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