alt.music.u2 FAQ, Part 1/5
stu...@juno.com
Alt-fan-U2-archive-name: fan/U2-faq/part1
U2 FAQ
version 1.3 (beta)
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Posted:
February 1, 1998
Maintained by Maryann Stump stu...@juno.com
Originated by Sergio Lucero slu...@yahoo.com
(Copyright 1998)
(New questions/answers are marked with a %, Incomplete questions are
marked with a #)
CONTENTS
0. General information on this FAQ list
0.1 What has changed since last time?
0.2 Where can I find the latest version of this list?%
1. U2 and The Internet
1.1 How do I subscribe to the Wire mailing-list?
1.2 Where can I find U2-related files via ftp?
1.3 Are there any U2-related newsgroups?
1.4 Are there any U2 WWW sites? %
1.5 What about the online services?
1.6 Is there a U2 channel on IRC?
2. Stories for Boys
2.1 The early years
2.1.1 Who started U2 and when? How did they get those wacky nicknames?
2.1.2 Where does the name U2 come from?
2.1.3 Which band members were/are in U2?
2.1.4 Who's the boy on the cover of "Boy" and "War"?
2.1.5 Wait, I don't see a boy on the "Boy" cover!!
2.1.6 What is said at the end of "Another Time, Another Place"?
2.1.7 What is the meaning behind the title "An Cat Dubh"?
2.1.8 Who is Gavin Friday?
2.2 October to The Unforgettable Fire
2.2.1 Where is the castle on the cover of "The Unforgettable Fire"?
2.2.2 Where did the idea for "The Unforgettable Fire" come from?
2.2.3 Tell me all about the song "Pride (in the name of love)"
2.2.4 Who is the Mrs. Christine Kerr listed in the liner notes?
2.3 Rock's Hottest Ticket - The Joshua Tree and Rattle & Hum
2.3.1 Is The Joshua Tree the biggest U2 album ever?
2.3.2 What's the story behind "Where the Streets have no name"?
2.3.3 Who are Greg Carrol and Jara in "One Tree Hill"?
2.3.4 Tell me about the Negativland incident
2.3.5 In the Song Angel of Harlem, what is "BLS"?
2.3.6 What is The Joshua Trio?
2.3.7 Why haven't I seen the video for Red Hill Mining Town?
2.3.8 Who dies at the end of the All I Want is You video?
2.3.9 Was JT originally a double album?
2.3.10 What does Hawkmoon 269 mean?
2.3.11 Who is Goldman in God Part II? #
2.4 ZooTV - Achtung Baby and Zooropa
2.4.1 What characters does Bono use in shows?
2.4.1.1 Who's in the picture on MacPhisto's dressing table in the Sydney
video?
2.4.2 What is Automatic Baby? Will there be an album?
2.4.3 Who is Wim Wenders?
2.4.4 Who is Charles Bukowski?
2.4.5 Who is William Gibson, and what is Neuromancer?
2.4.6 What's all this fuss about the 'Lemon' video?
2.4.7 What does Vorsprung Durch Technik mean in Zooropa?
2.5 Beyond the Zoo
2.5.1 Passengers
2.5.2 For God's sake, when is the new album coming out?
2.6 Pop
Under construction
3. The Spoils of Success
3.1 Awards
3.1.1 Grammys %
3.1.2 Brit Awards %
3.1.3 MTV Awards %
3.1.4 Rolling Stone %
3.1.5 Other %
3.2 Tours %
3.2.1 The Measure of Success? %
3.2.2 Injured in the cause %
4. Discography
4.1 What studio albums have been released?%
4.2 Contributions to anthologies, tribute and charity albums%
4.3 Solo projects/collaborations%
4.3.1 Solo%
4.3.2 Collaborations%
4.3.3 Written expressly for . .%
4.4 Soundtracks
5. Books, videos, bootlegs
5.1 What books are there on U2? %
5.2 What videos are there?
5.2.1 Full-Length videos
5.2.2 Single-Song videos
5.3 What's a bootleg?
5.3.1 Where can I buy bootlegs?
6. Fanclubs, Fanzines, and Propaganda
6.1 Addresses of U2 fanclubs
6.2 What are fanzines? What fanzines are available?
7. Gossip
7.1 Marital status
7.1.1 Any children?
7.1.2 Any pets?
7.2 How tall is Bono anyway? %
7.3 I heard that Bono is god.
7.3.1 I heard that Bono will be playing god in a movie. %
7.4 Is Edge on the Internet? aka, Does Edge read this newsgroup?
7.5 Bottom feeding
7.5.1 Until Further Notice, All of the Following is FALSE
7.5.2 However, oddly enough . . . .
7.5.3 What's the deal with Bono's guesthouse?
8. What if I played it backwards? [Hidden messages, etc]
8.1 Seconds
Also under construction
0. General information on this FAQ list
[MJS] The U2 FAQ was started by Sergio Lucero
(slu...@cipres.cec.uchile.cl), his last edition of the FAQ
(version 0.8) was posted in 1995. I have tried to keep this document as
faithful as possible to Sergio's original
format and intent. Whether in Switzerland or Chile or sunny California,
Sergio, you'll always be a saint and my
hero.
If you want to make an edition to the FAQ, e-mail me at stu...@juno.com
and I'll be happy to include it.
Please do NOT quote the full text of the FAQ in your message. This email
address is used only for the FAQ
and I check it only a few times a month, don't be concerned if you don't
receive a reply immediately.
DISCLAIMER
[SL] The facts mentioned in this FAQ are unofficial. Do not bet your
house on whatever you find here.
Hopefully, with time these facts will all be verified and we might just
be able to include a 100% truth certificate.
This information is provided 'as is' for public use and enjoyment. Please
address all corrections to the maintainer
of the list and not to Wire or the newsgroups, as the maintainer has no
time to check them all.
All answers appear credited, and attributed to their original poster when
it is possible.
Common acronyms
FYI = For Your Information
IMHO = In My Humble/Honest Opinion
RTFF = Read The Friendly FAQ
On Wire, albums and songs are sometimes abbreviated. Some examples are:
AB=Achtung Baby EBTTRT=Even Better Than The Real Thing
0.1 What has changed since last time?
[MJS] To use a consulting phrase, "a substantial amount" with still more
to come. I reorganized things again,
ditched some questions that are no longer even occasionally asked. And,
yes, I'm still struggling with the killer
octopus that is the Internet Section. New questions are denoted by a %
in the table of contents.
Update 1.3: This version corrects the address for WIRE and the U2 ftp
archives and a few new Websites. The
WWW section is undergoing a significant revision and, frankly, is
threatening to take over my life. I've added
more, yes, webpages. I'm in the process of trying to clean out the
existing list, if you know of any webpages
listed here that have died, please let me know.
The other MAJOR change is the posting of the Copyright notice. The FAQ
has always been copyrighted but
until recently I've been able to avoid including this potentially
threatening notice. Unfortunately, some cretin
has seen fit to copy large portions of the FAQ (namely the rumors
section) and pass it off as her own work.
Rather pathetic, IMHO. The FAQ can still be copied, posted and linked to
websites, used wallpaper and
whatever else may seem appropriate at the moment EXCEPT using it without
attribution and/or selling it. The
FAQ is the work of literally hundreds of U2 fans; have a little class and
give them credit if you intend to use
their work.
Again, thanks to all who've helped.
0.2 Where can I find the latest version of this list?
The is stored at the Wire Mailing list web page
www.gartholamew.com/pub/mailing_lists/u2-list/ , at the
rtfm.mit.edu "official" FAQ ftp site, and posted on alt.fan.U2,
alt.music.U2, alt.news.answers and news.answers
newsgroups around the 12th of each month. In addition, the FAQ may be
retrieved via E-mail from rtfm.mit's
e-mail server.
1. U2 and the Internet
This section deals with the Wire mailing list, various ways to obtain U2
info in USENET, IRC, commercial
online services FTP and WWW sites.
1.1 What is the Wire mailing-list? How do I subscribe, etc?
>From the Wire FAQ:
[JA] Hello and welcome to the mailing list. I am Joel Abbott
<abb...@gartholamew.com>, and I maintain
u2-list (or Wire as the subscribers have nicknamed it). As of Nov 9,
1997, u2-list had 4217 registered
subscribers. There are most likely more recipients of the list since
many people are not subscribed and read the
list via one or more web sites. There is more information on this later.
Please read this entire document!
This list is not affiliated in any way with anyone in U2, at Island
Records, etc. It is simply a mailing list
maintained by a fan for other fans.
The founder of this mailing list was Rob Bakie
<sli...@milton.u.washington.edu>. From there, the list moved
to its second maintainer, Thomas Jordan <tjo...@math.jmu.edu>. On
January 20, 1994, wire moved to me,
its third maintainer. The list lives on!
Feel free to start a topic of your choice as long your posting contains
something pertaining to U2. There are no
moderators on this list, so everything you send to:
u2-...@gartholamew.com
goes directly to everyone in the alias file. Before you post to the
mailing list, keep in mind that many people
will be reading what you write. The administrative address for u2-list
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Please use the administrative address for administrative messages
(removal from list, change of address, etc.,).
(To change your address, send an unsubscribe request from your old
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1.2 Where can I find U2-related files via ftp? What files are
available?
[MJS] There are several FTP sites with pictures, sound files, lyrics,
and tabs.
cs.uwp.edu /pub/music/artists/u/u2
Mirror Sites:
www.wit.com /music/u/u2
This is the mother lode of music files, there are directories for
any band you can think of here. This site has
the usual stuff pictures - GIF, TIFF, JPEG, and BMP formats - and lyrics.
There is one sound file,
bonobye.wav, which features Bono saying goodnight to a stadium of
screaming fans.
ftp.luth.se
What cs.uwp.edu is to pictures, this site is to sound files. Every
major artist has a directory. The U2
directory has files in the AU format
1.3 Are there any U2-related newsgroups?
[MJS] There are two: alt.fan.u2 [founded originally for discussion of the
ZooTV tour] and alt.music.u2
1.4 Are there any U2-related WWW sites?
[MJS] Apparently the UN passed a resolution decreeing that henceforth
there shall be on U2 webpage per
household. These things come and go and I'm hard-pressed to keep up with
either occurrence. I've tried to
group these pages into categories. Before removing the "Beta"
designation to this edition of the FAQ I hope to
check on the status of each of these websites. If you have a U2 page and
it isn't listed here, e-mail me and I'll
include it in the next version. (Note: If your website blatantly rips
off another website, it won't be included
here.)
RECENT ADDITIONS
The Official U2 Popmart Page http://u2popmart.msn.com/
MY PERSONAL FAVORITE U2 PAGE
Bono's Enchanted Laundry Hamper
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/4304/bono.html
U2 Pages by Fans
ACHTUNG BABY - LIGHT MY WAY
http://www.capecod.net/~amoore/crash/U2/U21.html
Angie's Page http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/8592/
The Blue Room http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mdhaight/u2.html
Boosh's U2 Page http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~cdb176/music/u2.html
BOSTONmART * 97: your friendly superSTORE
http://lynx.neu.edu/home/httpd/j/jcarvalh/
Brad Grantham's U2 Page http://www.cyberview.net/~grantham/
Brian Laudeman's U2 Page http://www.nd.edu/~blaudema/U2.html
Burning Star http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/5385/
CelebSite: Bono http://www.celebsite.com/people/bono/
Chris's U2 Page http://www.werple.net.au/~dag/u2.htm
Claire's Blue Room http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/5349/
Columbus Pictures http://www.computan.on.ca/~shaggy/columbus.htm
The Complete Bootleg Guide
http://members.aol.com/saschak1/u2links.htm
Crow's U2 Page http://www.ptialaska.net/~crow/u2/u2.htm
DESIRE FOR U2 http://oxxo.ste.fr/U2/index.asp
DISCOTHEQUE http://www.helsinki.fi/~mcahlfor/
tHe eDgE http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~cek/
Fanclub http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/1853/fanclub1.html
The Fly's Wall On The Web http://www.clo.com/~thefly/
Graham Jenkins' U2 Links
http://www.uq.edu.au/~e2gjenki/music/artists/u2.html
Hibby's Home(r) on the web! http://www.pathcom.com/~jasonh/
It's All Just One Big Plastic Hassle...
http://www.angelfire.com/ma/plastichassle/index.html
JB Harvey's U2 Page http://home1.gte.net/jbharvey/u2/
Jen's Tribute To U2 http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/8695/
Kansas City http://www.uic.edu/~eespin4/u2_jpg/kc.html
Lemon Files http://www.mindspring.com/~rubyeuropa/index.htm
Luna's U2 Page http://www.onthenet.com.au/~luna1/u2.htm
MacPhisto's Mansion - the lounge
http://www.wantree.com.au/~mcphisto/mclounge.htm
Mark Grzymala's Homepage Intro
http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~grzymala/u2
Martin's U2 Popmart Archive http://193.203.33.190/popmart/
Mary Eve*~'s little U2 page.
http://members.tripod.com/~N_e_p_t_u_n_e/U2.html
M A X: Inhalt: U2-Interview
http://www.max.de/inhalt/9704/u2/u2_engl.html
Nick Danielson's Music Page
http://ucsub.colorado.edu/~danielsm/music/music.html
Otto's U2 Popmart Photos
http://www.primenet.com/~otto/detailedfiles/popmart.html
Out of Control http://www.inconnect.com/~mkbarrus/u2/index.html
POP for * CLUBBERS * http://members.aol.com/mofotour/index.htm
*POP* This! http://www.premier.net/~grantham/popthis.html
POP Mart - Boston, MA, 7/2/97
http://www.interworld.com/staff/henry/zootv/poppics/
PopMart SuperCenter! http://pw1.netcom.com/~popmart/index.html
popmart rkf http://www.nicom.com/~khufu/u2pmrfk.htm
The POP-Online - Homepage http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/9234/
Popstuf http://www.smart.net/~davezzzz/popmail.html
PopTour97 - U2 PopMart Tour site http://www.poptour97.com/
PopTour97 http://comet.1stnet.com/poptour97/
POP Related Articles & Interviews
http://www.personal.u-net.com/~stockton/u2start.html
POP Archive http://www.illume.com/U2/
The Playboy Mansion http://home2.inet.tele.dk/skals/u2/
The POP-mart! (Info about POP)
http://home2.inet.tele.dk/skals/pop.html
POPMART.COM http://www.popmart.com/
Popmart! http://members.aol.com/bonovoxu2/popmart.html
R. Clarke's U2 Page, pix and links
http://sage.nelson.planet.org.nz/~rclarke/u2index.html
The Real Thing http://www.personal.u-net.com/~realthing/
Schmuck's U2 Shanty http://146.57.192.102/u2page.htm
Sharelook: U2 U2 Links
http://www.sharelook.de/Unterhaltung/Musik/U2.html
Stefan's U2 page http://www.vtek.chalmers.se/~v94ahlst/u2.html
Steve's U2 Page http://pw2.netcom.com/~steveu2/index.htm
Timothy's U2 Site! http://www.teleport.com/~tchealy/
U2 Mansion http://gatonegro.simplenet.com/anja/U2/index2.html
U2 New Zooland http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/8432/
U2 Singer Arrest
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/9107/bono.html
(yes, it's a joke)
U2 Pictures http://www.blackstone.ca/staff/corriweb/U2/U2Start.html
U2 POP Mart http://U2popmart.msn.com/kroq/kroq2after.htm
U2 POPMART COLOGNE
http://home.t-online.de/home/O.L.B.CREATIX/u2nue.html
U2 Popmart Photo Opportunity
http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/vonb/popmart/
The U2 page http://home.pi.net/~peter5/u2.html
The U2 Site http://www.ica.net/pages/Bazyl/U2/main.htm
U2 station http://pw2.netcom.com/~jwayne2/U2Station.html
The U2 Zone
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/8980/index.html
Ultimate U2-Sound-Site
http://www.hoexter.netsurf.de/homepages/Marius.Schmidtke/index.htm
The unforgettable site
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/4481/
U2 Index http://home.nordnet.fr/~pbogaert/
U2 *POP* WEB http://www.computan.on.ca/~shaggy/U2.htm
U2 Page http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/8432/
U2 Page http://www.mygale.org/01/u2pop/
U2 Page http://www.nd.edu/~jhlavaty/u21.html
U2 POP*MART EDMONTON
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/8414/index.html
U2 http://www.esil.univ-mrs.fr/Eleves/P99/bono/u2/u2menu.html
U2 http://home.att.net/~adp-pep/U2.html
U2 live in Madison http://home.earthlink.net/~mme11/u2.html
U2 Made In Greece http://w4u.eexi.gr/~the_edge/u2.htm
U2 MP3 Archive http://oberon.hss.cmu.edu/u2/
U2 On Video http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Kay_Bauersfeld/
U2 http://www.familytown.com/filter/music/u2.htm
U2 http://felix.antiquity.arts.su.edu.au/~mking/u2.htm
U2 - Expect Nothing - U2 http://www.e.kth.se/~hanning/u2/
U2 - The Pop interview http://www.thei.aust.com/isite/bono.html
U2 At the End of the World http://pages.prodigy.com/Confusion/review/
U2 Dublin http://indigo.ie/~azaidan/
U2 from Portugal http://caravela.di.fc.ul.pt/~e20695/u2.html
U2 nuts http://nemo.hamilton.edu/personal/alange/index.htm
U2 the MEGA site! http://www.jsp.umontreal.ca/~charbost/U2/U2main.html
U2 world http://hem1.passagen.se/u2world/
U2: "Pop" http://www.screenit.com/music/rock/u2/pop.htm
U2: dream out loud http://members.tripod.com/~Clayt/band.html
U2OPIA http://members.tripod.com/~McPhisto/
U2OPIA http://users.aol.com/zoorodoc/index.htm
U2000 http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/1467/
van diemens land
http://www.netby.nerdscan.dk/Nord/Mandelvej/u2/van/index.html
Vicente Fortea's U2 Page http://www.ctv.es/USERS/vteforte/
Where The Site Has No Name http://www.bright.net/~mldunne/
Wire - The U2 Mailing List
http://www.gartholamew.com/MailingLists/u2-list.html
Wire Archives: U2 Pictures
Http://www.wildheart.org/archives/wire/970730/0128.html
ZAMEER'S HOMEPAGE/U2 http://rhf.bradley.edu/~zameer/
Zoo TV http://zoo-web.com/
ZOONATION WORLD HOME PAGE http://users.exis.net/~bonovox/
ZooCentral http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/8007/
ZooNation's Rumors & News http://zoonation.com/webhtml/rumors.htm
U2 Text Pages
alt.culture: U2 http://pathfinder.com/altculture/aentries/u/u2.html
alt.music.u2 http://tile.net/news/altm244.html
Band Chat - U2 http://www.callnet.com/~gal/u2.html
Dotmusic Talent: U2 http://www.dotmusic.com/MWtalentU2.html
A YEAR WITH SWOLLEN APPENDICES http://www.gbn.org/BookClub/Year.html
The Ethereal Conection http://www.trcom.com/u2beatles/
THE ROUGH GUIDE TO ROCK MUSIC http://www.roughguides.com/rock/
Media Pages
Canoe's U2 http://www.canoe.ca/MusicArtistsU2/home.html
CNN - U2's new 'POP' culture
http://cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9703/07/u2/index.html
DISCOTHEQUE http://www.theglobe.com/homepage.qry?name=DISCOTHEQUE
Island - U2 News http://www.island.co.uk/u2news.html
JAM TV http://www.JAMtv.com/index.html
Las Vegas Review Journal: U2 http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/u2/
Las Vegas SUN: U2 PopMart
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sun/dossier/events/U2/index.html
Mr. Showbiz: U2
http://www.mrshowbiz.com/reviews/musicreviews/music/u2retro.html
MTV News Gallery: U2 http://mtv.com/news/gallery/u/u2.html
Neo/Sounds: U2 Feature http://www.injersey.com/Neo/u2.html
Rock Garden - U2 http://www.rockgarden.co.uk/rock/bnd_u2.html
RTE - U2 Direct from Las Vegas: Audio & Video
http://u2.rte.ie/audio.html
SecondComing http://www.secondcoming.com/u2/index.html
SonicNet! http://www.sonicnet.com/U2/
Wall Of Sound: U2 http://www.wallofsound.com/artists/u2/index.html
Commercial Pages
Cor's U2 Only's Collector's Site http://www.xs4all.nl/~u2only/
U2 Collectables For Sale http://www.ozramp.net.au/~lukas/
U2 Now http://www.u2now.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1222831924/leaf=u2_2
U2 - Related
2FM http://ireland.iol.ie/2fm/
Gavin Friday http://www.gavinfriday.com/heaven/archive/
Windmill Lane Recording Studios http://www.windmill.ie/
U2 Fanzines
U2-Fanzine - The Truth, Jokes and other stories
http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/9375/
THE ZOOROPEAN U2 MAGAZINE http://www.wirehub.nl/~u-2/
U2 Links
El Jaguar Quetzal U2 Links http://www.rice.edu/~solis/U2/
Mike's U2 Appreciation Page
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~yenwei/U2page.html
U2 Index http://www.dra.nl/~stikkel/u2index.html
U2 Links http://www.erols.com/breck/u2links/
U2 Links From Japan
http://kermit.ccm.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/~yasuo/music/U2.html
Yahoo - U2 Pages
http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Artists/By_Genre/Rock/U2/
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Lyrics & Tabs
Colosseum's U2 Lyrics http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1940/u2.html
khufu at home http://www.nicom.com/~khufu/khome
Miscellaneous
Wire Banner Home Page http://www.rpi.edu/~conwam2/banner.htm
EXISTING LIST
U2 PAGES
ABI's Zoo! http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/8592/
Achtung Baby http://www.internet.no/pan/Achtung.html
The Achtung Baby's Homepage
http://www.student.toplinks.com/hp/mcphisto/
Acrobat's Homepage http://elektron.et.tudelft.nl/~acrobat/
Al's U2 Midi Collection http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/7871/
All Music Guide - U2 http://thenewage.com/amg/amg_019.htm
Andy's U2 Page
http://www.stthom.edu/pub/alcao/pleasure/music/u2/u2.html
Australian U2 Information Page
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~edgock/u2.html
Band Chat http://www.callnet.com/~gal/u2.html
Bennett's U2 Page
http://www.st.nepean.uws.edu.au/users/boprysa/u2.html
Bob Reck's Zoo Station http://www.erols.com/breck/zoostation.html
Bono in Sarajevo http://www.nando.net/newsroom/nt/1230bono.html
Brad Benson's U2 Page http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~bbenson/u2.html
Bryan's U2 Quiz http://pubpages.unh.edu/~bryanb/
Carrie's U2 Page http://www.sover.net/~carrieu2/u2page.html
Charlene's U2 Pages http://www.angelfire.com/pages0/charbono/u2index.html
Claire's U2 Page http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cdaly/u2.html
Complete Joshua Tree Homepage
http://rampages.onramp.net/~wrtiede/joshuatree.html
Dan's Zoo Station http://206.52.3.1/hp/cheese/u23.htm
David's U2 Page http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/9658/u2.html
David Erickson's U2 Rules Page http://www.ualberta.ca/~erickson/u2/
Deroc's U2 Page - Mrs. Brown's Washings
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~fetschdw/u2/
Edge's U2 Page http://www2.ecst.csuchico.edu/~edge/
Flare's U2 Collection
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Flare/U2.HTM
For Love or Money - FLOM http://www.erols.com/breck/flom
Fox' s U2 Page
http://www.zeelandnet.nl/people/reynaert/leerlingen/fox/fox.htm
Gabriel's U2 page
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/4054/U2.html
Guess the U2 Lyric of the Week http://mo.net/~stheo/
Gustav's Homepage http://www.forsmark.uu.se/~eg95guho/index.html
Hans Ronning's U2 Page http://wwwstud.hint.no/~hansr/U2/U2index.html
Henry Wagner's U2 Page http://www.panix.com/~henryw/zootv/index.html
I'm not going to bore you with a title
http://meena.cc.uregina.ca/~bhargava/U2.html
Interference.com : The U2 Net Magazine http://www.interference.com/
Island Catalogue - U2 http://www.island.co.uk/cat/cat_uvw/u2.html
Island - U2 News Page http://www.island.co.uk/u2news.html
Island's U2 Studio Cam
http://www.island.co.uk/cat/cat_uvw/u2studio.html
Jayson Kastens' U2 Page
http://zooropa.yavapai.arizona.edu/~jkastens/u2.html
Jesper's U2 Page http://www.student.his.se/~jesper/u2.htm
Jinx's U2 page.... http://www.il.ft.hse.nl/~jinx/u2/
Jinx's Club Zoo http://www.il.ft.hse.nl/~jinx/u2/u2clubz.htm
Joe Foley's U2 Pages http://sfbox.vt.edu:10021/J/jfoley/u2/u2.html
John Hlavaty's U2 Page http://www.nd.edu/~jhlavaty/u21.html
John Siracusa's U2 Home Page
http://www.gtlug.org/~vkire/mac/U2/index.html
John Telleria's U2 Web Page
http://tribeca.ios.com/~johnphx/U2pages/u2index.html
Kathy's U2 Site http://eag-net.com/kathy/u2/
Kevin's U2 Page
http://musicb.marist.edu/~stkb/@httpd/music/u2/u2.html
Lank's U2 Page http://www.monash.edu.au/people/lanks/U2/U2.html
LANMANia! U2 Page http://www.golden.net/~cardow/u2.html
Laurie's U2 Page http://www.conical.com/laurie/u2.html
Ma Page U2 http://www.emm.fr/eleves/promo94-98/Beraud/u2.htm
Marcus's U2 Page http://members.aol.com/MLDunne/
martin's U2 page http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~mallemab/music/U2.html
Matt McGee's Mostly U2 Music Page
http://www.owt.com/users/pleeker/U2.html
Melon's U2 Utopia
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/melon/u2.htm
Michael Sherman's U2 Page
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr18/mset/www/U2.html
Mikko Halme's U2 News Page
http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/mhalme/testien.html
Mirrorbal's U2 Page http://www.universal.nl/users/mirrorbal/u2.htm
Morgan Lambert's Achtung!!! http://frugal.com/~smorg/u2/
MORT'S COOL U2 HOMEPAGE http://www.rpi.edu/~mortik/u2/u2.html
MTV Online: Biorhythm for U2
http://www.mtv.com/music/bio/biodata/u2.html
MyNab U2 Pages
ftp://ftp.inslab.uky.edu/pub/mailing.lists/u2-list/nicolas_bonamy/u2.htm
Neil's U2 Juke Box http://www.med.virginia.edu/~njz7p/
Niko's U2 Page - Links and Finnish Fanclub
http://hepo.cc.lut.fi/~vironen/u2.html
Norwegian Eyes -- Norwegian U2 Fanclub http://home.sn.no/~stsvends/
Numb http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/9133/
Nynet's U2 Stuff http://soho.ios.com/~nynet/u2ticket.html
Official U2 Fanclub in Finland http://www.utu.fi/~aspeha/u2f.html
Official Undernet #U2 Homepage http://home2.inet.tele.dk/skals/
Passengers: Original Soundtracks 1
http://www.polygram.com/polygram/inrb/passengers.html
Pat's U2 samples http://www.icon-stl.net/~pat/u2/
Paul's U2 Page http://hcslx1.essex.ac.uk/~pdyson/u2.html
Peter "Crayon" Hanning's U2 Studio Cam Page
http://www2.e.kth.se/~hanning/www/u2.html
Principle Management http://www.numb.ie/
Rajesh Keswani - U2 http://www.imsa.edu/~rajman/u2.html
Ranjeet's U2 Page http://www.imsa.edu/~bono/music/u2.html
Ronaldo - U2 http://www.ssac.unicamp.br/sisacc/ronaldo/u2.html
Ronin's The U2 Album Collection
http://witten.hartwick.edu/students/ronin/u2.html
Rory's U2 Page http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rorymacu2/
Sara's Home Page - The ZooNet http://www.js-universe.com/sara/
The Shimmering: The U2 Mailing List
http://www2.magmacom.com/~yearwood/u2.html
Slipstream by Nicole Haddock
http://pages.prodigy.com/NM_Haddy/slipstrm.htm
Spinola's Home Page http://colossus.rhon.itam.mx/~jspinola/
Spirogram: Mat's U2 Home Page http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~wood/u2.html
Steve Garcin's U2 Page http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/5326/
Stuff O' Boug: U2 http://www.telepath.com/dcoulter/boug/u2.html
Swedish U2 Page http://www.efd.lth.se/~d95mf/u2page.html
U2 http://dragon.arcadiau.ca/~002564r/u2.html
U2 http://wwwpc.hrz.th-darmstadt.de/home/polster/eire/u2.htm
U2 http://www.imsa.edu/~junkee/Letters/Bands/U/u2.html
U2 http://jota.sm.luth.se/~d94-dfg/music/u2.html
U2 http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/3474/u2.html
U2 & Eno in the Studio
http://otto.cmr.fsu.edu/~lakanen/dig_mus/student/people/enou2.htm
U2 Album Info http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/monroenh/albums.html
U2 Album Picture Gallery http://orca.ucd.ie/~ianmcp/
U2 Archives Official Homepage
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/9872/
U2 Backgrounds Section
http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~fabioalt/u2wallpapers.html
U2 Brasil http://conex.com/br.user/gustavo/u2brasil.htm
tHE u2 dIRECTORY by EdGE
http://argos.uniandes.edu.co/~l-arcini/u2.html
U2 dOwN uNdEr http://www.werple.net.au/~daglu2.htm
U2 From Superclub http://www.superclub.be/u2.html
U2 Fun Page http://ub4.apa.berkeley.edu/homies/sumo/U2/index.html
U2 Image Archive http://canterbury.res.wpi.edu/~tom/u2.html
U2 Junkie http://www.GateWest.net/~lemke/
U2 NEWS - Island Records http://www.island.co.uk/u2news.html
U2 on the W3 http://sciborg.uwaterloo.ca/~r3tang/u2.html
U2 on WWW http://www-users.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~kaldow/u2.html
U2 Press Articles http://boris.qub.ac.uk/tony/u2/
U2 Price Guide http://www.iit.edu/~shahsum/price_guide.html
U2 Rocks http://members.gnn.com/u2rocks/jt96.htm
U2 Shrine http://members.aol.com/rhardca912/u2page.htm
U2 Transcript Page http://members.aol.com/reiter/tcript.htm
U2 Zoo - The Ultimate Seduction http://www.luna.nl/~u2zoo/
UV's #U2 Web Page!!! http://www.mindspring.com/~ggough/u2irc.html
Vicki's U2 Page http://www.vsl.ist.ucf.edu/~zigmont/pages/u2.html
Welcome on ZooTV http://www.efrei.fr/~hernard/u2_main.html
Welcome To Zoo-TV
http://salambo.enserb.u-bordeaux.fr:8001/~gautier/html/U2.html
What Do You Want? http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/home/scl22/u2.html
WIRE Home Page http://www.inslab.uky.edu/MailingLists/u2-list.html
WIRE - HTML Version http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~leth/wire.html
Wonderful U2 Page http://bach.iie.cnam.fr:8080/absi/html/u2.html
World of U2 http://www.utw.com/~outdoors/u2.html
Your Blue Room http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~mcphisto/u2/
ZOONATION WORLD HOME PAGE http://sailfish.exis.net/~bonovox/
The Zoo Station http://www.srv.ualberta.ca/~jskuba/zsmain.html
ZOO station - From Finland
http://www.mikrobitti.fi/~piirat/u2/zoo.htm
ZOOTV http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~mahieu/zootv.htm
FANZINES
Backstage - Italian U2 Fan Club
http://194.20.139.5/backstag/backstag.htm
or http://www.glp.net/backstag/#english
Mania Mansion - U2 Collectormania Magazine
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pj/mania/
The Zooropean - U2 Magazine http://www.luna.nl/~u2zooven/
or http://www.wirehub.nl/~u-2/
U2 LINKS PAGES
4 U, Links 2 U2 http://www.stud.mdh.se/~dat93gts/u2.htm
Alan's U2 Links http://www.onlink.net/~amiller/u2.htm
Angel of the Web http://www.lehigh.edu/~swb2/u2.html
The Band http://www.umcs.maine.edu/~jdrake/boys.html
Bono News from Japan http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~t95554rt/bono.html
Carton's U2 Links & Pix http://mxn117.rh.psu.edu/~carton/
Chris's U2 Page http://www.osir.hihm.no/~chrissth/u2.htm
...Down for a bottle of Corova? "Some U2 Stuff"
http://www.uta.fi/~f1tato/u2.html
Dustin's U2 Links http://www.erols.com/breck/u2/u2links.html
Einet's U2 Index
http://galaxy.einet.net/editors/douglas-bell/rock/utoo.html
El Jaguar Quetzal U2 pages http://www.rice.edu/~solis/U2/
Frank's U2 Links http://sfbox.vt.edu:10021/F/fsieiro/u2.html
Greg's U2 Page!! - Mostly Links http://www.pitt.edu/~gewst7/u2.html
Inge's U2 linker http://colargol.idb.hist.no/~ingeeh/u2.html
Index to a Bunch of U2 Sites
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~kimberly/U2index.html
Irish Music Box http://www.dojo.ie/musicbox/u2.htm
Jay's U2 Page http://www.fyi.net/~aj03/u2/u2.html
or http://b61725.student.cwru.edu/u2/u2.htm
Japanese U2 Links Page
http://kermit.ccm.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/~yasuo/music/U2.html
Joe Cohen's U2 like stuff http://www.ccil.org/~conan/new/u2.html
John Coetzee's U2 Page http://zest.upe.ac.za/~csbjcc/page1.html
Josh Tuel's U2 Page http://www.ksu.edu/~joshtu/u2.html
Juhapekka Tolvanen's U2 Links http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~juhtolv/u2.html
Kevin Forsythe's Home page [CSI Inc.(r) ]
http://www.seanet.com/users/kevinf/u2.html
KOO STATION http://er4www.eng.ohio-state.edu/~kook/u2.html
Links to U2 http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~jes81/music/u2.html
Luke Hanley's U2 Page http://minyos.xx.rmit.edu.au/~t9453044/u2.html
Mark's U2 Links http://ursa.calvins.edu/~mvmaas96/u2.html
Me, a fanatic? - U2 WWW Sites http://www.sgi.net/marbles/zeno/u2.html
Nerd World : U2 http://www.tiac.net/users/dstein/nw1162.html
Nikko's U2 Links Page
http://www2.e.kth.se/~e94_nha/Public/www/u2.html
Peter's U2 Page http://www.sun.mdx.ac.uk/~peter4/u2.html
Phil's U2 Page of Cool Stuff http://www.cs.loyola.edu/~promans/u2/
Planet Fubar - U2 Links http://www.gil.com.au/~allan/music.html
Riconet U2 Links http://www.mcs.net/~rico/www/u2/u2.html
The Running U2 Archive
http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/%7Ed4jonas/U2/index.html
Shujaat's Homepage http://expert.cc.purdue.edu/~namaste/
TheDr's U2 Stuff and Links http://bbs.dordt.edu:2000/~thedr/myu2.html
U2 http://studbimb.tuwien.ac.at/~e9225468/u2links.html
U2 http://www.daum.co.kr/bklee/u2.html
U2 Internet Sites http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~ar188/u2.html
U2 Jump Page http://wwwcsc.cornell-iowa.edu/~jcragun/u2jump.html
U2 Links http://acm.vt.edu/~rnbrown/files/u2.html
U2 Links http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kaichuan/u2.html
U2 Links http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~mahieu/links.htm
U2 Links http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~lischer/u2.html
U2 links from dk http://meyer.fys.ku.dk/~thomas/music.html
U2 Link Page in Chile? http://www.puc.cl/~cgonzalm/u2.html
Web of Wonder
http://www.digimark.net/wow/entertai/music/groups/u2/index.html
WS Cook's U2 Links http://www.chattanooga.net/~cmptype/u2.html
Yahoo- U2
http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Ireland/Entertainment/Music/Artists/U2/
Zazou's U2 Links http://www.butler.edu/~partenheimer/u2.html
U2 LYRICS AND TAB PAGES
A to Z List of U2 Songs http://www.math.fsu.edu/~cschmitt/atoz.html
Cian's U2 Lyrics (Ver 1.2.0)
http://www2.tcd.ie/~cokirsey/U2.lyrics.html
The Finnish U2 Page http://www.math.jyu.fi/~tuanta/u2.html
Grendel's Lyric Archive - U2 Lyrics
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~avernon/lyrics/u2.html
Junkee's U2 Lyrics
http://www.imsa.edu/~junkee/Letters/Bands/U/u2.html
Lyrics Page - U2
http://www.fwi.uva.nl/fun/lyrivs/sectionstar2.1.4.html
Meaning of the Lyrics
http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d4jonas/U2/u2.meaning.of.lyrics.html
One Love - A Collection of U2 Lyrics
http://www.teleport.com/~jtuzzio/eng/u2/
Sergio Lucero's U2 Tabs
http://www.dim.uchile.cl/~slucero/albums/Albums.html
U2 Guitar Archive http://www.imt.net/~noneal/u2guitar.html
U2 Lyrics Page
http://asterix.info.unicaen.fr/~flechair/u2/lyrics.html
U2 Lyrics Page http://metro.turnpike.net/~macintsh/U2/index.html
U2 Lyrics Page http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d95marry/u2.html
U2 DISCOGRAPHIES
Mrs. Brown's Washings http://falcon.jmu.edu/~fetschdw/u2/
Notre Dame U2 Page http://www.nd.edu/~dfreddos/u2.html
Roger's U2 Single Discography
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~roger/u2_disk.html
U2 Albums
http://omega.sse.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp/~nakao/links/music/u2/mialbum.html
WWW Music Database - U2 Discography
http://www.cs.uit.no/Music/View/u2
SOME U2 CONTENT
Bono Backstage http://www.pubnix.net/backstage/candid/can23.htm
FUN Page - Sounds http://www.fct.unl.pt/Fun/fun.html
History of Rock 'n' Roll
http://www.hollywood.com/rocknroll/index.html
Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues
http://www.polygram.com/polygram/inrb/various_gaye_mA.html
OUT LOUD: U2 http://www.hidwater.com/OUTLOUD/u2.html
Steve Rapport's Virtual Portfolio
http://sashimi.wwa.com/hammers/pictures/bono.htm
Tulane's U2 Sound Files http://unicycle.cs.tulane.edu/audio/U2/
U2 Midi Files -The Owl http://info.pitt.edu/~bdnst2/
MAINLY TEXT U2 SITES
Alarms' '83 Tour w/U2 http://www.demon.co.uk/alarmpo/alarm83.html
Alf's Music Reviews http://www.loom.com.au/home/alf/music/u2/
Altculture - U2 http://www.altculture.com/site/entries-apilot/u2.html
Brother Jack: Bono on God http://www.mofile.fi/biz/bj/bono_god.htm
Derick's Account of a U2 Concert http://www.mi.net/trip/chap1-5.html
"The Fly" on the Stage http://spot.colorado.edu/~smithsr/u2.html
Green Eggs Report for news:alt.fan.u2
http://www.ar.com/ger/alt.fan.u2.htm
Green Eggs Report for news:alt.music.u2
http://www.ar.com/ger/alt.music.u2.html
Interesting Stuff From U2
http://sage.nelson.planet.org.nz/~rclarke/perspective.html
Negativland Reviews Achtung Baby
http://astro.uchicago.edu/home/web/duvernoi/neg/neg12.html
Review of U2 at the End of the World
http://www.io.org/~buff/sinatra/u2-book.html
Sides Magazine: U2'S MYSTERIOUS WAYS
http://boris.qub.ac.uk/tony/Sides/u2.html
Star Bios Credits: Bono of U2
http://web3.starwave.com/showbiz/memorybank/starbios/bono/b.html
U2 At the End of the World
http://www.bdd.com/catalog/isbn/0-385-31154-0
U2 Zooropa http://www.public.iastate.edu/~engl104kpg/Goldermann.html
YPN: U2 http://www.ypn.com/topic/550.html
U2-RELATED SITES
Rock News:
Music News of the World
http://www.addict.com/ATN/Music_News_Of_The_World/
HOT PRESS on the 'net http://www.dublin.iol.ie/hotpress/
Rocktropolis http://underground.net/Rocktropolis/map.html
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame + Museum http://www.rockhall.com/
RockWeb(TM) Interactive http://www.rock.net/
The Vibe: Cyber-Sleaze http://metaverse.com/vibe/sleaze/index.html
Artists & Influences:
Brian Eno http://mosaic.echonyc.com/~mysticfire/MAImagEno.html
Brian Eno - SleepBot
http://underground.internet.com/lookit/sleepbot/html/eno.html
The (unofficial) EnoWeb http://www.nwu.edu:80/music/eno/
Clannad Home Page http://140.148.1.16/clannad/clann.shtml
Gavin Friday's Wonderful Wicked World http://www.gavinfriday.com
The Photographic Works of Anton Corbijn
http://www.itis.com/~wonko/anton/
Virgin Prunes - True Life Story
http://www.estragon.demon.co.uk/vprunes/
Ireland:
All Thing's Irish http://www.flowerstop.com/mckinley/irish.html
The Irish Times Corner http://www.irish-times.ie/cgi-bin/IThome
Irish X-Press http://www.adnet.ie/Adnet/xpress/XPress.htm
Virtual Irish Pub - VIP Magazine
http://www.misty.com/ulysses/vip/music/music.htm
Artyfact http://www.xs4all.nl/~vonb/af/af_index.html
Charities/Causes/Interests:
Children of Chernobyl Project
http://www.aardvark.ie/ccp/events/world-wide-events.html
Live Aid - A Celebration
http://www.herald.co.uk/local_info/live_aid.html
War Child http://www.warchild.org/artists/pavarott/story.html
Controversies:
NegativeLand: U2 Fan Club
http://sunsite.unc.edu/id/negativland/u2.html
Negativland/U2 http://www.eskimo.com/~irving/negativland/u2/
Negativland - U2 http://www.yab.com/~stumbras/u2.html
WIRED The Letter U and the Numeral 2
http://www.hotwired.com/wired/3.01/departments/electrosphere/negativland.html
Record Companies:
Polygram Records - Island Records U2 Catalog
http://www.polygram.com/polygram/cat/catU.html
COMMERCIAL SERVICES
Note - inclusion of a service in the FAQ does not imply an endorsement.
CDnow! http://cdnow.com
Fandom Paradise Home Page http://www.io.org/~peterw/Fandom.html
U2 Catalog
http://www.recunltd.com/shopping/cats/online/full/catutwo.html
U2 Only by Cor Simons http://www.luna.nl/~u2only/
ZooTV Interactive Music CD-ROM
http://www.eden.com/~quetzal/zootvcd1.html
1.5 What about commercial online services?
Still haven't had enough? Well, get those credit cards out and check out
these services:
America Online - United States
Plenty of U2 files are available from the Software Archive [keyword:
download] and the U2 faithful meet
every Sunday night at 9pm EST
CompuServe - available worldwide
Sue Fell has joined Michelle Perez (Melon) as the high priestesses of
the U2 section online [GO U2FANS]
which includes an archive of U2 material and special events. Past
conference guests include Bill Flanagan,
author of At the End of the World, and Dave Fanning. In addition, Island
Records maintains an archive here
with sound files and pictures.
Delphi - United States and Canada
I haven't been online there in ages. Anyone have anymore info?
MSN - United States
The home of the official U2-Popmart page has also hosted hosts "chats"
with Edge and Adam as well as several
of those who toil in the shadow of the golden arch (j/k).
Prodigy - United States and Canada
All U2 fans are welcome at the U2 bulletin board [JUMP: Music 1, then
topic U2] where we
discuss everything from the latest news, the best imports and, of course,
Adam's most recent haircut. A weekly
chatfest is held in Chat Music Member Room Popmart Saturdays at Midnight.
1.6 Is there a U2 channel on IRC?
Yes. U2 fans can meet at #U2 on Efnet, Dalnet, and Stealthnet, on MSN the
channel is #u2_popmart
stu...@juno.com
Alt-fan-U2-archive-name: fan/U2-faq/part3
2. Stories for Boys
This section is designed to hold answers to some frequent questions about
the band itself. The subsections are
intended to divide U2's history in different eras.
2.1 The early years
2.1.1 Who started U2 and when? How did they get those wacky nicknames?
[SL] Larry Mullen, Jr. was born on October 31, 1961 on the south side of
Dublin. He was two years behind
Bono in high school but both noticed each other. It was Larry who posted
an ad on a bulletin board at school
about starting a band.
Paul Hewson (Bono) was born on the 10th of May, 1960 in Dublin. He was
a very outgoing person in high
school who responded to Larry's note saying that he could play guitar and
sing. He really couldn't do either.
Adam Clayton was born in Oxfordshire on March 13, 1960 and moved to
Dublin after his father got a job
flying for Aer Lingus . Although he was not a very good student, he was
always very polite to everyone. He
was the only bassist to respond to Larry's note.
Dave Evans (the Edge) was born on August 8, 1961 in East London. His
family moved to Dublin a year later.
He was often known as a loner early in high school. He took piano and
guitar lessons and often played with his
brother, Dick. Both showed up to "U2's" first little gathering.
[P] First meeting at Larry+s house (60 Rosemount Avenue); set up in
Mullen+s kitchen, and played Rolling
Stones -Brown Sugar+ and -Satisfaction+ (UF, p. 61); entire group
includes Larry, Dave and Dik Evans, Adam
Clayton, Paul Hewson, Peter Martin, and Ivan McCormick .
[CB] Larry was born on the *north side* of Dublin, Artane.
Bono, which is a shortening of Bono Vox, got his name through a group of
friends of his who were known as
the Village. The name, which means "good voice" in Latin, was the name of
a hearing aid shop in Dublin. Edge
was named by Bono because Dave was always on the fringe of things.
[GB] I heard on a TV show that Bono gave this name to Evans because of
the sharp lines in his face. This could
also apply to his clear, clinging guitar playing.
[CB] The thing in Lypton Village about naming people was that: 1) they
thought it strange that you should go
by a name given to you by your parents, when that name might not really
suit you. 2) the nicknames were often
associated with a facial thing and it would then also apply to the
person's character. So The Edge had this
prominent jaw line & was always on the edge of things: like an observer.
Bono's first Village name was:
Steinhegvanhuysenolegbangbangbangbang (!) Paul McGuinness became known
as 'The Goose'.
2.1.2 Where does the name U2 come from?
[M] The reason for the band picking the name U2 is not really known. For
one thing, the U2 is a spy plane that
was in service during the late '50s and '60s. There was a U2 that was
involved in a crash over the old Soviet
Union on 4 May 1960 (four days before Bono was born). The name U2 is
also a pun, as in you too or you two.
The name seemed to be sufficiently vague to work as the name of the band
we now know and love.
[JC] The U2 model was an American spy plane used after WWII. It is famous
for the 'U2 incident'. This plane
was used for high altitude reconnaissance before the use of satellites
and was not supposed to be detectable by
radar. The plane was shot down over Soviet Russia in the late 50's, and
the pilot, Francis Gary Powers,
captured. When the Soviets announced to Dwight Eisenhower they had shot
down a U2 spy plane, his retort was
'What plane?' Yes, a great moment in Presidential history.) The band took
their name after this plane.
[PG] Before U2, the group had two other names (for a short period):
'Feedback' and 'The Hype'.
[GM] 1960 was the year. Eisenhower knew about U-2 flights over the USSR,
but he wasn't just going to come
out and admit it in case the Soviets were bluffing. Adam said he liked
names like XTC, they had Steve Averill
come up with a bunch of suggestions. They didn't exactly love the name
U2, but they couldn't come up with a
better name, so they used it. The above reasons why it was the best are
pretty accurate.
2.1.3 Which band members were/are in U2?
[SL] This is very boring. U2 lack the emotion of big bands like Pink
Floyd and the Beatles when it comes to
rupture rumors, and gossip. They have always had the same members, and
it's not bound to change in the near
future. The four guys seem to be good friends. However...
[PG] In the first few weeks of their existence, Edge's brother Dick Evans
was also in the band.
[CB] The band were advised to dump Larry, in the early days.(by a record
company)
2.1.4 Who's the boy on the cover of "Boy" and "War"?
[SL] I saw an interview around the time of the Joshua Tree tour where
Bono talks about this. He was a kid who
lived across the street in front of Bono's house in Dublin. Quote 'He was
a smart guy, know-it-all, he's probably
taller than me now'
[Ge] His name is Peter Rowan.
[CB] Peter Rowan is the brother of Derek "Guggi" Rowan, and Strongman -
both of which were in the Virgin
Prunes. Peter later became skate-board champion of Ireland, works in a
skate-board shop and has also had
various acting parts, notably in 'The Commitments" and "The Snapper".
2.1.5 Wait, I don't see a boy on the "Boy" cover!!
[SL] That's probably because you have the US release of the album, which
has been censored /edited to avoid
child abuse implications.
[RA] The cover was changed in the States because of "a vague worry at the
label that there might be a
homosexual impression left from the boy's waist-up nakedness." (Ellen
Darst)
[Ge] It was Warner's in the USA that changed the cover of Boy for fear of
paedophilia claims.
2.1.6 What does Bono sing at the end of Another Time, Another Place?
[JV] It sounds like German - what is it and why is it there?" No one
seems to know the answer to that last one,
though plenty of people would like to find out.
2.1.7 What is the meaning behind the title "An Cat Dubh"?
[AL] My boss, who is (Northern) Irish, told me it's Gaelic for *The Black
Cat". Sort of makes sense if you
listen to the words, I think.
2.1.8 Who is Gavin Friday?
[CB] Gavin Friday was born Fionan Hanvey, October 8, 1959, a few blocks
down the road from Bono. They
met and became friends in their teens and to date Bono describes Gavin as
his 'friend for life, drinking buddy on
weekdays and some sort of a musical diviner'. Gavin formed the Virgin
Prunes, taking a left turn where U2
went to the right, fueled by such diverse influences as the Dada
movement, Salvador Dali, Bowie, T-Rex, The
Sex Pistols and.... ABBA, as well as a smouldering Celtic strain.
Spontaneity was important to the band's
performances and when that spontaneity was all but dead around 1986,
Friday decided to call it a day. After a
brief painting stint, he returned in with his solo debut 'Each Man Kills
the Thing He Loves' (Island 1989) on
which he exorcized all the ghosts that had lain dormant since the Prunes
demise. The record was a dark, moody,
introspective affair, dealing with such primary topics as love, sex and
death. Determined not to be categorized
Friday revamped his 'cabaret singer from hell' act into 'mad eclectic
popstar' for his second album 'Adam 'n'
Eve', showing a lighter side of himself, but not wandering too far from
his familiar themes. On the ZOO TV
and Zooropa tours, Friday's possible influence on U2 became more
apparent to the media, the NME going as
far as naming him Bono's 'confidante and advisor'. Many believed his
presence was strongly felt in Bono's new
stage character 'MacPhisto', but Friday claims he only 'put the horns on
him'. In 1993, Friday, his pianist
Maurice Roycroft and Bono collaborated on the 'In the Name of the
Father' soundtrack, with Bono admitting it
was Gavin who did 'most of the work.' Late 1995 will see Friday, who
says he 'never could rock and never
wanted to roll' return to the stage with his third record on Island: Shag
Tobacco.
[MJS] If you want to know more about Gavin Friday check out the
following web site:
Gavin Friday's Wonderful Wicked World
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pj/gf-index.html
and Caroline Von B's book on Gavin Friday, "The and the Dark."
A sound sample of the single "In the Name of the Father" is available at
the U2 site and on Compuserve.
2.2 October to The Unforgettable Fire
2.2.1 Where is the castle on the cover of "The Unforgettable Fire"?
[GD] The castle on The Unforgettable Fire is NOT Slane Castle. The album
was partly recorded at Slane Castle,
but the castle on the cover is called Moydrum and is in county West
Meath.
[CB] However, the castle on the back sleeve of the album is yet another
castle. This is called Carrickgogunnel,
in County Tipperary.
[H] Following a fire, Slane Castle is currently undergoing very slow
repairs but it has been host to some gigs
since the fire. There are some musically unconnected details including a
B&W JPG at:
http://http2.sils.umich.edu/Art_History/ARCH/details/UM0208.html
2.2.2 Where did the idea for "The Unforgettable Fire" come from?
[JC] "The Unforgettable Fire" is the name of a collection of drawings and
pictures made by the survivors of the
Hiroshima nuclear bomb blast at the end of World War II. Although
simplistic in depiction, they are considered
national treasures by the Japanese. An exhibit toured through the United
States in early 1984, and U2 saw the
exhibit in Chicago. Touched by the exhibit, it inspired the song and
album title, as well as some of the painting
used as stage backdrops on the Fire' tour.
[JV] The album title also refers to the "unforgettable fire" for equality
and peace which burned inside people
like Martin Luther King, Jr. The songs themselves speak to this,
juxtaposing images of nuclear devastation and
human triumph in and between the various tracks on the album.
2.2.3 Tell me all about the song "Pride (in the name of love)"
"Why does Bono sing 'Early morning, April Four' in Pride, when MLK was
shot in the early evening?"
[JV] The Wire answer is basically that he either screwed up or exercised
poetic license to make it fit better.
[GM] Bono says he screwed up. He sometimes sings 'Early evening, April
4' The song's origins came during
the War Tour in a sound check in Hawaii. The original lyrics were
anti-Reagan with 'What more in the name of
love' also being a featured lyric according to The Edge. The song
evolved into one about martyrs and those who
create them.
[P] This in no way is an effort to justify what is a glaring historical
inaccuracy in the song, but .... When Bono
heard the news as a 7-year-old in Dublin, it WAS early morning. BUT ...
it was early in the morning on April
5th when he would have heard the news.
2.2.4 [EMD] Who is the Mrs. Christine Kerr listed in the liner notes?
[MJS] It is Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders, at the time UF was
recorded, she was married to Jim Kerr of
Simple Minds.
2.3 Time for worldwide acclamation
2.3.1 Is The Joshua Tree the biggest U2 album ever?
In the US, JT was #1 for nine weeks. In the UK it became the fastest
selling album in history staying on the
charts for 129 weeks. It reentered the UK charts twice more, reaching
#19 in 1992 and #27 in 1993.
[P] It topped the charts in 22 different countries!!!
2.3.2 What's the story behind "Where the Streets Have No Name"?
[SW] Back during the time of the whole Ethiopia starvation crisis, Bono
and his wife Ali did a 6 week deal over
there as volunteer relief workers or something of the such. The tent
cities that were set up for the people were
just lined up in rows, and that was how these people lived, hence there
were streets without names. 'high on a
desert plain' would be referring to Ethiopia, as well as the mentions of
being 'blown by the wind' and 'trampled
in dust', as it was a drought and I'd imagine, awfully dusty. Also, I
would assume that 'and when I go there, I go
there with you...' would be referring to Ali. IMO, the beginning lines
are written in frustration at the misery and
hopelessness of the situation and his inability to make very much of a
difference.
2.3.3 Who are Greg Carrol and Jara in "One Tree Hill"?
[PH] A New Zealander (Greg Carroll) who worked for the band was killed in
a motorcycle accident in Dublin
while doing something for Bono. I think the funeral was held in the Maori
cemetery at the top of One Tree Hill
in Auckland--hence the name of the song. FYI, One Tree Hill is called
that because although there are plenty of
trees on the lower slopes of the hill, the upper slopes are completely
bare apart from a tall, old tree on its own at
the top.
[JM] The funeral was conducted at Waitangi, which is the place where New
Zealand's "founding documents"
were signed, by most of the Maori chiefs. (nowhere near One Tree Hill)
The "One Tree" on the hill is alive and
well after being attacked by a Maori activist with a chain-saw, and so
was in danger for quite a while. The tree
is a pine (not native), and the hill is a site of an old Pa (Maori
fortress), and he felt that the tree was an insult to
sacred Maori ground, and should be replaced with a native tree.
[SL] Victor Jara was a Chilean folk singer/songwriter who was very
famous at the beginning of the 70s in
Chile. His songs were full of social criticism and called for uprising.
He was respected among the intellectual
leaders of the socialist Chilean government. Alas, Augusto Pinochet
overthrew the government in a military
coup. Part of the associated repression included torturing Victor Jara to
death, cutting both his hands and
making him sing and play the guitar afterwards. Thus, "Jara sang, his
song a weapon in the hands of love, his
blood still cries from the ground".
2.3.4 Tell me about the Negativland incident
[SL] I have chosen to quote here a 'neutral' answer. This is sampled from
the music /alternative-faq /part1 file,
available from and maintained by Joshua Buergel - all...@cmu.edu -
jb...@andrew.cmu.edu. If you'd like to
get the mentioned lyrics, check out question #1
[MJS] Since this incident has faded somewhat, I've shortened this answer
a bit. The full version is still available
at the address above.
A: The Negativland _U2_ single put out in late '91 by SST Records and
featured two tracks, both of which
made fun of U2's "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". Shortly
after its release, an enormous legal
document arrived at SST from Island Records/ Warner-Chappel Publishing,
the gist of which was that SST was
getting its butt sued for putting the thing out. Among the charges being
leveled were that the packaging was
deceptive (this was reportedly the biggest problem that Island had with
the record), that the use of various
unauthorized samples on the single were copyright infringement
(Negativland maintained that as a piece of
satire the samples should have been allowed) and lots of other charges.
Incidentally, the "deceptive" packaging
as that the single had "U2" in huge letters on the front with
"Negativland" in really small letters across the
bottom. Island apparently felt that such packaging was intended to
deceive the consumer into believing it was a
U2 release.
Anyway, SST and Negativland got squashed. The settled out of court.
Total damages: $90,000. SST tried to
get Negativland to pay the entire bill while N'land offered to pay half.
No agreement was reached and N'land
left SST records, whose owner (Greg Ginn, ex-Black Flag guitarist)
threatened lawsuits. Shortly thereafter
Negativland put out a CD and magazine combo entitled "The Letter U and
the Numeral 2" which documents the
whole fiasco, including press releases, legal documents, articles and
everything else possibly concerned with the
whole situation.
[MJS] Finally, I think it's worthwhile to let U2 have their say in this.
The Edge was interviewed by Mondo 2000
magazine in 1992. Two members of Negativland took part in the interview,
although this was not revealed to
the Edge until halfway through the interview. The entire text of this
interview is available What follows is a
very brief excerpt of U2's perception of the incident.
EDGE: Yeah, well from what I can remember, I can't remember the exact
sequence of events, but as it was
presented to us, you know, "Here's the record, here's the album sleeve,
Island are already on the case here, and
they've objected because they feel it's, because of the artwork, this is
at a time when a lot of people are
expecting a new U2 record," and they felt that, from their own point of
view, in a pure business sense, nothing
about art, I just think they felt there was a chance that people would
pick up the record in a record shop and
think, "Oh, this is the new U2 album."
2.3.5 In the Song Angel of Harlem, what is "BLS"?
[MP] In the song Angel of Harlem, there's a line, "On the BLS I heard the
sound, of an angel . . ." Could you tell
me what "BLS" is??? I thought it was somehow associated with airplanes,
or those ever-annoying PA systems
in airports, but I can't seem to figure this one out. Any info about
it???
[MPZ] As a lifelong New Yorker, I can tell you that BLS in the line "On
BLS I heard the sound (of an Angel)"
refers the New York City radio station WBLS-FM, which has been playing
Rhythm & Blues/Soul music for
20+ years.
2.3.6 What is The Joshua Trio?
[AK] I know all about the Joshua Trio as it was some mates of mine that
put the whole thing together. I did the
graphics for the one and only single release (only in the UK and
Ireland). Basically the Joshua Trio sprung
from the overblown state of U2 circa Joshua Tree/Rattle and Hum. We were
in art college in Dublin and three
friends had established a punk/country band called the Dodge City
Slickers. The Slickers were very theatrical
and were a great laugh while they lasted. Just prior to the Joshua Tree
tour in the States we were involved in
doing some 'club design' stuff in the Factory for a birthday party for
Adam Clayton. There was a little stage set
up where pretty much everybody was gigging on by nights end. There was
the strange combo of U2, Cactus
World News, The Dodge City Slickers, and Hank Halfhead and his Rambling
Turkeys all doing covers.
Anyway when the Slickers broke up Paul the singer had this idea of a
jazz combo which only did U2 covers. It
was a tongue in cheek idea which then developed into a greater concept:
'To bring the music of U2 to a wider audience'
Bono at this point was acting very egotistical and moralistic so the
idea of Bono as a religious guru with a
message to spread became part of the Trio's concept. The band wore either
angels wings and 'Jesus style' towels
around their waist or (in Paul's case) a toga and a medallion with Bonos'
face on it.
The jazz (and trio) idea gradually turned into a wider musical thing,
with jazz, country, metal, loungebar and
just plain stupid interpretations of U2 stuff. Also songs about U2 ('the
edge has got his hat on', 'nothing
compares to U2') 'Nothing compares' was sung by 'guest star' Sinead (Paul
in a bathing cap).
The movie was a proposal called (if memory serves) 'The last temptation
of Bono' (or something). It involved a
cast of Irish music types and would have been very funny. It was offered
(ironically) as a serious venture and
was taken as such by a variety of media types. Arthur, who was in the
early version of the Trio is a very talented
comedy writer for TV who is flavour of the month in the UK at the moment.
The Trio became very popular in Ireland for a period and took to
bringing donkeys into venues for gigs and
such like. They had some interesting forays into England where they had a
strange small cult following. For
some reason Japanese girls seemed to love them (?)
A single/ep was released through Son (part of the U2 stable) which got
good airplay in the UK but never sold
very well (you could never find the thing!). It was a country version of
'The Fly' with a couple of live numbers.
With the Zoo TV tour the joke didn't make as much sense (although there
were gigs in Dublin with televisions,
washing machines and bicycles on stage) and the band lost interest.
There you go. A potted history of the
Joshua Trio
[MJS] The movie was to be called "The Last Temptation of Chris DeBurgh,"
the Joshua Trio dropped hints
about the plot in an interview with Hot Press that can be found in Three
Chords and The Truth.
2.3.7 Why haven't I seen the video for Red Hill Mining Town?
[PC] The song was actually slated to be the second single off of the
album. The video was shot in Bodie,
California (a ghost town) and directed by Neil Jordan. But while W/or
W/Out You was doing its tour of duty,
the band was rehearsing for the tour and they discovered that Red Hill
was too high for Bono to sing every night
and would not be in the set list for the tour. And as logic says: What's
the good of touring if you can't use it to
promote your latest record/single?
[P] The original copy of the video remains in storage at Principle
Management's offices in Dublin. Rumors have
circulated that MTV showed this video once on-air, and that they also
have a copy of it in their "library." These
rumors are just that, and they are false.
2.3.8 Who dies at the end of the All I Want is You video?
[MJS] This question truly is frequently asked. I think it's the woman.
[DC] I believe it is the midget who is in love with her. Earlier in the
video he threw himself off the high trapeze
swing, and when we see him at the funeral, it is really his ghost, and
only his friend the strong man even senses
that he is there. Then he throws in the ring, to be buried along with
himself.
2.3.9 Was JT originally a double album?
[P] When Edge was asked about this in Hot Press, he never REALLY
confirmed the idea. This is his response:
Edge on double-album idea: "For instance, we disagreed vehemently about
what songs should go on the album.
If Bono had his way, 'The Joshua Tree' would have been more American and
bluesy, and I was trying to pull it
back." That compromise led to the later flood of new B-side tracks. Bono
argued that "the album is almost
incomplete. 'With or Without You' doesn't really make sense without 'Walk
to the Water' or 'Luminous Times'.
And 'Trip Through Your Wires' doesn't make that much sense without
'Sweetest Thing.'" (HP, 12/87)
2.3.10 What does Hawkmoon 269 mean?
[MJS] Hawkmoon 269 was taken from a road sign the band saw from their
tour bus. It means, literally the town
of Hawkmoon is 269 miles from this point. The name intrigued Bono and
eventually he used it as the title for
the song we know and love.
2.3.11 Who is Goldman in God Part II
[MJS] Albert Goldman, the author of a controversial biographies of John
Lennon and Elvis Presley, both of
dubious validity. The old joke was "What's the only good news a rock
star can hear after his death? That
Arthur Goldman died five minutes before he did."
stu...@juno.com
Alt-fan-U2-archive-name: fan/U2-faq/part4
2.4 ZooTV - Achtung Baby and Zooropa
2.4.1 What characters does Bono use in shows?
[M] Bono has played three different characters on stage. They are The
Fly, the Mirrorball Man, and Mr.
MacPhisto. The Fly is supposed to represent the typical "rock star" with
his black, shiny leather clothes and his
bug-eyed glasses. His excess and posing for the cameras is to make fun
of the way rock has become impersonal
and fake. The next character is the Mirrorball Man, who is a Television
Evangelist. He wears shiny, sparkling
clothes that look like, what else, a disco ball.
The last character, who was seen in the Sydney concert, is Mr. MacPhisto,
an aging thespian/rock star. Both the
Mirrorball Man and Mr. MacPhisto are representations of, if not the
devil, then very evil characters. The
Mirrorball Man was only seen in the US and MacPhisto was created for the
rest of the world. This was done
because it was felt that European and worldwide audiences would not be
able to relate to the evangelist
character.
2.4.1.1 Who's in the picture on MacPhisto's dressing table in the Sydney
video?
[CB] Mario Lanza.
[MJS] I second that. Mario Lanza was an American opera-style singer in
the 1950. He had no formal training
but sang in a light operatic style in several MGM musicals. He was
touted as "the American Caruso." In fact,
Mario was a truck driver from Philadelphia and could handle neither the
stress of fame nor MGM's insistence
that he sing like Caruso but weigh only slightly more than his leading
ladies. He died of a heartattack in his mid
30's. Bono said in an interview with Spin magazine that Mario Lana's
singing impressed him as a child.
2.4.2 What is Automatic Baby? Will there be an album?
[SL] In January 1993, when the USA were celebrating the inauguration of
Bill Clinton's office, there were
several 'Rock&Roll Inaugural Balls'. On the 20th, REM's Michael Stipe and
Michael Mills joined U2's Larry
and Adam in a performance of "One". This is recorded and some bootlegs
actually include this rather unique
reunion. The union of these artists was immediately labeled 'Automatic
Baby' (as in 'Automatic for the People'
and 'Achtung Baby', their latest albums).
[SS] The song has/will be released officially on various discs
including the Childline disc.
2.4.3 Who is Wim Wenders?
[SR] Wim Wenders is a German movie director. He started working with U2
for his movie called "Until The
End Of The World" whose soundtrack includes the U2-song of the same name.
I think Wim and the boys
became friends and their meet is probably due to the fact that the band
stayed in Berlin during the recording of
Achtung Baby. However the next WW movie, called "Faraway, So Close" also
includes the U2 song of the
same name.
[SL] Wim also directed the video for "Stay", and the images of Bono
climbing up some statue are an allusion to
the movie "Faraway, So Close" which is a follow-up to "Wings of Desire"
[MPZ] Wim Wenders will be directing "The Million Dollar Hotel", which
Bono wrote the screenplay for.
2.4.4 Who is Charles Bukowski?
[JC] The movie 'Barfly' with Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway is based on
the life of Charles Bukowski.
I've only watched a half hour of it. It depicts the lives of two
alcoholics, Rourke playing the Bukowski role.
Despite his alcoholism, Bukowski was somewhat of an 'urban poet' and
some of his work was published. For
more answers, see the movie.
[RA] Charles Bukowski was an internationally famous contemporary poet and
prose stylist. He was born in
Andernach, Germany, and came to the US at the age of 13. He has published
45 volumes, both novels and
poetry. Unfortunately, Mr. Bukowski passed away a couple months ago at
the age of 74. He wrote with a very
raw and honest style. A good sampling of Bukowski's work can be found in
"Septuagenarian Stew: Stories and
Poems" or "Love is a Dog From Hell", both published by Black Sparrow
Press.
2.4.5 Who is William Gibson, and what is Neuromancer?
[IM] In case you don't know this yourself, Bono based a lot of stuff
from Zooropa on this person's work.
William Gibson wrote a book called Neuromancer which is about cyberspace
and virtual environments. (This
might explain the Virtuality helmet that appears on the inlay card of
the Zooropa CD.)
2.4.6 What's all this fuss about the 'Lemon' video?
The video is a takeoff on an old experiment using motion photography
[pa...@aol.com] The photographer is Edward Muybridge who did hundreds of
motion studies during the late
1800's. This started as a bet between two rich guys and Muybridge was
hired to settle the bet with his invention
of a series of many still cameras set up with wire triggers rigged to
expose film as a horse ran past. The
resulting set of time-lapse prints formed the first 'photo flip book'.
He proved that a horse indeed has all four
legs in the air at a point during a run. If you look up these photos at
your local library you will see where the
styling for parts of the Lemon video came from.
2.4.7 What does Vorsprung durch Technik mean in Zooropa?
[MJS] It is a German phrase meaning roughly "lead by/through
technology." A more elegant translation is "A
step ahead through technology." It was an advertising slogan used by a
German car company, Volkswagen or
Audi, just like many of the other phrases in the song.
2.5 Beyond the Zoo
2.5.1 Passengers
In 1995 U2 and Brian Eno collaborated to produce an album of
"soundtracks," songs and instrumentals for
motion pictures. A few of the movies described in the linear notes
actually exist. The rest likely are the result
of large quantities of demon alcohol.
2.5.1.1 Who's C.S.J. Bofop? etc.
[Under construction]
2.6 Pop Goes U2
[Under construction]
3.0 The Spoils of Success
3.1 Awards
[MJS] This area is still under construction.
3.1.1. Grammy Awards
1987: Best Album - JT; Best Rock Group Vocal - JT
1988: Best Rock Group Performance - Desire; Best Music Video, Short Form
- Where the Streets Have No
Name
1992: Best Rock Group Performance - AB
1993: Best Alternative Album - Zooropa
1994: Best Music Video, Long Form - ZooTV Live From Sydney
3.1.2 Brit Awards
3.1.3 MTV Awards
1985: Nominated: Best Group Video - Pride
1987: Nominated: Best Video, Best Group Video, Best Overall Performance,
Best Director, Best Editing, Best
Cinematography - WOWY
Won: Viewer's Choice - WOWY
1988: Nominated: Best Video, Best Group - WTSHNN, ISHFWILF; Best Concept
- ISHFWILF; Best Stage
Performance - WTSHNN
Won: Best Video From a Film - WLCTT
1992: Nominated: Best Group, Best Editing - EBTTRT
Won: Best Special Effects - EBTTRT
1994: Nominated: Best Video MTV Europe - Stay
3.1.4 Rolling Stone Magazine
[MJS] Rolling Stone Magazine's Music Awards are given annually, based on
a readers poll and a critics poll.
The top 5 picks are listed for each category, but I've only listed U2
wins here. If you want to see each U2
placing in the awards, check out U2: The Rolling Stones Files.
1985: Readers Picks - Band of the Year; Best Performance at Live Aid;
Critics Picks - Band of the Year
1987: Readers Picks - Artist of the Year; Best Album - JT; Best Single -
WOWY [Streets and Still Haven't
Found came in 2nd & 3rd];Best Band; Best Male Singer - Bono; Best
Producer - Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno;
Best Songwriter - Bono; Best Video - Streets [WOWY was #2]; Best Album
Cover - JT; Best Live
Performance; Best Guitartist - The Edge; Best Bass Player - Adam Clayton;
Best Drummer - Larry Mullen Jr.;
Sexiest Male Rock Artist - Bono
Critics Picks - Artist of the Year; Best Band; Best Producer - Daniel
Lanois; Best Guitarist - The Edge
1988: Readers Picks - Artist of the Year; Best Album - R&H; Best Single
- Desire; Best Band; Best Male
Singer - Bono; Best Songwriter - Bono; Best Video - Desire; Best Album
Cover - R&H; Best Bass Player -
Adam Clayton; Best Drummer - Larry Mullen Jr.
1991: Critics Picks -Comeback of the Year; Best Drummer - Larry Mullen
Jr.;
1992: Readers Picks - Best Single - One; Best Band; Best Male Singer;
Artist of the Year; Best Album - AB;
Best Songwriter - Bono; Best Album Cover - AB; Sexiest Male Artist -
Bono; Best Tour - ZooTV; Best
Drummer - Larry Mullen Jr.; Comeback of the Year;
Critics Picks - Best Band [tied w/REM]; Best Tour - ZooTV; Worst Tour -
ZooTV
3.1.5 Other Awards
[MJS] Under construction.
3.2 Tours
3.2.1 The Measure of Success?
Strictly looking at the numbers, in the US the band's ZooTV tour was the
4th highest grossing of all time. The
1987 JT tour is in 13th place.
1985: 18th highest of the year, 30 cities
1987: Top grossing, 79 shows in 50 cities
1992: Top grossing, 73 shows in 61 cities
3.2.2 Injured in the cause
[MJS] Think touring is easy? HA!
3.2.2.1 How did Bono get that scar on his chin?
[MJS] During the rehearsals for the JT tour, Bono fell while carrying a
light up some stairs on stage. I believe
this was in Arizona, but I'm not positive so I'll look it up. I have
heard Bono say in an interview that the scar
got him a lot of sympathy during the tour.
3.2.2.2 How did Bono break his arm?
[MJS] He didn't. He popped part of his collarbone out of socket at RFK
stadium in Washington, DC when he
fell on a wet stage. Unfortunately, this was not properly diagnosed until
a week later in Boston. He had to wear
a brace and sling for the remainder of the US tour and could not play
guitar. He later said at a press conference
that "the others find it a real pleasure" that he couldn't play in
concert.
[MPZ] In reference to Bono's shoulder dislocation in 1987, I was at their
9/29/87 concert at Madison Square
Garden in NYC and Bono most definitely played guitar for a couple of
songs in the latter part of the concert.
He made a show of ripping off the sling and said something to the effect
of how he wasn't supposed to be
playing, but that he was going to do it anyway. He did look like he was
in pain a little while he was playing
though. This concert was about ten days after he suffered his injury.
4. Discography
[MJS] With a great deal of sadness, I will be retiring this section of
the FAQ after this version. There are other
(and better) sources of this info widely available on the web. Thanks to
everyone who contributed to this
section over the years. The final version of it will be placed on the
Wire FTP site.
4.1 What studio albums have been released?
Boy: I Will Follow \ Twilight \ An Cat Dubh \ Into The Heart \Out Of
Control {LP}\ Stories For Boys \ The
Ocean \ A Day Without Me \Another Time, Another Place \ The Electric Co.
\ Shadows And Tall Trees
[Steve Lillywhite \ November 1980]
October: Gloria \ I Fall Down \ I Threw A Brick Through A Window \
Rejoice \ Fire{LP}\ Tomorrow \
October \ With A Shout \Stranger In A Strange Land \Scarlet \ Is That
All? [Steve Lillywhite \ November 1981]
War: Sunday Bloody Sunday \ Seconds \ New Year's Day \ Like A Song...\
Drowning Man {LP}\ The Refugee
\ Two Hearts Beat As One \ Red Light \Surrender \ "40" [Steve Lillywhite
\ February 1983]
Under A Blood Red Sky [mini-album]: Gloria \ 11 O'Clock Tick Tock \ I
Will Follow \ Party Girl {LP}\
Sunday Bloody Sunday \ The Electric Co. \ New Year's Day \ "40"
[Jimmy Iovine \ November 1983] [U2's only commercial live album]
The Unforgettable Fire: A Sort Of Homecoming \ Pride (In The Name Of
Love) \ Wire \The Unforgettable Fire
\ Promenade {LP&Tape} 4th Of July \ Bad \ Indian Summer Sky \ Elvis
Presley And America \ MLK
[Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois \ September 1984]
Wide Awake In America [mini-album]: Bad (live) \ A Sort Of Homecoming
(live) {LP}\The Three Sunrises \
Love Comes Tumbling [U2 except A Sort Of Homecoming produced by Tony
Visconti \ May 1985]
The Joshua Tree: Where The Streets Have No Name \I Still Haven't Found
What I'm Looking For \ With Or
Without You \Bullet The Blue Sky \ Running To Stand Still {LP&Tape}\Red
Hill Mining Town \ In God's
Country \ Trip Through Your Wires \One Tree Hill \ Exit \ Mothers Of The
Disappeared
[Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno \ March 1987]
Rattle And Hum: *Helter Skelter \ Van Diemen's Land \ Desire \ Hawkmoon
269 {LP}\ *All Along The
Watchtower \ *I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For \ =*Freedom For
My People \ *Silver And Gold \
*Pride (In The Name Of Love){LP&Tape}\ Angel Of Harlem \ Love Rescue Me \
When Love Comes To Town
\ Heartland \LP\ God Part II \ ==*The Star Spangled Banner \ *Bullet
The Blue Sky \ All I Want Is You
[Jimmy Iovine \ October 11, 1988]
[*live][The 1st 30 sec. (approx.) of guitar on Watchtower is NOT live.]
[=*performed by Sterling Magee and Adam Gussow] [==*recording of Jimi
Hendrix]
Achtung Baby: Zoo Station \ Even Better Than The Real Thing \ One \Until
The End Of The World \Who's
Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses \So Cruel {LP&Tape}\ The Fly \ Mysterious
Ways \ Tryin' To Throw Your
Arms Around The World \ Ultra Violet (Light My Way) \ Acrobat \ Love is
Blindness
[Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois]
Zooropa: Zooropa \ Babyface \ Numb \ Lemon \ Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
{LP&tape}\Daddy's Gonna Pay For
Your Crashed Car \ Some Days Are Better Than Others \ The First Time \
Dirty Day \ The Wanderer
[Flood, Brian Eno, & The Edge]
[July 5, 1993 \ Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Europe] [July 6, 1993 \
US, Canada]
Pop: [To be released March 4, 1997]
[CL] Incidentally, the first U2 release was U2:3, an Irish-only EP which
had Out Of Control,
Stories For Boys, and Boy/Girl. The first two songs were later redone and
put on the Boy album.
4.2. Contributions to Tributes or Charity Compilations
Band Aid
7'/12': Do They Know It's Christmas (Mercury, Dec 84)
Notes: With Bono and Adam, among the huge number stars who recorded this
to raise money for Ethiopia.
Artists United Against Apartheid
7'/12': SunCity (EMI, Nov 85)
Notes: Bono sings on the track "Sun City" and also plays "Silver & Gold"
(written by himself), together with
Keith Richards and Ron Wood.
Various
Greenpeace Rainbow Warriors (1989)
"Pride (In the Name of Love)"
Various
Earthrise (1990)
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
Various
Peace Together (1993)
"Satellite of Love" U2 with Lou Reed
4.3 Solo projects/collaborations.
Once again, the volume of information requires some sort of
categorization. The entire section is under going
re-construction.
4.3.1 Solo
The Edge - LP: Captive (Virgin, Sep 86): Original soundtrack, written by
The Edge, with Michael Brook.
The track "Heroine" is sung by Sinead O'Connor, and Larry plays the
drums. Also released as a single (7'/12')
4.3.2 Collaborations
[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
[MJS] This is now defined as U2 or members thereof, singing on playing on
the work of another.
Special thanks to Matt McGee for alerting me to the U2 Collaborations
list compiled by: ULISSE PEROTTA
Jah Wobble - LP:SnakeCharmer (Island, Apr83): Edge plays the guitar on
the tracks "Snake Charmer", and
"Hold On To Your Love". The latter was also written by the Man himself!
Clannad - LP: Macalla (RCA, Nov 85): Bono sings with Maire O'Brennan on
the track "In A Lifetime", also
released as a single.
T-Bone Burnett - LP: Behind The Trap Door (Demon, Nov 85): Bono co-wrote
"Having A Wonderful Time"
Paul Brady - LP: Back To The Centre (MCA, Apr 86): Larry plays the drums
on the track "Airwaves"
Christy Moore - 7': Let's Make It Work (??? 1986): Larry plays the drums.
Robbie Robertson - LP: Robbie Robertson (Geffen 1987): U2 plays "Sweet
Fire Of Love" and "Testimony"
Various Artists - LP: A Very Special Christmas (A&M, Oct 1987): Charity
record. U2 plays the song
"Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home", by Phil Spector.
T-Bone Burnett - LP: Talking Animals (CBS, May 1988): Bono co-wrote
"Purple Heart".
Folkways - LP: A Vision Shared (CBS, October 1988): A tribute to Woody
Guthrie and Leadbelly. U2 plays
"Jesus Christ", by Woody Guthrie.
Roy Orbison - LP: Mistery Girl (Virgin, Jan 1989): Bono wrote "She's A
Mystery To Me", produced it with The
Edge. Also released as a single (7'/12')
Melissa Ethridge - LP: Brave & Crazy (Island, Oct 1989): Bono plays the
harmonica on "Royal Station".
Daniel Lanois - LP: Acadie (Opal, 1989): Larry and Adam play on "Still
Water" and "Jolie Louise". Bono sings
background on "Still Water."
The Call - LP: Red Moon (MCA Records, 1990): [MK] Bono sings backup on
"What's Happened to You."
Neville Brothers - LP: Brother's Keeper (A&M, 1990): Bono and Cyril
Neville co-wrote "Jah Love".
Various Artists - LP: Red Hot & Blue (EMI 1991): A tribute to Cole
Porter, to raise money for the AIDS
research. U2 plays "Night And Day"
Bono, Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer - LP: In The Name Of The Father
(Island 1994): Original movie
soundtrack. There's also a CD-single with the title track, with guest
vocalist Sinead O'Connor.
[MJS] Flyer - Nancy Griffith (1994): Adam and Larry play on 4 tracks -
These Days in an Open Book, Don't
forget about Me (also remixed by Larry); On Grafton Street (also remixed
by Larry); This Heart (also remixed
by Larry).
[PG] Larry contributed to 'Put 'em under pressure' by the Irish National
Soccer Team, for the world
championships in Italy, 1990.
Original Soundtracks 1 - Passengers
Brian Eno, Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullen Jnr, with
Luciano Pavarotti, Howie B, Holi
4.3.3 Written Expressly For . . .
4.4 Soundtracks
Movie; song; date
They Call It an Accident - October [1982]
The Last American Virgin - I Will Follow [1982]
The Courier - Walk to the Water [1987]
Until the End of the World - Until the End of the World [1990]
Faraway, So Close - Stay (Faraway, So Close) and The Wanderer [1993]
Reality Bites - All I Want Is You [1993]
Pret-a-Porter - Lemon Remix [1994]
Threesome - Dancing Barefoot [1994]
Blown Away - [JH] With or Without You and I Still Haven't Found What I'm
Looking For [1994]
Johnny Mnemonic - Alex Descends Into Hell [1995]
Batman Forever - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me [1995]
[RH] Heat - Always, Forever, Now (The Passengers) [1996]
5. Books, videos, bootlegs
5.1 What books are there on U2?
[AC] STORIES FOR BOYS, Dave Thomas, (Proteus Books, 1985) since revised
to include The Joshua Tree.
An interesting biography. A bit brief at times. Colour. Includes a
discography and a list of common bootlegs
available at the time (now very outdated).
THE U2 FILE: (Hot Press, 1985). Assorted articles/interviews from the
Irish music magazine Hot Press Very
good. Colour. Includes a discography.
[P] This book was also published in the U.S. by Harmony Books, also in
1985, and under the title "U2: In the
Name of Love." It's the same book, though. Inside, it says: "Published in
Ireland as 'The U2 File.'
ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE, Bill Graham, (Mandarin Paperbacks, 1989).
Covers U2's early days,
during 1977/78/79. By the man at Hot Press who supported U2 from the
very beginning. He is an 'insider'
when it comes to U2. There's some very strange photos in this book! Get
it for a laugh - I swear you won't
recognize U2 in some of the photos. Black and white.
UNFORGETTABLE FIRE - The Story of U2, Eamon Dunphy (Viking, 1989). The
official biography of U2.
Very detailed, especially when dealing with pre-1984 U2, which is good
because it's hard to find info about
this period. Some of the stuff in this has been questioned by the band as
to it's authenticity, but overall, a must
for anybody who's really interested in U2 as people. Black and white.
TOUCH THE FLAME: Geoff Parkyn (1987). A well put together biography. Has
a 'time line' type thing which
lists important U2 events, month by month, year by year. Includes a
discography along with small colour
pictures of many album and 7" and 12" single sleeves. Colour.
THREE CHORDS AND THE TRUTH: Niall Stokes, (Omnibus Press, 1989). Picks up
from where The U2 File
stops. More interviews and articles from Hot Press. By another insider
and U2 friend from Hot Press. Colour.
[NE] OUT OF CONTROL: A Guide To U2 Bootlegs: (Rock Bottom Press, March
1993)
[MJS] RATTLE AND HUM: The Official Book of the U2 Movie, Peter Williams
and Steve Turner (Harmony
Books, 1988) Details and background on the making of the movie.
OUTSIDE IS AMERICA: U2 in the U.S.: Carter Alan, (Faber and Faber, 1992).
Just what it says, the story of
U2 in America, from their first tour in 1980 to Zoo TV Inside Broadcast.
Carter, musical director of
WBCN-FM in Boston and a longtime U2 booster, clearly loves the band,
unfortunately whoever edited this
book didn't bother with fact checking so there are a few blatant errors.
Worth reading. $13.95 US.
U2 THE EARLY DAYS, Bill Graham, (Dell Publishing) Tales of U2 before
they had a recording contract. A must for fans.
BONO IN HIS OWN WORDS, Dave Thompson, (Omnibus Press) Snippets of the
wisdom of Bono from his
many interviews. Not for the feint of heart.
BURNING DESIRE, Sam Goodman, (Castle Communications, 1993) Pictures and
plenty of them, mostly in
color.
U2, Mark Taylor (Orion, 1993) A CD-sized book that does little aside from
proving that poor coiffure decisions
have plagued the band for decades. Includes an interview CD as well.
ISBN 1-57899-008-4
U2, Jackie Shirley (Longmeadow, 1993) Lovely pictures, godawful prose. I
suspect "Jackie Shirley" is a
pseudonym, nobody can be shameless enough to put their real name on this
dreck.
stu...@juno.com
Alt-fan-U2-archive-name: fan/U2-faq/part5
5. Books, videos, bootlegs
5.1 What books are there on U2? (continued)
U2: THE ROLLING STONE FILES, the Editors of Rolling Stone Magazine. Want
to read every single
mention of U2 in RS but don't have time to spool through endless reels of
microfilm? Then this is the book for
you. Interviews, reviews, and newsblurbs. No pictures.
FARAWAY SO CLOSE, BP Fallon (Little, Brown, 1994) This is essentially a
photographic record of the
ZooTV tour. Fallon writes in a hipster-style that occasionally verges on
self-parody but he obviously had
significant access to the band. Worth the money. $15.95 US.
U2 LIVE: A CONCERT DOCUMENTARY, Pimm Jal de la Jarra of Collectormania,
(Omnibus Press, 1994).
Covers literally every U2 concert. Describes the shows, lists the songs
played and includes quotes from on
stage. The photos are fantastic. $27.95 US. ISBN 0-7119-3666-8
RACE OF ANGELS: Ireland and the Genesis of U2, , Anyone can beat a
dead horse; it takes a rare talent to
dig up the dead horse up to rebeat it. Traces the story of U2 back to
near Mesozoic times.
U2 AT THE END OF THE WORLD, Bill Flanagan, (Delacorte, 1995) Covers the
ZooTV tour from the
recording sessions in Berlin to the final show in Japan.
INTO THE HEART, The Stories Behind Every U2 Song, Niall Stokes (Thunder's
Mouth Press, 1996) Not
necessarily an interpretation of every song but a detailed description of
the writing, recording and possible
inspirations for each song. Sadly, it offers no insight into the stories
behind each bandmember's hairstyles over
the years. $19.95 ISBN 1-56025-134-4
THE MAKING OF U2'S THE JOSHUA TREE, Dave Thomas, (Collector's Guide
Publishing, Inc. 1996)
Finally, a book that compiles every U2 utterance on the subject of JT.
We can all rest easy now. $7.95
ISBN 1-896522-30-0
5.2 What videos are there?
[AC] RED ROCKS - UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY: 1984. Recorded live at Redrocks,
Denver Colorado in
May 1983. A simply awesome show. Get this one first. Songs: Surrender /
Seconds / Sunday Bloody Sunday /
October / New Years Day / I Threw a Brick / A Day Without Me / Gloria /
Party Girl / 11 0'Clock Tick Tock /
I Will Follow / 40.
THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE COLLECTION: 1985. Songs and a documentary about
the making of The
Unforgettable Fire. You get to see U2 in the studio, recording and
experimenting. Also has some interviews
with the band members and Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. Songs (not in
order): Pride (2 versions) / A Sort of
Homecoming (live) / The Unforgettable Fire / Bad (live, unavailable
anywhere else - different to the version on
Wide Awake and America).
RATTLE AND HUM: 1989. The movie. Musically, this _IS_ U2. The in-concert
footage is spectacular -
visually and musically. Also has interview and documentary footage from
The Joshua Tree tour. Songs: Helter
Skelter / Van Dieman's Land / Desire / Exit / I Still Haven't Found What
I'm Looking For / Silver and Gold /
Angel of Harlem / All Along the Watchtower / In God's Country / When
Love Comes to Town / Bad / Where
the Streets Have No Name / MLK / With or Without You / Bullet the Blue
Sky / Running To Stand Still /
Sunday Bloody Sunday / Pride / All I Want is You. [If you're not sure
what Sunday Bloody Sunday is about,
then get this. Don't be surprised if you cry when you watch this song
on here for the first time.]
[GM] NUMB: 1993. The video single. Includes Numb, Numb (Video Remix) by
EBN, Love Is Blindness.
Australia/New Zealand copies came with a clip promoting the Zoomerang
tour.
[MJS] ACHTUNG BABY The Videos, the Cameos, and a whole lot of
Interference. Most of this footage was
seen in the MTV Rockumentary but there are a few "unavailable anywhere
else" must haves. Bono, Edge,
Larry and Adam are all interviewed about the making of AB and the new
direction of U2. Highlights include
Bono's confession that he has a weakness for belly dancers, Edge's
bird-watching canoe trip, Larry's assertion
that "the lyrics aren't worth a shit. I think it's all about drums." and
Adams admission that "I can't remember
back that far." Videos included: Even Better Than the Real Thing /
Mysterious Ways / One (#1) / The Fly /
Even Better Than the Real Thing (Dance Mix) / One (#2) / Even Better
Than the Real Thing (Gallo - Kampah
version) / Until the End of the World [Interference directed by Maurice
Linnane]
[MJS] U2 ZOOTV LIVE FROM SYDNEY: 1994. The authorized recording of the
November 27, 1993 PPV
special from Sydney, Australia. Songs: Zoo Station / The Fly / Even
Better Than the Real Thing / Mysterious
Ways / One / Unchained Melody / Until the End of the World / New Year's
Day / Numb / Angel of Harlem /
Stay / Satellite of Love / Dirty Day / Bullet the Blue Sky / Running to
Stand Still / Pride / Daddy's Gonna Pay
For Your Crashed Car / Lemon / Live is Blindness / Can't Help Falling in
Love
5.2.2 Single-song videos
(In chronological order)
I Will Follow - recorded live on the BOY tour in the US in late 1980,
early 1981
Gloria - October 1981, Meiert Avis, Dublin
A Celebration - April 1982, Meiert Avis, Kilmainham Jail, Dublin
New Year's Day - December 1982, Meiert Avis, Sweden
Two Hearts Beat as One - March 1983, Meiert Avis, Montmartre, Paris
Sunday Bloody Sunday - June 1983, Gavin Taylor, Red Rocks, Denver,
Colorado
Pride (#1) - August 1984, Donald Cammell, St. Francis Xavier Hall, Dublin
Pride (#2) - July 1984, Barry Devlin, Slane Castle, Dublin
Pride (#3) - August 1984, Anton Corbijn, London
A Sort of Homecoming - October/November 1984, Barry Devlin, Paris,
Brussels, Rotterdam,
London, Glasgow
Bad - October/November 1984, Barry Devlin, Paris, Brussels, Rotterdam,
London, Glasgow
Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid) - November 1984, London
The Unforgettable Fire - January 1985, Meiert Avis, Sweden
Sun City (Artists United Against Apartheid) - November 1985, New York
In a Lifetime (Bono and Clannad) - December 1985, Meiert Avis, Gweedore,
Donegal, Ireland
With or Without You (#1) - February 1987, Meiert Avis, Dublin
With or Without You (#2) - February 1987, Meiert Avis, Dublin
Red Hill Mining Town - February 1987, Neil Jordan, London
Where the Streets Have No Name - March 1987, Meiert Avis, Los Angeles,
California
In God's Country - April 1987, Barry Devlin, Arizona
Spanish Eyes - April 1987, Barry Devlin, Arizona
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - April 1987, Barry Devlin,
Las Vegas, Nevada
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - November 1987, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Desire - September 1988, Richard Lowenstein, Los Angeles, California
Desire (Hollywood Remix) - September 1988, Richard Lowenstein, Los
Angeles
Angel of Harlem - November 1988, Richard Lowenstein, New York City
Baby, Please Come Home - November 1988, Philip Joanou (?)
When Love Comes to Town - March 1989, Philip Joanou, Various
All I Want Is You - April 1989, Meiert Avis, Rome
All Along the Watchtower - November 1989, Richard Lowenstein, Sidney
God, Part II - November 1989, Richard Lowenstein, Sidney
Hawkmoon 269 - November 1989, Richard Lowenstein, Sidney
Night and Day (#1 & #2) - November 1990, Wim Wenders, Berlin
The Fly - September 1991, Ritchie Smith and Jon Klein, Dublin
Mysterious Ways - October 1991, Stephane Sednaoui, Morocco
Until the End of the World - November 1991, Richie Smith
Even Better Than the Real Thing (#1) - February 1992, Kevin Godley,
Carnaby Street, London
Even Better Than the Real Thing (#2) - May 1992, Armando Gallo, Los
Angeles
Even Better Than the Real Thing (#3) - July 1992, Ritchie Smyth, Dublin
One (#1) - February 1992, Anton Corbijn, Berlin
One (#2) - February 1992, Mark Pellington, New York City
One (#3) - March 1992, Philip Joanou, New York City
One (#4) - March 1992, Mark Pellington, New York City
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses - September 1992, Philip Joanou,
Chicago
Numb - July 1993, Kevin Godley, Berlin
Numb (Video Remix) - July 1993, Josh Pearson & Gardner Post
Love Is Blindness - July 1993, Matt Mahurin, USA
Lemon - September 1993, Mark Neale, London
Lemon (Bad Yard Club Mix) - October 1993, Mark Neale, London
Stay - October 1993, Wim Wenders, Berlin
I've Got You Under My Skin (Bono and Frank Sinatra) - November 1993,
Kevin Godley, Rancho Mirage, CA
In the Name of the Father (Bono and Gavin Friday) - November 1994, Jim
Sheridan, Dublin and London
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - June 1995, Dublin
Miss Sarajevo - September 1995, Maurice Linnane, Modena, Italy
Save the Children (Bono - Inner City Blues) - October 1995, New York
Mission Impossible (Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jnr.) - April 1996,
Kevin Godley
Discotheque - January 1997, Stephane Sedenaoui
Discotheque (version 2)
Staring At the Sun (version 1)
Staring At the Sun (version 2)
Last Night on Earth
Please (version 1)
Please (version 2)
Two additional videos are rumored to exist, "One Tree Hill" - 1987, and
"Zooropa" - July 1993.
5.3 What's a bootleg?
[SL] A bootleg recording is, in the case of U2, a recording that has not
been officially released by Island
Records. IF you do decide to buy bootlegs, you must consider that the
artists usually get no royalties for the
sales.
[MJS] In some countries, "live recordings" of concerts are legally
available for sale. These recordings are
commonly referred to on the newsgroups as "live imports."
Anyone interested in U2 bootlegs/imports should check out "For Love
Or Money", [aka, FLOM] the
indispensable guide to U2 bootlegs/ imports maintained by Mike Gentile
(text version) and Bob Reck (HTML
version). The sound quality and price of this material can vary
dramatically, so consider getting a firsthand
review of a bootleg/ import before you buy it. If you have a bootleg that
is not reviewed in FLOM, please
submit a review to Mike (mgen...@TCNJ.edu) or Bob (br...@erols.com),
thousands of nameless but
grateful collectors will thank you.
[MG] From now on, the most current text versions of this guide can always
be found at the Wire site,
www.gartholamew.com
The filenames will be as follows:
boot-rev.txt: The latest Alphabetical version, ~685K+, text file
bootrev2.txt: The latest Chronological version, ~890K+, text file
boot-rev.zip: The latest Alphabetical version, ~175K+, zipped file
bootrev2.zip: The latest Chronological version, ~225K+, zipped file
'For Love Or Money' is also available on the web! The URL is:
http://www.erols.com/breck/flom.
5.3.1 Where can I buy bootlegs?
[MJS] To quote Sergio "If you're lucky, your local record store will
sometimes carry bootlegs." Mail-order is
another good source and there are several places on the Internet that
carry live imports. Not that *I* know of
any. Perish the thought! Quoting Sergio again, "some Wire members are
actually willing to offer copies of their
bootlegs. Some will charge a fee, some won't. Just go ahead and post a
message to Wire asking for bootleg
recordings. Good Luck!"
6. Fanclubs, Fanzines, and Propaganda
6.1 Addresses of U2 fanclubs
[SL] DESIRE FOR U2
13 rue Pasteur 62710 COURRIERES FRANCE
Available : fanzine, boots, stuff, ...
[CS] Borderlands
1544 Westminster Ave. Port Coquitlam, B.C. Canada V3B 1E2
Coco_...@mindlink.bc.ca
Also operates a fanzine.
6.2 What are fanzines? What fanzines are available?
[SL] Fanzines are FAN magaZINES. Some are excellent, some are awful. If
you really want to know how good
a special one is, ask Wire.
[MJS] A portion of this information was taken out of the Book, "Outside
is America - U.2. in the U.S." by
Carter Alan.
ACROBAT c/o Kris Martens
2326 Idlewild Ct. Green Bay, WI 54303
e-mail: DDJ...@prodigy.com
A.D.A.M. c/o Jones/Kellie
7426 West Blvd #3 Boardman, OH 44512
ANOTHER DAY (The Peace Museum) S. Kathleen Maki: Organizer
P.O. Box 92444 Milwaukee, WI 53202
Borderlands
1544 Westminster Ave. Port Coquitlam, B.C. Canada V3B 1E2
e-mail: Coco_...@mindlink.bc.ca
DREAM OUT LOUD c/o Jenny Lieb
10744 John Turley Place/ Fairfax, VA. 22032
Dream Out Loud c/o Donna Souza
PO Box 316 Swansea, MA 02777
FEEDBACK/U.S.A. Attn: Lori Caldwell
P.O. Box 1586 Warren, OH 44482-1586
HAPPY AS LARRY c/o Sandra
50 Canterbury Road Toorak
Victoria, 3142 AUSTRALIA.
e-mail: 942...@bud.swin.edu.au
HEAVEN & HELL c/o jenny williams
3565 Raymar Blvd Cincinnati, OHIO 45208-1501
e-mail: JDWI...@cc.owu.edu
THE HYPE
e-mail: s020...@cc.ysu.edu
In God's Country c/o Margaret Farren
4620 College Ave #1 College Park, MD 20740 USA
e-mail: dolph...@aol.com
INDIAN SUMMER SKY Attn: Tochen
P.O. Box 58263 Philadelphia, PA 19102-8263
OUT (Formerly OUT OF CONTROL) Maureen Wrinn
13 Sewall Street #5 Marblehead, MA 01945
ON THE EDGE OF BALDNESS Christine Enedy
201 Johnson Ave. Portage, PA 15946 USA
e-mail: cme...@psu.edu
A Revelation c/o:Michelle Panik
6965 E Via El Estribo Anaheim Hills, CA. 92807-5120
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Rock N' Roll Doggie c/o Erin Sepe
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SING NO MORE c/o Mary Kadar
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Swagger, no Style c/o Kim Mancini
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TOUCH c/o Patricia Culliton
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U2 AND THEN SOME Amy Johnson
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The ZOOROPEAN
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Tel/Fax #31 (0)10 - 4221161 or #31 (0)10 - 2731819
6.3 What is Propaganda and the U2 World Service?
Propaganda is the official magazine of U2. A year's subscription
currently costs $18 US.
(US/Canada)
Propaganda
119 Rockland Center Box 350
Nanuet, New York 10954 USA .
(Rest of the World)
Propaganda
PO Box 18
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E-mail: Propa...@u2.easynet.co.uk
7. Gossip
[SL] Most of the gossip that's been spread about U2 is execrable, but it
is also true that the boys (especially Mr.
Clayton) have a tendency to live their lives without caring about the
publicity consequences. I fully agree with
that! After all, they're already giving us wonderful music, so I don't
feel we have the right to impose them our
moral values, or any specific behavior.
7.1 Marital Status of all band members
[MJS] Bono-married, Edge-legally separated and otherwise engaged,
Adam-single, Larry-single but under heavy
manners
[PC] Bono married Alison Stewart on Aug. 21 1982. Edge married Aislinn
O'Sullivan in July 1983, they are
separated but not divorced. Edge was linked to Morleigh Steinberg - the
belly dancer - during the ZooTV tour.
Adam is still single, he was engaged to "super-model" Naomi Campbell for
several months in 1993. Larry is
single but has a long-term significant other, Anne Acheson, with whom he
has lived for 10+ years.
7.1.1 Any children?
[PC/MJS] Bono and Ali have two daughters, Memphis Eve and Jordan. Edge
has four daughters: Holly, Arun,
and Blue Angel with Aislinn, and Sian with Morleigh Steinberg
[MJS] Larry and Anne are the proud parents of Aaron Elvis.
7.1.2 Any pets?
[MV] What are the names of Bono's dogs? Also, do any of the other
members have pets? Just wondering.
[PC] Bono has two German Shepards, their names are Fanny and Angel.
[CB] Edge had a dog called Fleetwood, but it ran away. He actually showed
a picture of the dog on tv during an
interview, to try and get the dog back. Larry has a dog called J.J., he
also has a pet called Missy, but I don't
know if it's a cat or a dog.
7.2 How tall is Bono anyway?
[MJS] Their official heights are: Bono is 5'8" Edge is 5'10" Adam is
5'10" Larry is 5'7" This is the second
most popular topic of FAQ mail. Everyone has a theory. Unless someone
can provide conclusive prove as to a
correlation between height and musical ability or plans to field an
all-U2 basketball team or a note from the
school nurse attesting to their heights, this answer will stand.
7.3 I heard that Bono is God. Is that true?
[MJS] IMHO, Bono has all the talents of a deity but few of the
responsibilities. (BTW, this is a joke).
7.3.1. I heard that Bono will be playing God in a movie.
[MJS] There have been several rumors since the ZooTV tours about Bono
starting an acting career. James
Sheridan said in a Dec. 1992 interview with Movieline magazine that Bono
was taking a year off from music to
study acting and that Sheridan would love to put Bono in one of his
movies. Since then stories about Bono
getting roles in movies abounded for a while but have since died down.
Here are some of the more common.
[Movie - role]
Rob Roy - Archibald Cunningham, the sleazy rapist/murdering villain
Batman Forever - MacPhisto
Strange Days - A sleazy music promoter
Johnny Mneumonic - A sleazy villain
Martin Scorsese's Casino - Sharon Stone's sleazy pimp boyfriend (Anyone
else notice a motif here? No wonder
he's avoiding the silver screen).
The Million Dollar Hotel (Bono's long awaited screenplay) - ? (my guess
is "a sleazy fill-in-the-blank")
[MPZ] A couple of reputable sources, namely Army Archerd in Variety and
the TV show "Extra" have also
reported that Bono will act in the movie (although I'll believe it when I
see it).
[MJS] The recently retitled "Billion Dollar Hotel" is under development
with German director Wim Wenders.
[P] Originally, there was NO plan for Bono to act in this movie. That
plan has since reversed itself, and reversed
back to original on at least one occasion. The latest I've heard is that
there is a POSSIBILITY that Bono may do
a "walk-on" part in the movie, one that would require very little acting.
The Limo Driver -
[MJS] Supposedly this is a film starring or directed by Warren Beatty
that will be filmed in Ireland next year.
The plot follows a taxi driver who becomes obsessed with an actress. I
guess we can rule out at least one role for
Bono. Hmm, I wonder if it's a "sleazy taxi driver"?
7.5 Is Edge on the Internet? aka, Does Edge read this newsgroup?
[MJS] Who knows? There have been numerous stories about Edge's
fascination with the Internet , countless
rumors on the newsgroups that Edge is monitoring every thread, and of
course, several miscreants claiming to
be Mr. Evans himself with helpful IDs such as "EDGE" and "THE EDGE.".
Personally, I give these people as
much credence as the ones with IDs like "GOD" and "Jesus" - surely both
the Almighty and the lead guitarist
from U2 have better things to do than waste bandwidth. If Edge is on the
Internet, he's keeping a low profile and
is entitled to his privacy.
7.9 Bottom Feeders?
[MJS] I certainly agree with Sergio and hate to give any credence to
most of the slop that passes for "news"
about U2. However, since I recently read on the newsgroups a very
interesting, and utterly untrue, story about
Adam being arrested for heroin possession I have come to the conclusion
that providing truthful answers to
these questions is the best way to end these ridiculous rumors. I've
tried to present all reasonable viewpoints
here, if you don't agree with what someone has written, be thankful for
freedom of speech and e-mail me your
"version" and I'll include it.
7.9.1 Until Further Notice, All of the Following is FALSE
Nearly all of the following rumors have been posted on the Usenet within
the past 12 months. To save time,
bandwidth and, hopefully, kill rumors, what follows is a list of rumors
which are ALL FALSE.
- Bono is getting a divorce.
- Bono once had a cocaine habit the size of Alaska. [Ditto for Adam,
Edge, and Larry.]
- Bono had an affair with Christy Turlington (a model) / Stevie Nicks /
Winona Ryder / Maire ni Brennan (from
Clannad) / Kristen McMenamen (another model) / etc
- Edge has quit the band to start his own Christian music label.
- Larry and Anne have broken up.
- Anne is rarely seen in public because she is actually a space alien who
can only replicate human behavior for
limited periods of time.
- Larry IS Anne.
- On the band's first US tour, they brought a hundred pounds of wacky
weed with them on the plane.
- Bono pierced his ears himself using an upholtery needle Edge carelessly
left lying around
- During the ZooTV tour Bono was kidnapped in Japan by a nefarious cult
which subjected him to sensory
deprivation and hypnotized him to confuse the phrase "smile for the
camera" with "open wide for the dentist,"
hence the many photographs which cause one to admire his mollars. (Ok,
so I made this one up myself.)
Once more, the above rumors are ALL FALSE. Not one word of truth has
ever been linked to any of these
bone-headisms. Let's make them, "rarely asked questions."
7.9.2 However, oddly enough . . . .
This section is devoted to weird rumors from the Usenet and other sources
that turn out to have a grain of truth
to them.
Q: Is it true that Bono likes to have his chest shaved?
[MJS] Well, Bono has had his chest shaved once that I know of:
[KM] Bono has an irregular heartbeat. He had to have an exam for his
insurance company. He had too much
chest hair for the doctor to be able to hear his heartbeat so they shaved
part of it off. I looked up irregular
heartbeat - it is caused by stress, anger, smoking, too much caffeine in
coffee or tea. It is not fatal and it's ok to
have one.
[MJS] Whether or not Bono enjoyed having his chest shaved is unknown at
this time.
Q: I heard that Bono stripped in the middle of a crowded restaurant.
[MJS] This is true. From Newsday March 27, 1992: At a dinner earlier
this week at London's celebrity haunt,
Nikita, Bono surprised his 18 dinner guests by removing all his clothes
- including his black bikini briefs - for
no apparent reason. During the Russian meal of mainly vodka and caviar,
we're told the Irish rocker sat naked
and acted as if being nude in a plush, crowded restaurant was the most
natural thing in the world. Which, in
some quarters, we suppose it is. "Sometimes people drink vodka and do
strange things," Nikita owner Sylvain
Borsi told us. But didn't he find Bono's behavior a bit eccentric, to say
the least? "No, he was very nice and very
civilized," Borsi said. "I think he just felt more comfortable with
nothing on."
But he had a really good reason! From Newsday March 30, 1992 : His
spokesman says Bono was actually
being interviewed by a journalist during dinner when the Irish rocker
decided to undress, as we reported. "The
writer was so unimaginative, so frozen, so unloose that Bono thought it
would be a good idea to take his clothes
off," the spokesman said. "And there wasn't much of a reaction."
7.9.3 What's the deal with Bono's guesthouse?
[CB] Bono used to live in Bray, where he had a small Martello tower
(these were watchtowers built to guard the
coast). In interviews it was often referred to as his 'castle', when all
it was a spiral staircase with a wall around
it. James Joyce used to live in a similar one close by, so Bono must have
thought it ultra cool. When he moved,
he kept the thing, and rented it out to people for a pound a month, or
something like that. I believe Shane
McGowan lived there for a while.
8. What if I played it backwards? [Hidden messages, etc]
[MJS] This is a new section devoted to the questions that start, "I was
listening to AB with my headphones and I
heard ......"
8.1 Seconds
[ML] On Seconds when Edge sings:
"In an apartment on times square, . . .
Its the puppets, its the puppets who pull the strings."
Someone is speaking in the background and it's not the "Soldier Girls"
part, this happens before they stop and
play the excerpt. I've been bugged about this for a while and hope
someone can answer.
[LW] I think what you are talking about (I may be wrong) is a low voice
(Bono's)that has been overdubbed and
he is just repeating the lines.
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[JM] Justin Macfarlane (jus...@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz)
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[MK] Michael Kaply (Michae...@bocaraton.ibm.com)
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