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claritykid May 9, 2004

I'm probably going to get super flamed for this, but as much as I love punk/indie rock I still have to gotta say to me one of the bands that had a huge impact was U2. The music that they created c...

theremin May 9, 2004

It's not unbelievable that a mostly punk listener likes the sound of U2, since U2 sorta started out punkish. When U2 first formed a band, all they really did was covers of songs by The Clash. U2 ...

socalgal May 10, 2004

actually, U2 started out as a christian rock band. all were into hardcore religion until one (adam clayton) wanted out...so they decided to change the format of their music....BUT a lot of their m...

theremin thereminOG 2002

At some point they did The Clash stuff tho.. promise. I heard an interview with Bono and The Edge, where they talked all about it. They said all they knew about playing the guitar was power chords, and they were really big fans of The Clash, so that's what they would play. Maybe before or after or during the same time, they did Christian rock.. I dunno. They left out talking about that, in their interview, altogether, so I wouldn't know.

aviator aviatorOG 2004

I thought it all started with Creed LOL

aviator aviatorOG 2004

however POD hip hopped up christian rock.

socalgal socalgalOG 2003

oh yeah hun you are totally right! but it was around the time of the transformation....thank goodness for bono! ;)

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