• This page contains links to guitar and bass tabs as well as instructional videos for the band U2.

• 1. Genre: Alternative Rock
  2. Origin: Dublin, Ireland
  3. Formed: 1976
  4. Label: Interscope Records
  5. albums: 11
  6. Grammy Awards: 22
  7. 2005: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  8. Worldwide Album Sales: Over 170 million

• Playing Style

  U2's unique melodic sound is often characterized by The Edge's innovative guitar lines which are created by using chorus and delay effects. The best examples of this can be found on classic tunes such as "I Will Follow", "New Years Day", "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "Pride (In The Name Of Love)".

• Studio Albums

  • 1980: Boy
  • 1981: October
  • 1983: War
  • 1984: The Unforgettable Fir
  • 1987: The Joshua Tree
  • 1988: Rattle and Hum
  • 1991: Achtung Baby
  • 1993: Zooropa
  • 1997: Pop
  • 2000: All That You Can't Leave Behind
  • 2004: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

• Critical Response

  • "They sounded drilled and disciplined from the start, marshalling the righteous ire of The Clash with the rigour of Joy Division, like God's own post-punk marching band..."-- Uncut MagazineUncut Magazine:How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Review (February 18, 2007)

  • "Since U2 emerged from Dublin in 1980 with a bracing brand of hard, emotional, guitar-oriented rock, its albums have followed a pattern. The first and third (Boy and War) were muscular and assertive, full of, respectively, youthful bravado and angry social awareness; the second and fourth studio albums (October and The Unforgettable Fire) were moody and meandering and sometimes longer on ideas than on full-fledged songs."--Rolling Stone MagazineRolling Stone:The Joshua Tree Review (April 9, 1987)

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