DIRE STRAITS - THE BEST OF

- Dire Straits, made up of Mark and his brother David Knopfler (guitars and vocals), Pick Withers (drums) and John Illsley (bass), appeared on the London scene in 1977, while the surging punk wave caused the band to age in a few months. most mainstream pop and rock dinosaurs.
- Dire Straits was formed in mid-1977 in the artistic and bohemian district of Deptford in the south east of London: Mark and his brother David Knopfler (guitars and vocals), Pick Withers (drums) and John Illsley (bass). They choose this unencouraging surname to ward off the fate of their poverty.