“Kungaba nzima ukuthola abantu abane abahle,” kusho uNiall Stokes, umhleli kamagazini odumile wase-Ireland i-Hot Press.
"Bangabafana abahlakaniphile abanelukuluku elinamandla lokufuna ukwazi kanye nokomela ukwenza umthelela omuhle emhlabeni."
Ngo-1977, umshayi wezigubhu u-Larry Mullen wathumela isikhangiso e-Mount Temple Comprehensive School efuna abaculi.
Ngokushesha uBono (uPaul David Hewson owazalwa ngoMeyi 10, 1960) waqala ukucula amahithi athi The Beach Boys Good Vibrations kanye noLarry Mullen, Adam Clayton kanye no-The Edge (owaziwa nangokuthi uDavid Evans) phambi kwabafundi basenyuvesi abadakiwe.
Baqale bahlangana ngaphansi kwegama elithi Feedback, kamuva bashintsha igama labo laba yi-Hype, kwathi ngo-1978 babiza igama eselivele laziwa ukuthi U2. Ngemuva kokuwina umqhudelwano wethalente, abafana basayine ne-CBS Records Ireland, kwathi ngonyaka olandelayo bakhipha ingoma yabo yokuqala ethi Three.
Nakuba i-hit yesibili bese "isendleleni", bebekude nokuba ngosozigidi. Umphathi uPaul McGuinness waphatha abafana futhi wathatha isikweletu sokuxhasa iqembu le-rock ngaphambi kokuba basayine ku-Island Records ngo-1980.
Ngenkathi umdlalo wabo wokuqala wase-UK, i-LP 11 O'Clock Tick Tock uwela ezindlebeni ezingezwa, i-albhamu yoMfana eyakhululwa kamuva ngalowo nyaka yafaka ibhendi esigabeni samazwe ngamazwe.
STAR IHORA U2
Ngemva kokuqopha i-albhamu yabo yokuqala ehlonishwe ngokugxekayo ethi Boy, ibhendi ye-rock yakhululwa ngo-Okthoba ngemva konyaka, i-albhamu ethambile futhi ekhululeke kakhudlwana ebonisa izinkolelo zobuKristu zikaBono, The Edge kanye noLarry futhi yakhela empumelelweni kaBoy.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi u-Adam uthe kwakuyisikhathi esicindezela kakhulu kuye, njengoba yena noPawulu babengajabule ngalesi siqondiso esisha esingokomoya esalandelwa yilo lonke iqembu.
UBono, The Edge noLarry babengamalungu omphakathi wamaShalom Christian ngaleso sikhathi futhi babekhathazekile ngokuthi ukuqhubeka nokuba seqenjini le-rock i-U2 kuzobeka ukholo lwabo engozini. Ngenhlanhla, babona iphuzu kuyo futhi konke kwakuhamba kahle.
Ngemva kokuphumelela okusesilinganisweni kwama-albhamu amabili okuqala, i-U2 yazuza impumelelo enkulu nge-War, eyakhululwa ngo-March 1983. Ngenxa yempumelelo ye-single yoSuku Lonyaka Omusha, irekhodi lingene kumashadi ase-UK kunombolo 1.
Irekhodi elilandelayo, The Unforgettable Fire, laliyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu ngesitayela kunamaculo anesibindi e-albhamu Yempi. Ngaphambi kokuthi likhishwe ngo-Okthoba 1984, iqembu lomculo we-rock i-U2 langena enkontilekeni entsha eyalinikeza amandla okulawula izingoma zalo ngokugcwele, okwakungaziwa ebhizinisini lomculo ngaleso sikhathi. Yebo, lokhu kusaqabukela kwenziwe.
I-EP, i-Wide Awake in America, yakhululwa ngoMeyi 1985, ehlanganisa amathrekhi amasha e-studio angu-2 (The Three Sunrises and Love Comes Tumbling) kanye nokuqoshiwe oku-2 okuvela kuhambo lwase-Unforgettour lwase-Europe (Ikhaya Lokubuya Nokubi). Ekuqaleni yayikhishwe e-US nase-Japan kuphela, kodwa yayidume kakhulu njengokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe kangangokuthi yaze yabhalwa e-UK.
Ngalelo hlobo (Julayi 13), ibhendi ye-rock i-U2 yadlala ikhonsathi ye-Live Aid e-Wembley Stadium e-London, lapho ukudlala kwayo bekungenye yezinto ezivelele zosuku. Isethi yeNdlovukazi kuphela eyaba nomphumela ofanayo. I-U2 ibikhumbuleka ikakhulukazi njengoba ingoma ethi Bad idlale cishe imizuzu eyi-12.
Phakathi nengoma, uBono wabona intombazane ngaphambili esixukwini, obekubonakala sengathi ibinenkinga yokuphefumula ngenxa yokunyakaziswa, wabe esetshela abezokuphepha ukuthi bayikhiphe. Ngesikhathi bezama ukumkhulula, uBono wehla esiteji ukuze asize wagcina esedansa naye kancane endaweni ephakathi kwesiteji nesixuku.
Izilaleli zakuthanda, futhi ngakusasa, izithombe zikaBono egone intombazane zavela kuwo wonke amaphephandaba. Nokho, bonke abanye beqembu abazange bajabule kangako, njengoba kamuva bathi babengazi ukuthi uBono wayeyephi, futhi babengazi noma wayezobuya yini, kodwa ikhonsathi yayiqhubeka! Badlale ngokuzimela futhi bajabula kakhulu ngesikhathi lo mculi egcina ebuyele esiteji.
Kube ukwehluleka eqenjini le-rock. Ngemva kwekhonsathi, wayevalelwe amasonto ambalwa, ezwa ngobuqotho ukuthi uzibekele yena kanye nabantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2, echitha isithunzi se-U2. Kwaze kwaba yilapho umngane wakhe omkhulu emtshela ukuthi kwakungezinye zezinto ezivelele zosuku lapho abuya khona.
BAYAKWAZI UKUSHIYA I-AFTERTAste Emnandi
Ibhendi ye-rock yaduma ngokudlala bukhoma kwayo okugqugquzelayo futhi yaba mnandi kakhulu ngaphambi kokuba ibe nomthelela omkhulu kumashadi e-pop. Ngempumelelo yezigidi zamadola ye-The Joshua Tree (1987) kanye nengoma engu-No. 1 eshisa izikhotha ethi With or Without You futhi Angikakakutholi Engikufunayo, i-U2 yaba izihlabani ze-pop.
Ku-Rattle and Hum (1988) (i-albhamu ephindwe kabili nedokhumentari), ibhendi ye-rock yahlola izimpande zomculo waseMelika (i-blues, izwe, ivangeli kanye nesintu) ngobuqotho obujwayelekile, kodwa bagxekwa ngokuqhunyiswa kwayo.
I-U2 yazisungula kabusha iminyaka eyishumi entsha ngokuqala kabusha ngo-1991 nge-Achtung Baby. Bese beba nezithombe zasesiteji ezizwakala indida namahlaya azibukelayo. Uhambo lwe-zoo olungavamile lwango-1992 lwalungomunye wemibukiso ye-rock emikhulu kakhulu eyake yadlalwa. Naphezu kokubukeka kwabo okumangalisayo, izingoma zeqembu zahlala zigxile ezindabeni zomphefumulo.
Ngo-1997, ibhendi ye-rock yakhipha ngokushesha i-albhamu ethi Pop ukuze igcwalise izibopho zokuvakasha kwenkundla futhi yahlangatshezwa nezibuyekezo ezimbi kakhulu kusukela ku-Rattle no-Hum.
Okunye okusha okusunguliwe kwakusendleleni, kodwa kulokhu, esikhundleni sokuqhubekela phambili ngesibindi, ibhendi yafuna ukushweleza abalandeli ngokwakha umculo osuselwe ezimpandeni zawo zawo-1980.
Isihloko esifanelekile esinesihloko esithi All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000) kanye nokuthi Ungalidiliza Kanjani Ibhomu Le-athomu (2004) ligxile kuma-riffs nezingoma esikhundleni somoya kanye nemfihlakalo, futhi likwazile ukwakha kabusha i-quartet njengamandla okuhweba, kodwa ngezindleko ezingakanani. ? Kuthathe ibhendi ye-rock iminyaka emihlanu ukukhipha i-albhamu yabo yesi-12, No Line on the Horizon (2009).
Ibhendi yeseke i-albhamu ngohambo lomhlaba olwaqhubeka iminyaka emibili eyalandela. Kodwa-ke, yanqanyulwa ngoMeyi 2010 lapho uBono ehlinzwa okuphuthumayo ngenxa yokulimala emuva. Wayithola ngesikhathi kuculwa ekhonsathini eJalimane, walulama kuphela ngonyaka olandelayo.
I-U2 inikele ngengoma ethi Ordinary Love efilimini ethi Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013). Ngo-2014, i-Songs of Innocence (ekhiqizwe kakhulu yi-Danger Mouse) yakhululwa mahhala kuwo wonke amakhasimende eSitolo se-iTunes se-Apple emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kokukhishwa kwayo.
Lesi sinyathelo besiyimpikiswano kodwa sadonsa amehlo, nakuba ukubuyekezwa komculo wangempela bekuxubile. Abagxeki abaningi bakhale ngokuthi umsindo weqembu le-rock usamile. Izingoma ze-Experience (2017) nazo zithole ukugxekwa okufanayo, kodwa naphezu kwalokhu, iqembu liqhubekile nokuqoqa izinga eliphezulu lokuthengisa.
Iqembu le-Rock i-U2 liwine izindondo ze-Grammy ezingaphezu kuka-20 kuwo wonke umsebenzi walo, okuhlanganisa nama-albhamu onyaka afana ne-Joshua Tree kanye nethi How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Leli qembu langeniswa kwi-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ngo-2005.
