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Mostly Credited As: U2
Date Of Birth: September 25, 1976 (Age 36) Country Of Birth:  IrelandBirth Place: Dublin |
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Members:
Bono (Paul David Hewson) - vocals, guitar, harmonica
The Edge (David Howell Evans) - guitar, keyboards, vocals
Adam Clayton - bass guitar
Larry Mullen, Jr. - drums, backing vocals
In 1976, drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. would do something that would change the world forever. He posted a notice at his school, Mount Temple Comprehensive, calling for auditions to start a band. Four people responded--Paul Hewson, David Evans, Dik Evans and Adam Clayton. Keeping change from names like Feedback and The Hype, they soon got their big break. In 1978, they won a talent contest in Limerick, Ireland. They went with CBS Records and changed their name to U2. Dik soon left to join another band. Then Paul McGuinness became their manager.
From then on it was up hill. Now having produced 11 major albums, U2 has climbed to the top and are bigger than ever.
Currently their newest album, No Line on the Horizon, was released on February 27th in Ireland, March 2nd everywhere but the US and March 3 in the US.
Albums:
Boy (1980)
October (1981)
War (1983)
The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
The Joshua Tree (1987)
Rattle & Hum (1988)
Achtung Baby (1991)
Zooropa (1993)
Pop (1997)
All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (2004)
No Line on the Horizon (2009)
Bono (Paul David Hewson) - vocals, guitar, harmonica
The Edge (David Howell Evans) - guitar, keyboards, vocals
Adam Clayton - bass guitar
Larry Mullen, Jr. - drums, backing vocals
In 1976, drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. would do something that would change the world forever. He posted a notice at his school, Mount Temple Comprehensive, calling for auditions to start a band. Four people responded--Paul Hewson, David Evans, Dik Evans and Adam Clayton. Keeping change from names like Feedback and The Hype, they soon got their big break. In 1978, they won a talent contest in Limerick, Ireland. They went with CBS Records and changed their name to U2. Dik soon left to join another band. Then Paul McGuinness became their manager.
From then on it was up hill. Now having produced 11 major albums, U2 has climbed to the top and are bigger than ever.
Currently their newest album, No Line on the Horizon, was released on February 27th in Ireland, March 2nd everywhere but the US and March 3 in the US.
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Featured Songs
| Cold Case | Songs: |
| • 8:03 AM | + "Grace" + "It's a Beautiful Day" + "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" + "When I Look at the World" + "With or Without You" |
| Beavis and Butt-Head | Songs: |
| • Wet Behind The Rears | + "Numb" |
| • Eating Contest | + "Mysterious Ways" |
| • Baby Makes Uh, Three | + "One" |
| Entourage | Songs: |
| • I Love You Too | + All Because of You + City Of Blinding Lights and Vertigo |
| Blauw Blauw | Songs: |
| • Ja ik wil | + All I Want Is You |
| Alias | Songs: |
| • Authorized Personnel Only (1) | + Bad |
| • Passage (1) | + Walk On |
| Smallville | Songs: |
| • Nicodemus | + Beautiful Day |
| • Leech | + Elevation |
| Scrubs | Songs: |
| • My Friend the Doctor | + Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of |
| • My Own American Girl | + Beautiful Day |
| The West Wing | Songs: |
| • Election Day, Part 2 | + Beautiful Day |
| Super Bowl | Songs: |
| • Super Bowl XXXVI | + Beautiful Day + MLK + Where the Streets Have No Name |
| The Diamond Jubilee Concert | Songs: |
| • The Diamond Jubilee Concert | + Beautiful Day |
| Saturday Night Live | Songs: |
| • Megan Fox/U2 | + Breathe + Moment of Surrender + Ultraviolet (Light My Way) |
| Top 2000 | Songs: |
| • TOP 2000 trapt af! | + Sunday Bloody Sunday |
| • Top 2000 A GO-GO | + Desire |
| The Sopranos | Songs: |
| • Christopher | + Elevation |
| • Second Opinion | + Mysterious Ways |
| Sex and the City | Songs: |
| • Great Sexpectations | + Even Better Than The Real Thing |
| Melrose Place (1992) | Songs: |
| • Suspicious Minds | + Even Better Than the Real Thing |
| • Peanut Butter and Jealousy | + One |
| • Dreams Come True | + One |
| Doe maar normaal | Songs: |
| • Kerstaflevering | + Vertigo |
| • Season 3, Episode 3 | + Get On Your Boots |
| AL-TV | Songs: |
| • Al Music - Bad Hair Day | + Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me |
| Stenders late vermaak | Songs: |
| • Season 1, Episode 3 | + Sunday Bloody Sunday |
| • Season 1, Episode 2 | + I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For |
| Oud geld | Songs: |
| • Kiboeng | + I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For + With or Without You |
| Wereld draait door, De | Songs: |
| • Season 4, Episode 159 | + Magnificent |
| Fort Alpha | Songs: |
| • Grande finale | + Mysterious Ways |
| The O.C. | Songs: |
| • The New Era | + Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own |
| Ugly Betty | Songs: |
| • I See Me, I.C.U. | + Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own |
| Best Week Ever | Songs: |
| • Michael Jackson trial, the OC and more | + Sometimes You can't Make It On Your Own |
| Joan of Arcadia | Songs: |
| • Independence Day | + Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own |
| What About Brian | Songs: |
| • Pilot | + Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of |
| Hollyoaks | Songs: |
| • New Deal | + Sweetest Thing |
| TFI Friday | Songs: |
| • Season 1, Episode 163 | + The Ground Beneath Her Feet |
| Friends | Songs: |
| • The One Where Ross And Rachel Take A Break (1) | + With or Without You |
| • The One With The Football | + With or Without You |
| • The One With The List | + With or Without You |
| The Office (US) | Songs: |
| • Valentine's Day | + With Or Without You |
| 21 Jump Street | Songs: |
| • La Bizca | + With or Without You |
| Jan Smit, de zomer voorbij | Songs: |
| • L'Estartit | + With or Without You |
| Rock Nation | Songs: |
| • Season 1, Episode 5 | + With or Without You |
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Trivia
Was named "The Band of the 80's" by Rolling Stone magazine.
U2 has won a total of 22 Grammys.
Often credited as "the biggest band in the world".
U2's The Joshua Tree album is sometimes considered one of the greatest rock albums.
The band as taken part in charity events and concerts such as Live Aid, Live 8 and Make Poverty History.
The band started playing in Larry Mullen, Jr.'s kitchen.
When they started, they were called "The Larry Mullen Band".
U2 was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility on March 14, 2005.
For the first two seasons of "The Batman," Edge performed the theme song.
The band wrote and performed the theme song for the movie "The Gangs Of New York" entitled "The Hands That Built America".
More Trivia
Was named "The Band of the 80's" by Rolling Stone magazine.
U2 has won a total of 22 Grammys.
Often credited as "the biggest band in the world".
U2's The Joshua Tree album is sometimes considered one of the greatest rock albums.
The band as taken part in charity events and concerts such as Live Aid, Live 8 and Make Poverty History.
The band started playing in Larry Mullen, Jr.'s kitchen.
When they started, they were called "The Larry Mullen Band".
U2 was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility on March 14, 2005.
For the first two seasons of "The Batman," Edge performed the theme song.
The band wrote and performed the theme song for the movie "The Gangs Of New York" entitled "The Hands That Built America".
More Trivia
U2 Quotes
Adam on the writing process: "Nowadays, Edge tends to do his homework and discipline some chord sequences. Then, as a group, we find an interpretation, a unique way they fit together."
Adam: "'Walk On' was two songs that both had great chords but weren't great songs. We sewed them together."
Edge on performing under influences: "We'd been told that all bands are out of it on stage and so we tried that once in about 1977. And it was such an unmitigated disaster that we vowed at that point that we'd never do it again."
Bono: "I think that in U2, there are moods or feelings that no one else has done before. And I think that finally, that is the most important thing, which is to find something that's your own color, and unique."
The Edge: "When it came to the 90's work, we were being more experimental and we got more interested in the abuse of technology -- seeing what happens when you push something to the point where it's almost about to break."
Edge on the album, Zooropa: "It's a record I really love, because it does have a certain spontaneity, a certain sense of ideas left in their raw form."
Edge: "U2's not great and I don't think Achtung Baby's a good name either."
Edge on the album Pop: "By the end of the album we'd kind of taken the band as far in one direction as we could."
Adam: "For us there`s U2 music, and then there's everything else."
Bono: "Right now there is so much fear about the future, people losing their jobs, people getting angry... but Get On Your Boots opens with the line 'The future needs a big kiss' and I hope that our optimism as a band is the right tone for now, it is a defiant tone..."
Adam on the writing process: "Nowadays, Edge tends to do his homework and discipline some chord sequences. Then, as a group, we find an interpretation, a unique way they fit together."
Adam: "'Walk On' was two songs that both had great chords but weren't great songs. We sewed them together."
Edge on performing under influences: "We'd been told that all bands are out of it on stage and so we tried that once in about 1977. And it was such an unmitigated disaster that we vowed at that point that we'd never do it again."
Bono: "I think that in U2, there are moods or feelings that no one else has done before. And I think that finally, that is the most important thing, which is to find something that's your own color, and unique."
The Edge: "When it came to the 90's work, we were being more experimental and we got more interested in the abuse of technology -- seeing what happens when you push something to the point where it's almost about to break."
Edge on the album, Zooropa: "It's a record I really love, because it does have a certain spontaneity, a certain sense of ideas left in their raw form."
Edge: "U2's not great and I don't think Achtung Baby's a good name either."
Edge on the album Pop: "By the end of the album we'd kind of taken the band as far in one direction as we could."
Adam: "For us there`s U2 music, and then there's everything else."
Bono: "Right now there is so much fear about the future, people losing their jobs, people getting angry... but Get On Your Boots opens with the line 'The future needs a big kiss' and I hope that our optimism as a band is the right tone for now, it is a defiant tone..."
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