Guide Note
This page contains links to guitar and bass tabs as well as instructional videos for the band U2.
Fast Facts
- Genre: Alternative Rock
- Origin: Dublin, Ireland
- Formed: 1976
- Label: Interscope Records
- albums: 11
- Grammy Awards: 22
- 2005: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- 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
Critical Response
- "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 Magazine2
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