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 Influences: B.B. King, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Bruce Springsteen, Buzzcocks, The Clash, Elvis Presley, The Jam, Johnny Cash, Joy Division, Kraftwerk, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd., Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Stranglers, Television, The WhoInfluenced: The Airborne Toxic Event, The Alarm, Anberlin, Bloc Party, Coldplay, Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Feeder, The Fray, Green Day, Keane, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Legião Urbana, Linkin Park, Noel Gallagher (Oasis), OneRepublic, Radiohead, The Script, Snow Patrol, Switchfoot, The Temper TrapU2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The band consists of Paul "Bono" Hewson on lead vocals, David Evans aka The Edge on guitar, Adam Clayton on bass and Laurence Joseph "Larry" Mullen, Jr. on drums.The band formed in 1976 under the name "Feedback" when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency. It soon changed its name to "The Hype." In 1978, when David's older brother Dik left the band, they decided to change their name again; Mullen's friend Steve Averill of The Radiators from Space gave them six suggestions of names, and they settled on "U2" because it was the name they least disliked.By the mid-1980s, U2 had become a top international act, noted for their anthemic sound, Bono's impassioned vocals, and The Edge's textural guitar playing. They started as one of the early pioneers of Post-Punk, and their albums Boy and War were largely college radio hits. Their success as a live act was greater than their success 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 alternative rock revolutions, the backlash against their earnest image and their own sense of musical stagnation by reinventing themselves with their 1991 album Achtung Baby and the accompanying Zoo TV Tour, which introduced an experimental, heavily electronic sound mirrored by a satirical, self-deprecating image. They carried on with this style for the rest of the 1990s. Starting in the 2000s, they pursued a more traditional sound that retained the influence of their previous musical explorations, although works like 2009's No Line on the Horizon saw them combining both their prior sound and the experimental spirit of their '90s releases.U2 have sold more than 140 million albums worldwide and have won 22 Grammy Awards, more than any other band. In 2005, the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. Rolling Stone listed them at #22 in its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. Throughout their career, as a band and as individuals, they have campaigned for human rights and social justice causes, including Amnesty International, the ONE Campaign, Music Rising and Bono's DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa) campaign.Looking beyond the current discography, Bono said at the surprise launch for 2014's Songs of Innocence that U2 have made a few albums since 2009, and this is just the first one to be released, and a few hours later announced that their next album Songs of Experience should be out soon. It came out in 2017. Oh, and Bono and Edge worked on the soundtrack to Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Suffice it to say, for a band that's been going for over forty years, they don't show any signs of slowing down soon.
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