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Does anyone know why he was replaced by Andy Summers? "Replaced" seems to indicate it was not his own choice to leave The Police. --80.57.28.20801:21, 17 April 2006 (UTC)Reply
I know why, but I don't have a citation - someone would have to go digging for it if they want one. Basically, Andy Summers heard Sting and Stewart Copeland performing with another band, was dazzled by their talent, and persuaded them to let him join The Police. Summers was apparantly unimpressed with Padovani's musical knowledge, which led to the two guitarists fighting, and ultimately Padovani leaving the band. My impression has always been that Padovani decided to leave the band on his own accord. Aguerriero (ţ) (ć) (ë)18:15, 17 April 2006 (UTC)Reply
Alright, time to set the record straight. Every last word of the story about Andy Summers being "unimpressed with Padovani's musical knowledge", the two of them fighting, and Henri leaving the band of his own free will, is lies and nothing but. You can verify that with any book dealing with the Police's history.
Andy wanted Henri out of the band before he'd even met the man. In his own words, he simply didn't want to be in a two-guitarist band. He'd done it before with The Animals and didn't like it. Sting and Stewart were dissatisfied with Henri's technical abilities; they had great ideas for songs that they couldn't use simply because Henri wouldn't be able to play them. There was never any fighting between Andy and Henri. Stewart Copeland informed Henri that they were kicking him out of the band via phone call.--Martin IIIa (talk) 00:47, 21 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
I take that back - it appears that he either spells it both ways, or at some point changed it from Henri to Henry. He is credited as "Henri" for The Police song Fallout, but his official Web site lists his name as "Henry". So, anyone's guess. Aguerriero22:48, 27 February 2006 (UTC)Reply
Actually, I have a copy of the original Fallout single, and he's credited as "Henry Padovani". However, this was probably a typo, as on the song itself Sting clearly shouts "Henri!", and in all of Padovani's recordings with the Electric Chairs and Flying Padovani's, he's credited as "Henri Padovani". The fact that he's named "Henry" on his official web site does make it a tough question, though. We should certainly leave it as is for now, but it would really help if we could find out why he's often referred to as "Henry" when he was born "Henri" and used "Henri" for all his musical endeavors.--Martin IIIa (talk) 17:52, 31 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
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