“Kungakhale kovuta kupeza anthu anayi abwino koposa,” akutero Niall Stokes, mkonzi wa magazini yotchuka ya ku Ireland yotchedwa Hot Press.
"Ndi anyamata anzeru omwe ali ndi chidwi chofuna kudziwa zambiri komanso ludzu lofuna kusintha dziko lapansi."
Mu 1977, woyimba ng'oma Larry Mullen adatumiza ku Mount Temple Comprehensive School kufunafuna oimba.
Posakhalitsa Bono (Paul David Hewson wobadwa Meyi 10, 1960) adayamba kuyimba nyimbo za The Beach Boys Good Vibrations limodzi ndi Larry Mullen, Adam Clayton ndi The Edge (aka David Evans) pamaso pa ophunzira aku yunivesite oledzera.
Poyamba adasonkhana pansi pa dzina la Feedback, kenako adasintha dzina lawo kukhala Hype, kenako mu 1978 kukhala dzina lodziwika kale U2. Atapambana mpikisano wa talente, anyamatawo adasaina ndi CBS Records Ireland, ndipo patatha chaka adatulutsa nyimbo yawo yoyamba ya Three.
Ngakhale kugunda kwachiwiri kunali kale "panjira", iwo anali kutali ndi kukhala mamiliyoni ambiri. Woyang'anira Paul McGuinness adayang'anira anyamatawo ndipo adatenga ngongole yothandizira gulu la rock asanasaine ku Island Records mu 1980.
Pomwe nyimbo yawo yoyamba ku UK LP 11 O'Clock Tick Tock idagwa m'makutu, chimbale cha Boy chomwe chidatulutsidwa kumapeto kwa chaka chimenecho chidapangitsa gululo kuti lifike padziko lonse lapansi.
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Atatha kujambula nyimbo yawo yoyamba yotchedwa Boy, gulu la rock linatulutsidwa mu October chaka chotsatira, chimbale chofewa kwambiri komanso chomasuka chosonyeza zikhulupiriro zachikhristu za Bono, The Edge ndi Larry ndikumanga bwino kwa Boy.
Adamu ananena kuti imeneyi inali nthawi yopanikiza kwambiri, chifukwa iye ndi Paulo sanasangalale ndi malangizo atsopano auzimu amene gulu lonse linatsatira.
Bono, The Edge ndi Larry anali mamembala a gulu lachikhristu la Shalom panthawiyo ndipo anali ndi nkhawa kuti kupitirizabe kukhala mu gulu la rock la U2 kungawononge chikhulupiriro chawo. Mwamwayi, iwo anaona mfundo mmenemo ndipo zonse zinali bwino.
Pambuyo pa kupambana pang'ono kwa Albums ziwiri zoyambirira, U2 idapambana kwambiri ndi Nkhondo, yomwe idatulutsidwa mu Marichi 1983. Chifukwa chakuchita bwino kwa Tsiku la Chaka Chatsopano, mbiriyo idalowa m'ma chart aku UK pa nambala 1.
Chotsatira chotsatira, Moto Wosaiwalika, chinali chovuta kwambiri kuposa nyimbo zolimba mtima za Album ya Nkhondo. Asanatulutsidwe mu Okutobala 1984, gulu la rock la U2 lidalowa mgwirizano watsopano womwe udawapatsa ulamuliro wokwanira wa ufulu wa nyimbo zawo, zomwe zinali zosadziwika mu bizinesi ya nyimbo panthawiyo. Inde, izi sizichitika kawirikawiri.
An EP, Wide Awake in America, idatulutsidwa mu Meyi 1985, yokhala ndi nyimbo ziwiri zatsopano za studio (The Three Sunrises and Love Comes Tumbling) ndi 2 zojambulira zamoyo zochokera ku Unforgettour's European tour (A Home of Homecoming and Bad). Idangotulutsidwa ku US ndi Japan kokha, koma idatchuka kwambiri ngati kuitanitsa kotero kuti idalembedwanso ku UK.
Chilimwe chimenecho (Julayi 13), gulu la rock la U2 lidasewera konsati ya Live Aid pa Wembley Stadium ku London, komwe machitidwe awo anali amodzi mwamasewera osangalatsa kwambiri tsikulo. Ndi Mfumukazi yokha yomwe inali ndi zotsatira zofanana. U2 inali yosaiwalika pomwe nyimboyo Bad idasewera pafupifupi mphindi 12.
Pa nyimboyi, Bono adawona mtsikana kutsogolo kwa gululo, yemwe mwachiwonekere anali ndi vuto la kupuma chifukwa cha kugwedezeka, ndipo adauza chitetezo kuti amutulutse. Pamene adayesa kumumasula, Bono adalumpha kuchokera pa siteji kuti athandize ndipo anamaliza kuvina pang'onopang'ono m'dera lapakati pa siteji ndi gulu la anthu.
Omvera adakonda, ndipo tsiku lotsatira, zithunzi za Bono akukumbatira mtsikanayo zidawonekera m'manyuzipepala onse. Komabe, ena onse oimbawo sanasangalale, chifukwa pambuyo pake adanena kuti samadziwa komwe Bono wapita, komanso samadziwa ngati angabwerere, koma konsati inalipo! Iwo ankasewera paokha ndipo anali osangalala kwambiri pamene woimbayo pomalizira pake anabwerera ku siteji.
Kunali kulephera kwa gulu la rock. Pambuyo pa konsatiyo, adakhala yekha kwa milungu ingapo, akumva moona mtima kuti adadziyika yekha ndi anthu 2 biliyoni, ndikuwononga mbiri ya U2. Sikuti mpaka pamene mnzake wapamtima anamuuza kuti inali imodzi mwa zinthu zofunika kwambiri pa tsikulo pamene anazindikira.
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Gulu loimba la rock linadziwika chifukwa cha machitidwe awo olimbikitsa amoyo ndipo linakhala losangalatsa kwambiri lisanakhudze kwambiri ma chart a pop. Ndi kupambana kwa madola mamiliyoni ambiri a The Joshua Tree (1987) ndi No. 1 kugunda With or Without You ndipo Ine Sindinapezebe Zimene Ndikuyang'ana, U2 inakhala akatswiri a pop.
Pa Rattle and Hum (1988) (duuble album and documentary), gulu la rock lidafufuza zanyimbo zaku America (blues, country, gospel and folk) mowona mtima, koma adatsutsidwa chifukwa cha kuphulika kwawo.
U2 idadziyambitsanso kwa zaka khumi zatsopano ndikuyambiranso mu 1991 ndi Achtung Baby. Kenako anali ndi zithunzi za siteji zomwe zinkamveka ngati nthabwala komanso nthabwala zodzinyoza. Ulendo wosazolowereka wa zoo wa 1992 unali umodzi mwa ziwonetsero zazikulu kwambiri za miyala zomwe zidachitikapo. Ngakhale kuti ankaoneka monyanyira, mawu a gululo anapitirizabe kukhudzidwa ndi nkhani zokhudza moyo.
Mu 1997, gulu la nyimbo za rock lidatulutsa mwachangu chimbale cha Pop kuti chikwaniritse zoyendera zamabwalo ndipo adakumana ndi ndemanga zoyipa kwambiri kuyambira Rattle ndi Hum.
Kupangidwa kwina kwatsopano kunali m'njira, koma nthawi ino, m'malo molimba mtima kupita patsogolo, gululi lidafuna kusangalatsa mafani popanga nyimbo zochokera m'zaka za m'ma 1980.
Zoyenera kutchedwa All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000) ndi Momwe Mungatulutsire Bomba la Atomiki (2004) lomwe limayang'ana kwambiri pamiyala ndi nyimbo osati mlengalenga ndi zinsinsi, ndipo adakwanitsa kumanganso quartet ngati gulu lazamalonda, koma pamtengo wotani. ? Zinatengera gulu la rock zaka zisanu kuti litulutse chimbale chawo cha 12, No Line on the Horizon (2009).
Gululo linathandizira chimbalecho ndi ulendo wapadziko lonse womwe unapitilira zaka ziwiri zotsatira. Komabe, idafupikitsidwa mu May 2010 pamene Bono anachitidwa opaleshoni yachangu chifukwa cha kuvulala kwa msana. Iye analandira izo pa rehearsal konsati ku Germany, iye anachira kokha chaka chotsatira.
U2 adathandizira nyimbo ya Ordinary Love mufilimuyi Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013). Mu 2014, Songs of Innocence (yomwe nthawi zambiri imapangidwa ndi Danger Mouse) idatulutsidwa kwaulere kwa makasitomala onse a Apple iTunes Store masabata angapo isanatulutsidwe.
Kusunthaku kunali kotsutsana koma kudakopa chidwi, ngakhale kuti ndemanga za nyimbo zenizeni zinali zosakanikirana. Otsutsa ambiri adandaula kuti phokoso la gulu la rock likungokhalabe. Songs of Experience (2017) adatsutsidwanso chimodzimodzi, koma ngakhale izi, gululi lidapitilirabe kugulitsa malonda ambiri.
Rock band U2 yapambana mphoto zopitilira 20 za Grammy pantchito yawo yonse, kuphatikiza ma Albums achaka monga The Joshua Tree ndi How to Dismantle Bomba la Atomiki. Gululi lidalowetsedwa mu Rock and Roll Hall of Fame mu 2005.
