Mr Nice GuyThe U2 legend
May 19th 2009 00:36
It is not quite the fairytale – but for a band of teenagers from Dublin - with limited musical ability – U2 have certainly re-written rock fable.
Consisting Bono (vocals and guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar) and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums and percussion) the band officially formed in the mid 70’s to little or no acclaim – but through a mix of sheer out and out attitude and impassioned vocals – the band had become almost a multi-national business by the mid to late 80’s.
Their success as a live act was greater than their success at selling records until their 1987 album The Joshua Tree elevated the band's stature "from heroes to superstars," according to Rolling Stone.
U2 responded to the dance and alternative rock revolutions and their own sense of musical stagnation by reinventing themselves with their 1991 album Achtung Baby and the accompanying Zoo TV Tour.
Since 2000, U2 have pursued a more conventional rock sound that retains the influence of their previous musical explorations.
Selling over 150 million albums worldwide and have won 22 Grammy Awards the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility with Rolling Stone listing them at #22 in its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.
Listen with me . . . . as the band performs as part of President Obama's 2009 inauguration.
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a friend of mine is a die-hard U2 fan, sees them in concert whenever she can, but when they released their latest album she told me she actually hesitated buying it because she was so sick of Bono . . . its not a bad album from what ive heard . . . hes just over-exposing himself
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