Started: 1976
City and Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
Music Training:
Awards: 2001 Grammy Record Of The Year, "Walk On;" Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of;" Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, "Elevation;" Best Rock Album, All That You Can't Leave Behind; 2000 Grammy Record Of The Year, "Beautiful Day;" Song Of The Year, "Beautiful Day;" Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, "Beautiful Day;" 1994 Grammy Best Music Video, Long Form, "Zoo TV - Live From Sidney;" 1993 Best Alternative Music Album, "Zooropa;" 1992 Grammy Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, "Achtung Baby;" 1988 Grammy Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, "Desire;" Best Performance Music Video, "Where The Streets Have No Name;" 1987 Grammy Album Of The Year, The Joshua Tree; Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, The Joshua Tree
Top Recordings: "Another Day," "I Will Follow," "Gloria," "Sunday Bloody Sunday," "New Year's Day," "(Pride) In the Name of Love" "With or Without You," "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For,"
U2 biography: The group formed in response to a notice posted on a Dublin high school bulletin board by Larry Mullen Jr. Guitar/vocalist Bono, Paul Hewson, the Edge, guitarist/ keyboardist/vocalist David Evans, bassist Adam Clayton, and Dick Evans responded to the message forming a band called the Feedback which they changed to the Hype the following year. They won a contest, sponsored by Guiness, in 1978 their senior year. In 1979 they released their first EP U2:3 which was available only in Ireland where it topped the charts. The group would release one more chart topper "Another Day" before signing a recording contract with Island Records. The groups debut album Boy had a unique edgy post-punk sound which caused them to stand out from their peers. The effort made the charts in America and their followup October proved to be their English breaktrhough. Their 1983 release War, with its powerful political message, debuted on the UK charts at number 1 and rose all the way to number 12 in America. Their live recording Under A Blood Red Sky recorded at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheater debuted at number 2 in the UK. The Unforgettable Fire released in the fall of '84 duplicated the chart efforts of War in both the UK and the US. The 1987 release of The Joshua Tree elevated the group to international superstardom, becoming the groups first number 1 American album and earned the group accolades from the mass media. Their documentary Rattle & Hum along with its accompanying sound track received the groups worst reviews.

Music by the Decade:
Sounds of the Fifties
Sounds of the Sixties
Sounds of the Seventies
Sounds of the Eighties
Sounds of the Nineties