guitar features on the cover of Brothers in Arms. Knopfler also used the guitar in the 1981 single "Romeo and Juliet".
Dire Straits performing in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, (now Serbia) on 10 May 1985. Left to right: Mark Knopfler, Alan Clark, and Jack Sonni.
Dire Straits performed at Live Aid at the old Wembley Stadium (exterior pictured) on 13 July 1985, in between 13 dates at the nearby Wembley Arena.
A 1989 signed Knopfler guitar at the Blues bar in Chicago
Following their On Every Street Tour, John Illsley stated, "Personal relationships were in trouble and it put a terrible strain on everybody, emotionally and physically. We were changed by it. Neither of us wants to go back to those days."