![]() ![]() ![]() ” They steadily improved, however, and, after Bono had pushed the band ’s tapes upon several recording executives, U2 landed a recording contract with Island in 1980. “You see, ” Mullen confessed to Cocks, “we couldn ’t play. After that, they struggled to obtain opening gigs for popular Dublin bands. Clayton was the most serious about making a success of it, and found a manager, Paul McGuinness, for them in 1978. ”Īt first the boys saw the band as a recreational activity, practicing on Wednesday afternoons. But he was such a charismatic character that he was in the band anyway, as soon as he arrived. Then Bono arrived, and he meant to play the guitar, but he couldn ’t play very well, so he started to sing. I thought, this guy must know how to play. Big bushy hair, long caftan coat, bass guitar and amp. Of the several students who came to his house to audition, Mullen told Cocks: “I saw that some people could play. ![]() Frustrated at not having an outlet for his drum work, he posted a notice on the school ’s bulletin board asking for others who wanted to start a rock band. The group began in 1976 when Mullen was expelled from a Dublin high school marching band for having long hair. ” Whether it be the words they are singing or the sound of the music they play, in the words of Christopher Connelly in Rolling Stone, U2 “has become one of the handful of artists in rock roll history … that people are eager to identify themselves with. For all the nervous jangle of the music, its sheer scale and Celtic overtones create a weird, primordial resonance. ” In Miller ’s opinion, Bono and U2 need not worry: “Playing droning clusters of notes and using chiming, bell-like timbres, as well as abrasive, buzz-saw textures, the Edge creates an electronic wall of sound that has an elemental power …. If we all got onstage, and instead of going ’Yeow! ’ the audience all went ’Ummmm ’ or started saying the rosary, it would be awful. We ’re a noisy For the Record …įormed in 1976 in Dublin, Ireland, by drummer Larry Mullen (born October 31, 1961) members include Bono Vox (real name, Paul Hewson born May 10, 1960) on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, The Edge (real name, Dave Evans born August 8, 1961) on lead guitar, and Adam Clayton (born March 13, 1960) on bass played clubs in Dublin, beginning 1976 signed recording contract with Island Records, 1980 toured extensively throughout the world activists on behalf of various humanitarian causes, including Ethiopian famine relief and Amnesty International.Īddresses: Agent -Principle Management Agency, 4 Windmill Lane, Dublin 2, Ireland. Though the foursome, consisting of Bono, guitarist Dave “The Edge ” Evans, drummer Larry Mullen, Jr., and bassist Adam Clayton, is credited with bringing ideals back to a genre often primarily concerned with the celebration of worldly pleasures, Bono admitted to Cocks that he “would hate to think everybody was into U2 for ’deep ’ and ’meaningful ’ reasons. Hailing from Dublin, Ireland, the group won some international attention with the release of its 1980 album, Boy, but it was not until 1983 ’s War - which featured the protest songs “ New Year ’s Day ” and “Sunday, Bloody Sunday ” -that U2 began to gain a large following of rock fans. Something of a rarity among popular rock groups, U2 emphasizes spiritual values and social and political conscience in its songs, which “speak equally to the of two decades ago and the Nicaragua of tomorrow, ” according to Jay Cocks of Time. “The message, if there is a message in our music, I is the hope that it communicates, ” U2 ’s lead singer, Bono, announced to Jim Miller in Newsweek.
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