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U2
U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The band consists of Bono (vocals and guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar) and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums and percussion).

The band made in 1976 when the members teenagers with limited musical proficiency. By the mid-1980s, however, the band had become a top international act, noted for this anthemic sound, Bono’s impassioned vocals, and The Edge’s textural guitar playing. Their success as a live act was greater than their deed at selling records until their 1987 album The Joshua Tree increased the band’s stature “from heroes to superstars,” according to Rolling Stone. U2 responded to the dance and unorthodox rock revolutions, and the own sense of musical languishing by reinventing themselves with the 1991 album Achtung Baby and the accompanying Zoo TV Tour. Similar experimentation continued for the rest of the 1990s. Since 2000, U2 undergo pursued a more traditional sound the retains the diminish of their previous musical explorations.

U2 sold more than 140 million albums worldwide[3] and have won 22 Grammy Awards, more than any a large amount of band. In 2005, the band were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their initial year of eligibility. Rolling Stone magazine listed U2 at #22 in its listing of the 100 biggest artists of all time. Throughout the career, as a band and as individuals, properties have campaigned for human rights and social justice causes, including Amnesty International, the ONE Campaign, and Bono’s DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa) campaign.

 

 

 

 

2 Comments so far

  1. Pieter Moreels @ January 6th, 2007

    In de pagina “Over U2″ staat er een grote fout denk ik. De band is toch opgericht in 1976 als “Feedback”?

  2. gilles @ January 8th, 2007

    Ja je hebt gelijk. Ik heb het maar ineens aangepast.

    Bedankt
    Gilles

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