U2 put rock to work for revolution. A post-punk Irish band that was formed in 1976 before punk actually reached Dublin, the quartet of Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. has maintained an edgy political undertone to its music througho...more U2 put rock to work for revolution. A post-punk Irish band that was formed in 1976 before punk actually reached Dublin, the quartet of Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. has maintained an edgy political undertone to its music throughout its p-punk, America-influenced and electronic glam-rock phases. Frontman Bono's causes, political passions and memberships have gone a long way towards keeping the band in the public eye, but it's the music that exerts U2's gravitational pull....less |
