How U2 Came to Be

June 7, 2017

Here are a few things about you too you may not have known about U2…

In 1977 the band as we know as U2 was called ‘Feedback,’ then ‘Hype,’ and eventually evolved to ‘U2’ as its name.

How did the boys come up with U2? Well one of Adam’s friends was a punk rocker by the name of Steve Averill. Steve was with the punk band Radiators at the time, and when asked to come up with new names for the band Hype, he came up with a few; U2 was the name the boys in the band disliked the least.

U2 won talent show on St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland in 1978, and the prize consisted of money and studio time, which the boys used to get their first record label interest.

“Joshua Tree,” one of their most successful albums, is inspired by an actual tree found in the desert. The band claims it’s immensely inspirational.

U2 has won 22 of the 34 Grammy and nominations more than any other group in music history.

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Written by: Vipology Staff Writer

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