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Free U2 backgrounds
- As high school friends in 1970s Dublin, singer Bono,
guitarist the Edge, drummer Larry Mullen, Jr., and bassist
Adam Clayton won a McGuinness Ale-sponsored battle of the
bands and won over Island Records head Chris Blackwell.
Landing in the U.S. with soaring melodic anthems including "I
Will Follow," U2 quickly became a post-punk phenomenon, the
UK's equivalent to R.E.M. |