U2: Ireland Band
Written by Admin Musician Online on January 1, 2010 – 1:34 pm -U2 – Ireland’s Top Rock Band
U2 are a reputed rock band from the city of Dublin in Ireland. The group has a Bono (guitar and vocals), the Edge (keyboards, vocals, and Guitar) and Adam Clayton (Bass Guitar), and Larry Mullen (Percussion and Drums). The band was developed in 1976 at the Secondary School level when member were teenagers with very less musical knowledge. Within 4 years, they signed with Island Records and they released their first album named Boy. During the mid 1980s, they became as top international acts. They were very successful in live acts that in selling studio records till their album “The Joshua tree’ was released in 1987. This album elevated the stature of U2 band from heroes to Super heroes according to The Rolling stone magazine.
The album Achtung baby which was released during the year 1991, which accompanied the Zoo TV Tour was a thematic and musical reinvention for their group. Reacting to their own musical stagnation in the late 1980s, the band introduced alternative rock and dance music into their albums and live performance which replaced their early image with an ironic tone. Also they continued the same experimentation during the 1990s. Since the year 2000, U2 have continued to be more conventional in their music, and they have maintained influences from their musical exploration and influences.
U2 have released more than twelve studio albums and one of the most commercially and critically successful band in popular music. They have got more than twenty two Grammy awards which is definitely more than any other rock band and they have sold more than hundred and forty five million album records worldwide. They were inducted to Rock and Roll Hall of fame during the year 2005 which was their 1 year of eligibility. The Rolling Stone magazine listed the U2 band in Number 22 among the list of 100 greatest artists of all times. The band has campaigned for philanthropic causes and human right throughout their career and the important ones are Amnesty International, Product Red, Bono’s DATA campaign and the ONE campaign which was organized by them. U2 is the most influential band in post-punk period, and their joined the group of Punkish Independence, innovative production methods, ringing guitar rock, electronic experimentation which is all combined together by the lyricist and singer Bono’s charisma and vision. Their album “The Unforgettable Fire” was a superb hit and during this time, the produce Brian Eno had to converse for a really long time with Bono.
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