U40 2th ranar tunawa
Wannan makon ya yi bikin cika shekaru 40 na U2. Masoya daga ko'ina cikin duniya na murnar cika shekaru 40 da kafuwar wannan rukunin tatsuniyar Irish da ta kafa tarihin dutse a cikin wadannan shekaru arba'in.
Hakan ya fara ne a cikin 1976, lokacin da Larry Mullen Jr. "Drummer yana neman mawaƙa don ƙirƙirar ƙungiya". Dutsen Temple Comprehensive School da ke Dublin ita ce cibiyar inda dukkansu suka yi karatu a tsakiyar shekarun 1970. Bayanin ya ci nasara a ranar Asabar 25 ga Satumba 1976 matasan Irish hudu, Bono Vox (mawaki), The Edge (guitar, keyboard da vocals) da Adam Clayton (bass) sun hadu a karon farko a dakin girki na gidan dan ganga Larry Mullen don karawa.
A ƙarshen watannin 1976, matasa huɗun sanye da wando na jeans da jakunkuna na fata sun fara koyo don ƙirƙirar. ƙungiyar da tun asali suka yi baftisma da sunan Feedback. «Wannan baƙon ƙungiyar matasa sun haɗu a cikin dafa abinci na gidana a Artane ( gundumar Dublin ta Arewa). Kuma a can ne abin ya fara.", kamar yadda Mullen ya bayyana a shafin yanar gizon kungiyar. Mullen ya kuma kara da cewa dangane da haka: "Tun da farko a bayyane yake cewa Bono ne zai zama mawaki, ba don muryarsa ba, amma saboda ba shi da guitar, babu amp, ko hanyar sufuri.".
A wancan zamani, gungun matasa kusan ba su da kayan aiki, ba ma da makirifo, amma a kalla suna da gita biyu, bass, drum da amplifier na rabi wanda duk suka haɗa su. Edge ya tuna cewa don kunna mintuna biyu dole ne su yi "Tuning na mintuna 45 kafin a fara, don haka karatun ya kasance a hankali kuma komai yana mai da hankali kan ƙoƙarin kunna waƙa gabaɗaya, ko menene, amma da kyar ba mu taɓa yin nasara ba.". Edge kuma yana tabbatar da: "Mun koyi yin wasa tare, ba mu da wani ra'ayi game da haɗin gwiwa, ko da yake akwai alamun fasaha tare da kayan aiki. Ba mu damu da gaske ba idan ba mu san yadda ake wasa da kyau ba, a wannan lokacin an motsa mu da kuzarin yin sabon abu da niyyar ƙoƙarin faɗi wani abu mai wuce gona da iri ga wasu ».
Kundin farko kamar U2 yana ɗauke da sunan 'Boy' (1980), amma Sai da 'Yaki' (1983) (albam dinsu na uku) suka kai lamba ta farko a Burtaniya..
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