Description
U2 are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976. The group comprises Bono (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), the Edge (lead guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen Jr. (drums and percussion). Rooted in post-punk, U2’s musical style has evolved throughout their career, yet has maintained an anthemic quality built on Bono’s expressive vocals and the Edge’s chiming, effects-based guitar sounds. Bono’s lyrics, often embellished with spiritual imagery, focus on personal and sociopolitical themes. The group’s popular live performances have ranged across multiple elaborate tours over their career.
The band was formed when the members were teenaged pupils of Mount Temple Comprehensive School and had limited musical proficiency. Within four years, they signed with Island Records and released their debut album, Boy (1980). Works such as their first UK number-one album, War (1983), and singles “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “Pride (In the Name of Love)” helped establish U2’s reputation as a politically and socially conscious group. Their fourth album, The Unforgettable Fire (1984), was their first collaboration with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, whose influence resulted in a more abstract, ambient sound for the band. By the mid-1980s, U2 had become renowned globally for their live act, highlighted by their performance at Live Aid in 1985. Their fifth album, The Joshua Tree (1987), made them international stars and was their greatest critical and commercial success. One of the world’s best-selling albums with 25 million copies sold, it yielded the group’s only number-one singles in the US: “With or Without You” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”.
Facing creative stagnation and a backlash to their documentary and double album Rattle and Hum (1988), U2 reinvented themselves in the 1990s. Beginning with their acclaimed seventh album, Achtung Baby (1991), and the multimedia spectacle of the Zoo TV Tour
The group re-established a more conventional, mainstream sound on All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)
here is a wonderful collection of my tones for tracks from U2
here is what is in this pack!
Where The Streets Have No Name
Pride In The Name Of Love
With Or Without You (clean part only not Ebow tone)
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Bad
New Years Day
Sunday Bloody Sunday
with snapshots where appropriate for various stages of these songs.
Supplied via instant download link upon purchase so you can drop into your HX Stomp and enjoy!
listen to samples of some of these tones on my Youtube page here, demos from the Pod Go versions with the same settings, please subscribe too!
This product is now updated with the latest Line 6 stock cabinets and microphones
DISCLAIMER, i don’t own any of the music i mimic here, just a cover version by me showing the style of tone and how it sounds compared to the originals. Music from U2 is available to buy and stream from all the best retailers and music services. The track and album names and images are the property of the band, these are just my tones made to play along.
