U2

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Dublin, Ireland (1976 – present)

A Dublin, Ireland, rock band - released their first studio album, Boy, in 1980. Of another ten albums, eight have topped the UK charts. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, their latest album, has sold over 12 million copies worldwide and won the Grammy for Album Of The Year.

Members: Bono (vocals / guitar / harmonica), The Edge (guitar / keyboards / vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar) and Larry Mullen (drums / percussion).

Foundation: The band originally formed in 1976 when Larry Mullen posted a bulletin in his school asking for musicians to form a rock band. The band then consisted of the four current members plus three additional guitarists, including The Edge’s brother Dick Evans (later a member of Virgin Prunes), Ivan McCormick and Peter Martin. According to legend, Bono originally auditioned as a guitarist but couldn’t play. He auditioned as lead vocals, but really couldn’t sing. He was, however, incredibly enthusiastic about the band, extremely charismatic, a great writer, and was strangely able to reach the audience when the band played, something he is known for still today. Bono will reach out into the crowd and dance or mess with someone in the crowd at every concert. He was kept as a member. The extra guitarists would soon leave the band and the group would go through the names “Feedback ” and “The Hype” before finally settling on U2.

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
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All That You Can't Leave Behind
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Top Tracks

1	With or Without You full track	9,303
2	Beautiful Day full track	8,206
3	Sunday Bloody Sunday full track	7,116
4	One full track	6,815
5	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For full track	5,968
6	Where The Streets Have No Name	5,727
7	Vertigo	5,718
8	Pride (In the Name of Love) full track	4,594
9	New Year's Day full track	4,477
10	City of Blinding Lights	3,516
11	Mysterious Ways full track	3,465
12	Elevation full track	3,313
13	Sweetest Thing	3,177
13	Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own full track	3,177
15	Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of full track	2,946

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Terminator3 wrote:
6 hours ago

www.davesharman.com possibly the world's most underated guitar player and he's an Englishman!

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rockadam wrote:
9 hours ago

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yesterday morning

if you like this have a listen to www.myspace.com/henrysayers

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jeenyus05 wrote:
yesterday morning

http://www.last.fm/group/Tay+Zonday+is+a+scary+ass+motherfucker

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Disciplina wrote:
yesterday evening

New album download

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Terrasidius wrote:
yesterday evening

90s U2 is the best baby. :) especially the Passengers project from '95, adore it.

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Britta69 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

where the streets have no name.... one sex -andreas-i..hear it its geil! my absolute favorite

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Britta69 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Great..... one love... andreas.....

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lulumiami wrote:
Sunday evening

Check it out !! SECRET MACHINES ANNOUNCE GARAGE BAND REMIX CONTEST featuring "Atomic Heels" !! Get a sneak peak of Brandon Curtis at Electric Lady Studios as he prepared the track last month. Complete details of the contest and exclusive video footage to follow next week !! www.thesecretmachines.com

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Polytechnic wrote:
Sunday afternoon

There's now a U2 google theme! http://awesomestart.com/u2 It's just like google.com, but it's got U2 on it and you can customize all the links and stuff.

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Snuffz wrote:
Sunday afternoon

http://www.last.fm/group/EAT+THE+SHIT JOOIN

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ingridinhabm wrote:
Saturday evening

adoro

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helloor wrote:
Saturday evening

Hi! I think you guys might like our band; The Animation! Take a look! http://www.lastfm.se/music/The+Animation or http://www.myspace.com/theanimationmusic Thank you!

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Commodorette wrote:
Saturday afternoon

DE GIRA SOBREKARLAXD

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emmaforman wrote:
Friday evening

great tunes

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juniorfranger wrote:
Friday morning

Check out some live stuff from U2 here: http://mixingdesk.blogspot.com/

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Peppsy606 wrote:
Friday morning

The best live performance ever both musically and visually was the Pop Mart tour! That one really blew me to the moon!!!! Awesome stuff.:) http://www.last.fm/music/Percy+Mejhagen

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Hnaomagen wrote:
Thursday afternoon

U2 Thinks you're gay too

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bonnetrocks wrote:
Thursday morning

Early stuff is good ,but later stuff sounds tired and formulaic. Should now quit as fast turning into a bit of a joke.

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Stanpolito wrote:
Thursday morning

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