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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....more

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  Performer Track(s) Date Venue Length Rating  
U2 CONCERT 11/14/1981 Orpheum Theatre 1:05:08 4.48
U2 CONCERT 05/06/1983 Orpheum Theatre 1:24:08 4.65
U2 INTERVIEW 09/08/1987 Interview 1:05:30
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    by Paul WilliamsApril 9, 2008Comments (1)

    What kind of a fan am I today? In some ways I’m unchanged, and I still look for and sometimes find in the music exactly whatever it was I hungered after when I was 16 (proof that the world is a passionate place; a friend in the lonely night; release for my anger, confusion, idealism, desire fear and love). (read more)

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    by Mike ConklinApril 2, 2008Comments (1)

    It's been a pretty weird month for the music industry. Artists sued record labels, bands continued to release records in unusual new ways, giant soft-drink companies taunted dinosaur rock acts, one of the world's biggest bands signed a revolutionary new contract (read more)

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    by Matt GewolbMarch 19, 2008Comments (0)

    "intelligent use of electronics in rock music" (read more)

  • Cover This: What Makes for a Definitive Version?

    by Denise SullivanMarch 12, 2008Comments (11)

    When I set out to take on the matter of cover songs, I thought I'd be seeking uncomplicated answers to simple questions like: Is there such a thing as a definitive version of a song? Who decides these things? And why do we care? (read more)

  • Your Handy Guide to the Month in Music

    by Mike ConklinFebruary 27, 2008Comments (0)

    February is a weird month for the music industry. It starts off slow, with release schedules kept to a bare minimum, allowing everyone the chance  to recover from the barrage of year-end lists that continued popping up straight through January. (Is it just me, or is the Village Voice's annual (read more)

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