Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Post-Punk, Alternative/Indie Rock, College Rock, Dance-Rock Active: 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's, Formed: 1976 in Dublin, Ireland
David Bowie, The Clash, Joy Division, The Who, The Velvet Underground, The Sex Pistols, Television, Thin Lizzy, The Beatles, Patti Smith, The Rolling Stones, The Jam, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Roxy Music, The Undertones, Lee Clayton, Marc Bolan The Alarm, R.E.M., Simple Minds, The Police, Echo & the Bunnymen, Peter Gabriel, Virgin Prunes, The Stone Roses, Lou Reed, The Waterboys, The Cure, The Ruse, New Model Army, Siouxsie and the Banshees, INXS, Hothouse Flowers, In Tua Nua, The Saw Doctors, The Sound James, A House, An Emotional Fish, Mrnorth, Gene Loves Jezebel, Big City Rock, Spacehog, The Cranberries, Neljä Ruusua, The Tragically Hip, Angels & Airwaves, The Levellers, Boom Crash Opera, Live, The Alarm, Hothouse Flowers, The Call, Brundlefly, Plow Monday |  |
Through a combination of zealous righteousness and post-punk experimentalism, U2 became one of the most popular rock & roll bands of the '80s. They were rock & roll crusaders during an era of synthesized pop and heavy metal, equally known for their sweeping sound as for their grandiose statements about politics and religion. The Edge provided the group with a signature sound by creating sweeping sonic landscapes with his heavily processed, echoed guitars. Though the Edge's style wasn't conventional, the rhythm section of Larry Mullen, Jr. and Adam Clayton played the songs as driving hard rock, giving the band a forceful, powerful edge that was designed for arenas. And their lead singer, Bono, was a frontman with a knack of grand gestures that played better in stadiums than small clubs.
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Release: June 8, 2010
Label: Interscope
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Release: November 4, 2009
Label: Universal Island Records Ltd.
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