HelloAngel said:I'm just going to pop in again - honestly, I wholeheartedly recommend The Killers album. Sorry. Ok going now...
Give it a couple really good listens - in the singer's vocalics - it's very old school 80s Bono vocalics. The guitar is very Edge and the drums are very very Larry in some parts.
Headache in a Suitcase said:ironicly with the stapp is copying eddie not bono argument... this is an excerpt from an online biography written by one of eddie vedder's childhood friends from chicago...
rage was also greatley influenced by u2... morello used to copy edge's guitar work when he was first learning how to play, and zach de la rocha has said that "11 o'clock tick tock" was the first record he ever bought
U2girl said:
and I've heard Radiohead fans who'd get pretty upset if anyone told them they got influenced by U2. (maybe Zooropa)
mmmBono said:
i was floored to hear that Eddie was and is a huge U2 fan (just ask Carrie about her Vegas experience standing right next to Eddie in the Heart at U2's show).
HelloAngel said:I'm just going to pop in again - honestly, I wholeheartedly recommend The Killers album. Sorry. Ok going now...
Give it a couple really good listens - in the singer's vocalics - it's very old school 80s Bono vocalics. The guitar is very Edge and the drums are very very Larry in some parts.
vivaSA said:
REALLY??????
U2 and PJ are my two favorite bands!
UnforgettableLemon said:Collective Soul
Third Eye Blind
Both have covered "I Will Follow" (although 3eB's SUCKS hard)
I saw Sleeping At Last open for Swithfoot last year, and they played a great live show and their album 'Ghost' is awesome...they have personally mentioned being heavily influenced by U2.thereisnospoon9 said:One band I've recently discovered that you can tell is very influenced by U2 - sleeping at last.
some of sleeping at last's song sound like they could come straight off of the unforgettable fire, and lyrically they play off the spiritual imagery u2 has more than any other band i've seen... they were just signed onto interscope records recently and were discovered by billy corgan (get "skeleton of something more", "currents", and "hurry" if your the downloading type)
UnforgettableLemon said:I'm a closet 3eB fan. Their "Acquiesce" is shite too, though.
Blinded is amazing. As are Wake for Young Souls and Crystal Baller. It was not a bad album, just not great
U2girl said:Touche Stapp has Bono-like mannerisms all over. (so does that take away or add to the attitude towards Creed around here? )
i have seen some photos of stapp wearing a cowboy hat too... just like what bono loves to wear.
HelloAngel said:
Ok this is where my personal experience steps in.
Stapp is a known Bono-phile. The man is obsessed. If you watch the "With Arms Wide Open" video, you will see a man doing his best Bono impersonation. While Creed might have a harder sound, lyrically and spiritually, the band is very very influenced by U2.
Also, I lived in the same town as Creed when they were getting started. I had to listen to Stapp drone on and on about his obsession with Bono and all things U2 at the coffee house I used to go to.