U2 The world’s most influential band By Mr. Herr
Jan 13, 2015
U2The world’s most influential
band
By Mr. Herr
The BandBONO
●Born Paul David Hewson in Ballymun, Dublin on May 10th 1960
●“Bono” comes from a nickname he got when he was a teenager. Shortened from “Bono Vox”
●Guitar, vocals and songwriting
●Leader of the band
The BandThe Edge
●born David Howell Evans in East London on 8th August 1961
●Nickname comes from his “edgy” guitar style
●Lead guitar, back-up vocals, and songwriting●Loves to wear different
styles of hats or bandanas
The BandAdam Clayton
born Adam Charles Clayton in Oxfordshire, England on 13th March 1960❂Known as the rebel
or party guy of the group❂Bass guitar, back-
up vocals, songwriting❂Oldest member of
the band
The BandLarry Mullins Jr.
❖Born Lawrence Mullen in Artane, Dublin on 31st October 1961❖founder of the group
and backbone of the band❖Drums, back-up
vocals, and song writing
❖The shy, quiet one
How it all began:✒Dublin, Ireland 1976
✒Mount Temple High School
✒Larry puts up an ad on bulletin board at school
✒U2 begins playing live shows within a year or two
✒Eventually, they will play before crowds of 160,000 or more
Discography○BOY (1980)
sold 2,490,467 copies
○OCTOBER (1981) 2,360,717 copies
○WAR (1983) 6,551,395 copies
Discography (2)○UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY
(live) (1983) 7,556,582 copies
○The UNFORGETTABLE FIRE (1984) 6,255,826 copies
○WIDE AWAKE IN AMERICA (live) (1985) 1,743,610 copies (EP)
Discography (3)○The JOSHUA TREE (1987)
14,805,257 copies
○RATTLE and HUM (live) (1989) 9,274,502 (album/movie)
○ACHTUNG BABY (1991) 9,763,275 copies
Discography (4)○ZOOROPA (1993)
6,079,158 copies
○POP (1993) 6,079,158 copies
○BEST OF U2 1980-1990 (1998)
Discography (5)○ALL THAT YOU CAN’T LEAVE
BEHIND (2000)
○BEST OF U2 1990-2000 (2002)
○HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB (2004)
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS●22 Grammy Awards (8 in the last two years)●15 Gold Albums (500,000 sold)●15 Platinum Albums (1,000,000 sold)●15 Multi-Platinum Albums (2,000,000 sold)●Sold >170 million albums worldwide●9 MTV Awards●7 Brit Awards
●2004 - U2 inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
LIVE AID July 13, 1985
●Benefit concert to raise $ for famine relief●Turning point in the band’s career●Staged in London, UK and Philadelphia, PA●160, 000 fans attended (70,000 in UK, and
90,000 in USA (simulcast)●Viewed on TV by 1.5
Billion viewers in 100 countries worldwide
●Live 8 in 2005
Politics and AdvocacyU2, especially Bono, has championed may political causes:●Human Rights (Amnesty
International)●Anti-Poverty ●Third World Debt Relief:●Aid and development
of poor countries●Natural disaster reliefUse your personal gifts to make the world better
BIBLIOGRAPHY●“U2," WIKIPEDIA, February 2007,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2>
●“U2", U2.com, February 2007, <http://www.u2.com/>
●O’Toole, Seamus, U2: The Band, the Music, the Phenomenon Dublin: Erin Publishing Co. 1997
●Most pictures from Google Images