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Rock band U2 was created in Dublin in 1976 by 4 teenage musicians – Paul Hewson (Bono), David Ewans (The Edge) Larry Mullen junior and Adam Clayton. At the beginning the band included three more members and was called The Larry Mullen Band having changed several names and shrunk to a quartet the band stopped with the name U2. In 1978 on St. Patrick’s Day the musicians won on a local contest of talents and received money for the record of demo. The music of U2 at that time was very joyful. The singles Three and Another day brought the band rather big popularity at home. In 1980 U2 signed the contract with Island Records and created their first album Boy with the hit I Will Follow. After a tour in United Kingdom the artists recorded their second CD October that became the most religious album in the whole U2 history. In 1983 the third album War was ready with such stirring hits as Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Year's Day. The tour of U2 in Europe and USA was successful.
The next CD The Unforgettable Fire became a great breakthrough for the band and combined in itself the elements of a classical rock and bold musical experiments. Not only the band’s sound had changed, it became more deep and balanced but the lyrics became more deep, rich for hints. The song Pride about Martin Luther King (In The Name of Love) became a hit. At this time U2 the soloist Bono started to participate actively in different movements for human rights including the program of Amnesty International. In the next album The Joshua Tree the artists mixed rock with national Irish music, jazz, country and gospel. The album received two Grammy awards and presented to the world two hits With or without You and I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. The work on the record Achtung Baby was in Berlin with Brian Ino and Daniel Lanua who were cooperating with U2 on The Unforgettable Fire. The CD Achtung Baby was released in 1991 and was a bit darker and also included innovative features. The promo tour of Achtung Baby became one of the brightest multimedia shows in the world rock history.
On the CD Zooropa U2 moved away from rock even more - the album had elements of techno and electro that are obvious in such hits Lemon, Numb, Stay (Faraway, So Close!) and Zoopropa. After Zooropa U2 created soundtracks to such movies as Batman forever, Mission Impossible and main composition to the film about James Bond Golden Eye that was sang by Tina Turner. The record with rhythmic single Mofo was released in 1997 this time the artists were working closely on sampling and development and their music got very much impact of techno.
On the CD of 2000 All That You Can't Leave Behind U2 returned back to rock in the style of 80s. such melodious tracks as Beautiful Day, Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of and Elevation became hits all over the world and the work itself brought U2 6 Grammy Awards.
The work on the disc How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb started in 2003 but in summer 2004 the material was stolen. The band did not got down and the release of the disc still was in 2004 and a bright hit Vertigo got its popularity straight away. In 2005 Bruce Springsteen introduced U2 into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in USA. In 2006 the band included their best singles on the compilation U218 Singles.
The next album U2 No Line on the Horizon was released in February 2009. It was the first best album since Achtung Baby (1991). The album includes a number of experimental styles such soul ballad Moment of Surrender, group performance in Unknown Caller and the track Fez-Being Born with eastern flavor recorded under the impression from Morocco
