Anyone here from the old U2-Wire Yahoo Group?

[sabretooth47]

Hi all!

I've been a bit of a lurker when it comes to U2 forums. I joined here a while back...can't remember if I ever posted anything. Anyway, I usually just check to see the latest "new album" rumors.

I used to be pretty active on the U2-Wire group through Yahoo. That was back in 2002-04 I believe. The group kind of faded away after HTDAAB came out.

Is there anyone here from that old group?

I used to post as DaveC (or Dave C). The poster I remember most was modsavage. He hooked me up with a lot of boots and videos.

[cobl04]

We are still reppin' your hip hop thread! Please come and explain what the title means!

[gvox]

Naw cobl pretty sure thats a different DaveC. Our DaveC is a bit too young to be a part of the old Wire group. I've met him personally before in 03 or 04 and I either put him on to Interference or he had just joined around the same time.

Sabretooth: I recall a Dave from Wire. Welcome back, friend. There are lots of old Wirelings around, some of em don't post much tho..

I happened to room with one of the original pillars of Wire recently in Montreal. Good times

[sabretooth47]

Originally Posted by cobl04

We are still reppin' your hip hop thread! Please come and explain what the title means!

No kidding...I didn't know it was still there. Awesome!

I'll have to re-enlist

[gvox]

Wait - you're DaveC from here??

[sabretooth47]

Originally Posted by gvox

Naw cobl pretty sure thats a different DaveC. Our DaveC is a bit too young to be a part of the old Wire group. I've met him personally before in 03 or 04 and I either put him on to Interference or he had just joined around the same time.

Sabretooth: I recall a DaveC from Wire. Welcome back, friend. There are lots of old Wirelings around, some of em don't post much tho..

I happened to room with one of the original pillars of Wire recently in Montreal. Good times

Cool. Man, I spent a lot of time reading those posts over there.

Kind of a flashback looking back over some of the old posts. Here was one of mine after I saw Vertigo in Buffalo...

Yahoo! Groups

[sabretooth47]

Originally Posted by gvox

Wait - you're DaveC from here??

I don't think so. I've never posted here until today.

I used to post a lot on Wire-U2 as either:

- DaveC
- Dave C
- Sabretooth47

[gvox]

Originally Posted by sabretooth47

I don't think so. I've never posted here until today.

Ah cool that's what I thought..there is a DaveC who posts *here...who started a hip hop thread if I'm not mistaken..I think that's what cobl was referring to, but I'll let him confirm. He's from out east coast Canada. Military guy.

I was like - how could our Dave (here) not remember if he ever posted here?

At any rate...welcome man, good thing you made a new account so there isn't any confusion

[Popmartijn]

Gee, if that is old, then what about the original Wire mailing list? You know, before it became a Yahoo Group in 2000...

[gvox]

That's what I'm talkin bout! We old man, we ooooold!

[U2DMfan]

I was going to say...I don't know anything about a Yahoo group but I was on the Wire mailing list around when POPMart was going on.

There wasn't anything like a 'setlist' archive back then.
Much less setlist parties.

It was tough to find setlists.
I am not nostalgic for those days, actually.
More nostalgic for the times when you could be surprised by walking into a record store and see the New Release list and see some band you love has an album in a few months. Not that I wouldn't have loved to have the internet back then. But it was pretty cool.

[lazarus]

I was on it.

Same name.

I'm just glad that "J" a.k.a. "Jick" isn't on Interference anymore. That kid was a jackass.

[KhanadaRhodes]

i too was on back in the day, during the popmart tour. i didn't post too often though. i could only find like one of my posts on the archives, though i definitely posted more than that. ah well.

[sabretooth47]

Originally Posted by lazarus

I was on it.

Same name.

I'm just glad that "J" a.k.a. "Jick" isn't on Interference anymore. That kid was a jackass.

I remember you...nice to see you again.

I also remember "J" all too well. Him and I got into a great many arguments over just about everything...

I never understood that guy. If I remember correctly, the only album he liked was Pop, and kept making comments that the band wasn't really that good before or since. Never could understand why he bothered joining a U2 board if he thought they weren't good...

[gvox]

Originally Posted by lazarus

I was on it.

Same name.

I'm just glad that "J" a.k.a. "Jick" isn't on Interference anymore. That kid was a jackass.

Good god he had some really crazy ideas.

I mean like please let me get high before attempting to read his posts kind of ideas.

[adb280z]

Originally Posted by Popmartijn

Gee, if that is old, then what about the original Wire mailing list? You know, before it became a Yahoo Group in 2000...

That's what I first thought of. That was back in 1997 or so.

[lazarus]

Originally Posted by sabretooth47

I remember you...nice to see you again.

I also remember "J" all too well. Him and I got into a great many arguments over just about everything...

I never understood that guy. If I remember correctly, the only album he liked was Pop, and kept making comments that the band wasn't really that good before or since. Never could understand why he bothered joining a U2 board if he thought they weren't good...

Actually, he disliked Pop, and dismissed the entire album as "trip hop", a genre which he clearly knew nothing about.

He also accused U2 of ripping off Bon Jovi on numerous occasions, and kept singing the praises of the latter and tried to draw ludicrous parallels between the bands.

As I said, a total jackass.

[KhanadaRhodes]

i thought he liked pop when it came out? no wait, was it after the fact? i forget, with every album he seemed to change his opinion on some previous album.

i think i remember his email address (at some point) being pop4ever @ yahoo or hotmail or some shit.

[u2tours]

Setting line6 m13 guitar tutorial please!

[Achtung Ya'll]

I was in it. Don't remember my name or whatever.

I designed the wire tag we used for the Elevation tour . Ended up getting it signed by everyone but Bono. We met the band after the first Atlanta show. Bono was there, just not signing autographs.

edit: I also remember being on some usenet or something back in the 90s too.