If you had to label U2...

[Zoots]

I have a hard time with labels/categories like alternative, classic rock, post punk etc.. But Is U2 considered Alternative Rock anymore? I guess they came closest to it in the 90s. Or were they alternative in the 80s as well? Just curious.

 

[namkcuR]

1978-1982 - Post-Punk
1983-1999 - Alternative
2000-Present - Pop-Rock

 

[U2Man]

Rock

 

[U2mixer]

Atomic Rock?

 

[AtomicBono]

u2 r t0t4lly g0thiX liek my soUL

 

[Zoots]

u2 r t0t4lly g0thiX liek my soUL

OMFG!!!!111 U2 LEIK T0T4LLY PWNZ0RZ UR SOUL!!!777

 

[LMP]

1980-1983: Punk Rock
1984: New Wave/Alternative
1987-1988: Rock
1991-1997: Alternative
2000-2005: Pop/Rock

 

[JMScoopy]

death metal

 

[Balfron]

lol i agree namckur

 

[kakvox]

The Edge

 

[david]

wankers

 

[beau2ifulday]

sparkly

 

[packcrush]

1980-1987 - Good stuff
1988-1989 - Country
1990-1998 - Fecking rocking
2000-2005 - Middle of the road.

 

[LikeNoOneBefore]

OMFG!!!!111 U2 LEIK T0T4LLY PWNZ0RZ UR SOUL!!!777

ZOMG LYK U2TOT4LLEEROXORSMYSOXORS!!!!!!1111


XD Had to.



Anyways, I remember on RollingStone.com they classified them as like Euro Rock or something like that. I suppose that works....?

 

[Dismantled]

hawt

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

i would classify them as googly accordion salsa.

 

[LikeNoOneBefore]

Totally.

 

[Jack In The Box]

grind core

 

[Ifeelnumb84]

speed metal

 

[AtomicBono]

u2 is boom
u2 is an original species
u2 is the best rock band in the world
u2 is now the world's official band
u2 is still preoccupied with salvation and redemption
u2 is muck
u2 is an end
u2 is the inaccessible universe
u2 is one of the lightest frames available
u2 is just so darn popular
u2 is the focus and the uptempo guitar blast
u2 is more than a band
u2 is my life
u2 is left broken and shattered
u2 is a high
u2 is 0
u2 is overflowing with metaphors
u2 is a band in transition

 

[Zoots]

u2 is 0

u2 is binary code, a 1 and a 0?

 

[AtomicBono]

u2 is binary code, a 1 and a 0?

there are 10 types of people in this world: those that understand binary code and those that don't.

mercy...

 

[Bono's shades]

I think they defy categorization.

I've recently heard U2 songs on classic rock, adult contemporary, alt-rock and even college radio stations.

 

[Axver]

As Bono once said, "there's a lot of talk about old music and new music. Well, let me tell you, we make U2 music."

 

[U2girl]

In between pop and rock.

 

[Earnie Shavers]

U2 is an art project, a commercial project, a spiritual project and a political project when it wants to be.*















* Not my words.

 

[ZeroDude]

OMFG!!!!111 U2 LEIK T0T4LLY PWNZ0RZ UR SOUL!!!777

The correct language here is:

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!??1 U2 iS T3h PwN O' mA SoUlz!!!7!

Therefore:

U2 aRe LeIK t3H uLtImaTe PWnZors!!!&!!!!2

Pwn= Verb/ adjective

Pwnzor= Noun/ adjective

 

[*sofia*]

The correct language here is:

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!??1 U2 iS T3h PwN O' mA SoUlz!!!7!

Therefore:

U2 aRe LeIK t3H uLtImaTe PWnZors!!!&!!!!2

Pwn= Verb/ adjective

Pwnzor= Noun/ adjective

"u2 ARE LIeK TOTALLI V4MPYRZ!!!11!!"

 

[LikeNoOneBefore]

ZOMG U2 t0t4ly pWNZ j00 n00bs!!!@!!!!!111


...I'm done. My l33t is crap.

 

[Utoo]

U2 = Original of their species