U2 - Official site of the
rock group from Dublin, Ireland. Get the latest band news and events. Also
offers: streaming audio and video clips, archived articles, band history
timeline, song lyrics, interviews, picture gallery, shopping area, and fan
forum.
Propaganda - Official
magazine with words of wisdom from the band, Grapevine which puts visitors
in contact with fellow fans, and pictures.
Articles and Interviews
EW.com: Rock 'n Jock - Did U2 sell out at the Super Bowl? While thankful
for Bono and Co.'s revivifying patriotism, Chris Willman wonders if true
artists should become football cheerleaders.
U2 Info Service Archive - Archive
of magazines issued between 1981-1985 by the original, pre-Propaganda fan
club.
U2faqs.com - Frequently asked
questions about U2, Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton.
U2log.com - News, information and
disinformation concerning the Irish band.
The U2 Mailing List Home Page - Also
known as WIRE, this is the largest U2 mailing list with around 4000+
subscribers. A great source of information and generally intelligent
discussion.
U2 Pride -
A mailing list and forum for queer (lesbian, gay, bi, trans*) and
queer-friendly U2 fans.
U2log.com - Fan Weblog that includes U2
news and instant bulletin board style conversation.
U2-Talk Discussion
Group - This is the U2-talk mailing list, a general discussion list
where fans around the world are welcome to discuss U2. The U2-talk mailing
list is a service of the U2tours.com web site.
U2tour - This mailing
list is for discussion related specifically to U2's tours, including
information or questions about past shows they have performed, set lists,
reviews, and most importantly information and help with the Elevation tour.
iq451: U2 - Links to
published U2 song and concert reviews. Includes sound clips.
U2 Fansites - A web directory
of categorized official, unofficial, and U2 special interest web pages.
Visitors can submit sites. Shows hits per link. Also features "cool sites"
and site ratings by user votes.
Negativland Samples
- Includes a copy of the 1991 recording "U2/Negativland" that got the latter
band in a heap of legal trouble with both bands' labels. (Warning: contains
very strong language and Casey Kasem.)
Out Of Control - U2
multimedia site with full concerts in MP3, sound bytes, and pictures. Also
live audio and video trading, links and news.
Poptart.de - Several rare U2
MP3-songs, plus lyrics
U2 World -
Offers multimedia including MP3s, RealAudio, videos, pictures and guitar
tablature.
U2Audio.com - Current Mp3s,
RealAudio, and RealVideo of U2.
Fan Pages
@U2 - Dedicated to
preserving and celebrating the music of Irish rock band U2 in words and
pictures, and to providing a source for U2 fans around the world to do
likewise.
Achtung Baby - Contains
U2 information, computing reports, images and items the author owns.
All I Want
Is U2 - Contains pictures, lyrics, discography, Popmart setlists, U2
timeline, survey, message board, a tradelist, and links.
All That U2 Left
Behind - Contains lyrics, pictures, history, guitar and bass tablatures
and news.
Bono's
Fight for Africa - Essays on debt, trade, and AIDS crisis in Africa and
Bono's involvment.
Boom Cha
- U2 fan site featuring the "U2 Groupie Test," U2 myths, the "Bono boo-boo"
page, and other unusual news.
Didi's U2 Archive - In God's Country
- Contains biographies, discography, videography, MP3 concert of the month,
downloads and Elevation tour recordings.
Get Elevated -
Discography, links, multimedia, news, and lyrics.
Have Another Grape - Devoted to our man Edge, U2 humor, and history the
way we see it.
Henry Wagner's World -
Fan site that offers Elevation tour pictures, PopMart setlists, extensive
worldwide discography, large midi collection, and links to other U2 fan
sites.
In 2 U2 - Contains a
personal U2 collection, want-list, sale-list and photographs.
In The Name
Of Love U2 Fanzine - The only Italian U2 fanzine printed in English.
Information about the publication, U2, Gavin Friday, and Amnesty
International.
Love Comes Tumbling
- U2 fansite with pictures, links, and U2-related written works by the
webmaster.
Mark's U2 Page - Requisite
sounds, photos, lyrics (including b-sides) and tablature, as well as PopMart
tour dates and set lists.
Matt's U2 Page -
Images, video clips, chat, forum, tour dates, lyrics, guitar tablatures,
sound clips, biography, discography, and links.
Mlk's U2 page - A
fan site with tour schedules, links, photos, band quotes, band history and
biographies, song lyrics, album covers, and discography.
One U2 - U2 fansite with
news,gossip, picture gallery, guestbook, discography and more coming.
Pop Lemon - News, history, photos,
wallpapers, lyrics, forum, mailing list and links.
Rakkies U2 page -
Links, mp3 downloads, pictures, and Elevation Tour information.
A Screaming Flower -
Contains original artwork, crafts, wallpapers, screensavers, fun and games,
downloads, polls, adopt U2 cartoon dolls, and links.
Steve's U2 Page -
Information on the band, albums, speeches and texts, and a variety of
pictures.
Take Me Higher - Offers
pictures, quotations, interviews, song of the week, lyrics and an Elevation
page.
Three Chords And The
Truth - Irish based fan site that features pictures, quotes,
biographies, album information, quizzes, polls, mp3 downloads, links, and
news updates.
U2 - Bulgaria - Bulgarian U2 fansite.
Offers English version also.
U2 -
Staring at the Son - Fansite that offers trivia, lyric interpretations,
news, band information, and fan artwork.
U2 Active - Australia-based
site contains a detailed chronology, gig list, discography, band
information, multimedia downloads, and news.
U2 Actungbaby - Tour
information, photo history, lyrics, and chat room.
U2 at Macphisto.net - Includes
news, link directory, biography, discography, videography, lyrics archive,
cover bands, books, interviews, setlist archive, macphisto phonecalls,
exclusive pictures, tickets, bootleg cover, and German weblog.
U2: BONO - Information about
Bono, lead singer of the band U2. Includes news, pictures, links, and a
message board.
U2 Elevation -
Provides current tour news, pictures, links to Elevation tour 2001 reviews,
information about the coverband Ultraviolet.
The U2 Experience
- Videos, midi, pictures, downloads, MP3s, band information, videography,
news, new album and tour information, forum, links, and greeting cards.
U2 Fan Cams & Journals - Read the
minds of U2 fans and followers and watch their webcams!
U2 Fan DataBase - A Worldwide
Database of U2 fans, you can enter your contact information into the
database. Plenty of fan information is available on this site, including U2
fan "starter kits".
U2 FanClub - The Followers Of U2
- An unofficial Brazilian fan club page with U2 news, audio files, and
plenty more about U2. Available in English or Spanish versions.
U2 Ground - Biography, picture
galleries, links, shop, guestbook, news, quizzes, news, tour dates and MP3s.
Unforgettable Fire - A site about U2. Site offers U2 cd trading, u2
videos, old and new news, and lots of pictures.
The U2-Sound-Site - No downloadable
sounds, but features information on how U2 create their sounds. Also
features a list of instruments and help to create your own U2 sounds.
Where The Site Has No
Name - Features tour information, cartoons, a tourist's guide to U2 in
Dublin, fan fiction, a FAQ, video/discography, lyrics, books, downloads,
fanzines, and links.
Zoo PC - Photos, MP3s,
videography, discography, biography, lyrics, private chat room, forum, and a
U2 board.
Image Galleries
Ashlee's U2
Page - Album cover wallpaper, Elevation concert pictures, and chat.
Bono's Enchanted Laundry
Hamper - A magical and mystical journey through the wardrobe choices of
everyone's favorite Irish rogue.
RollingStone.com: U2 - Includes biography, discography, pictures,
articles, video files, and message board.
U2 Elevation Tour -
Provides details on the recent tour with setlists, articles, fan reviews,
and pictures. Tour database with all shows since the early days.
U2: Musicfolio Album
Reviews - Discography, album reviews and ratings, with links to similar
80s alternative music artists.
All Music Guide: Achtung Baby - Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review: "Few
bands as far into their career as U2 have recorded an album as adventurous
or fulfilled their ambitions quite as successfully as they do on Achtung
Baby, and the result is arguably their best album." 5 out of 5 stars.
CMJ:
Achtung Baby - Steve Ciabattoni's review: "In a way it's the prettiest,
most polished disc U2 has recorded, but it's also the weirdest..."
Nude as the News:
Achtung Baby - Troy Carpenter's review: "The album slinks through
desolate cityscapes but pauses to look up at the stars and ponder
immortality. It reminds us that there is still beauty in the concrete
night."
Rolling Stone: Achtung Baby - Elysa Gardner's review: "U2 sets out to
experiment rather than pay homage. In doing so, the band is able to draw
confidently and consistently on its own native strengths."
All Music Guide: All That You Can't Leave Behind - Stephen Thomas
Erlewine's review: "a clever and craftsmanlike record, filled with nifty
twists in the arrangements, small sonic details and colors." 4 out of 5
stars.
Dotmusic: All That You Can't Leave Behind - Ben Gilbert's review:
"despite the almost universal hyperbole that has greeted 'All That You Can't
Leave Behind', this is no masterpiece." Rating: 6/10.
Edmonton Sun: All That You Can't Leave Behind - Mike Ross' review: "It's
clear from this album that U2 is still able to make music that means
something without succumbing to the excesses of superstardom."
Jam: All That You Can't Leave Behind - John Sakamoto's review: "All That
You Can't Leave Behind leaves behind an impression that even the group's
staunchest critics would not apply to any other U2 album: That this is the
sound of a band that has lost its nerve."
Music-Critic.com: All That You Can't Leave Behind - James Good's review:
"U2 seems to have rediscovered it's the songwriting that matters and with
this new release, the writing combined with various musical influences and
arrangements, makes an effort to reassure its core fan foundation they can
walk the fence and be the U2 of 10 years ago as well as the U2 of this
decade." Rating: 4/5.
NME.com: All That You
Can't Leave Behind - "Although this is clearly a record made by men
coming to terms with middle age, it refuses to feel tired." Rating: 7/10.
Nude as the News: All
That You Can't Leave Behind - Jonathan Cohen's review: "Arguably the
least interesting album U2 has ever released, All That You Can't Leave
Behind is simply too safe for its own good."
Pitchfork: All That You Can't Leave Behind - Brent DiCrescenzo's review:
"In searching so hard for their souls, U2 have hacked away their flesh and
skull, leaving a lobotomized approximation of glory." Rating: 5/10.
Playlouder.com:
All That You Can't Leave Behind - John Williamson's review: "U2 at both
their best and worst: as a piece of product, it is robust and dependable, on
an artistic level it is a snack rather than a meal."
Rolling Stone: All That You Can't Leave Behind - James Hunter's review:
"U2 distill two decades of music-making into the illusion of effortlessness
usually only possible from veterans. The album represents the most
uninterrupted collection of strong melodies U2 have ever mounted.." 4 out of
5 stars.
Stankygroove.com: All That You Can't Leave Behind - Alan Haworth's
review: "All That You Can't Leave Behind isn't the best collection of
music/words that they have ever released, but it is a welcome change from
the Pop tour."
Winnipeg Sun: All That You Can't Leave Behind - Darryl Sterdan's review:
"Natural, unforced, relaxed, organic, free-flowing, sincere and satisfying
-- All That You Can't Leave Behind is all that and more."
All Music Guide: Boy - Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review: "all of its
emotions are on the surface, delivered with optimistic, youthful
self-belief, yet the unusual, distinctive guitar textures give it an
unexpected tension that makes it an exhilarating debut." 4 out of 5 stars.
Awesome80s.com: Boy - Jerry McCulley's review: "Though not quite as
moody or musically accomplished as October, arguably the band's first
masterpiece, Boy still ranks as one of U2's best albums."
Prindle Record Reviews:
Boy - Mark Prindle's review: "This isn't radio-ready overproduced rock -
it's rough-around-the-edges art rock in the vein of early Public Image
Limited (with more emphasis on guitar) - a darned fine attempt to combine
the amateurish feel of punk with the emotional moodmaking of all those silly
types of music that aren't punk." Rating: 8/10.
Rolling Stone: Boy - Debra Rae Cohen's review: "U2 is talented, charming
and potentially (they're all still under twenty-one) exceptional. But as a
new Next Big Thing, they're only the next best thing to something really
new." 4 out of 5 stars.
Unsung Reviews: Boy - Le Samourai's review: "this amazing debut LP
stands moody and proud like the menacing, grey Irish thunder cloud it was
when it was first released in 1980."
All Music Guide:The Joshua Tree - Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review: "a
powerful, uncompromising record that became a hit due to its vision and its
melody." 5 out of 5 stars.
InternetEd: The Joshua Tree - "easily one of the best pop/rock albums of
its time and it still sounds modern today, though it was recorded back in
1987."
Rolling Stone: The Joshua Tree - Steve Pond's review: "The Joshua Tree
has the power and allure to seduce and capture a mass audience on its own
terms." 5 out of 5 stars.
Stankygroove.com: The Joshua Tree - Alan Haworth's review: "it coalesced
the ideas that had come to be during the former part of the decade, but
still had room to grow and look to the future, politically, socially, and
most importantly, musically."
All Music Guide: October - Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review: "The record
isn't weaker than its predecessor because it repeats the formula of Boy,
it's because the band tries too hard to move forward." 3 out of 5 stars.
Prindle Record
Reviews: October - Mark Prindle's review: "In short, not a bad album at
all. But not up to the standards of early U2, if you ask me." Rating: 7/10.
Rolling Stone: October - Jon Pareles' review: "U2 are obviously
attempting to vary their sound, but none of the strategies works as well yet
as their basic power-trio dynamics." 3 out of 5 stars.
All Music Guide: Pop - Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review: "an easy record
to admire, but a hard one to love." 2.5 out of 5 stars.
Jam: Pop - John
Sakamoto's review: "Far from an exercise in daring self-indulgence, Pop is
too often guilty of a much more serious offence: not going far enough."
Nude as the News: Pop
- Tyson Wheatley's review: "while Pop is not necessarily a trailblazer, the
group has once again left the mainstream far behind."
The
Onion A.V. Club: Pop - Stephen Thompson's review: "despite all the
anticipation, and despite all of Pop's fussy idiosynchracies, the album
itself shouldn't disappoint anyone who isn't expecting a full-blown music
revolution."
Rolling Stone: Pop - "Pop is simply an album of great pop." 4 out of 5
stars.
Salon.com: Pop - Charles Taylor's review: "U2 moves like kings of the
dance floor throwing down flashy moves and a challenge: Open your ears or
get left in the dust."
All Music Guide: Rattle and Hum - Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review: "by
far the least-focused record U2 ever made, and it's little wonder that they
retreated for three years after its release to rethink their whole
approach." 3 out of 5 stars.
Rolling Stone: Rattle And Hum - Anthony DeCurtis' review: "The album
ably demonstrates U2's force but devotes too little attention to the band's
vision." 4 out of 5 stars.
All Music Guide: Under a Blood Red Sky - Stephen Thomas Erlewine's
review: "these live versions, while less textured, are considerably tougher
than their studio counterparts and illustrate quite effectively why U2 were
considered one of the best, most exhilarating live bands of the '80s." 3 out
of 5 stars.
Rolling Stone: Under A Blood Red Sky - Christopher Connelly's review:
"this eight-song minialbum, culled from their last tour, gives ample
evidence why people have been calling U2 the best live band of 1983." 4 out
of 5 stars.
All Music Guide:The Unforgettable Fire - Stephen Thomas Erlewine's
review: "the band both flourishes and flounders, creating some of their
greatest music, as well as some of their worst." 4 out of 5 stars.
Rolling Stone: The Unforgettable Fire - Kurt Loder's review: "seems to
drone on and on, an endless flurry of chinkety guitar scratchings,
state-of-the-art sound processing and the most mundane sort of lyrical
imagery (barbed wire is a big concept)." 3 out of 5 stars.
All Music Guide: War - Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review: "U2 always
aimed at greatness, but War was the first time they achieved it." 5 out of 5
stars.
Prindle Record Reviews:
War - Mark Prindle's review: "a really good early-'80s album that
finally let the world in on the fact that U2 were a force to be reckoned
with." Rating: 8/10.
Rolling Stone: War - J.D. Considine's review: "War makes for impressive
listening, but more important, it deals with a difficult subject in a
sensible way." 4 out of 5 stars.
All Music Guide: Wide Awake in America - Stephen Thomas Erlewine's
review: "the record may be aimed at the hardcore collector, but most U2 fans
will find it necessary.." 2 out of 5 stars.
Rolling Stone: Wide Awake In America - James Henke's review: "Wide Awake
in America is more a curio that will be of interest primarily to die-hard
fans."
All Music Guide: Zooropa - Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review: "the best
moments of Zooropa rank among U2's most inspired and rewarding music." 4 out
of 5 stars.
Rolling Stone: Zooropa - Rolling Stone's review: " They've found what
they weren't looking for and are trying to learn how to live with it." 4 out
of 5 stars.
All U2 - U2 fansite
with bootleg trading, pictures, mpeg video downloads, wallpaper, and guitar
tabs.
Andrew's U2 page -
U2 live MP3s, rare pictures, concert trading, cover archive, and selected
links.
Asmus U2 bootleg trade page
- European site that offers U2 (and other) bootleg trading on CD, audio
cassette, and PAL video.
The Big
Idea - U2 bootleg trading site from the Netherlands. Trades audio and
video (including NTSC format video). Collection spans from Joshua Tree to
present.
fan homepage - U2
fansite includes: Elevation concert photos, bootleg trading, and U2 links
page.
Flare's U2
Collection - A discography and chronology of collected U2 releases
featuring cover art, chart positions and rare MP3 files.
Heartland - U2
fansite with audio and video bootleg trading including vcd conversions,
hundreds of pictures, news and events calendar, Elevation tour setlist
archives, original U2 wallpapers, multimedia downloads, fan forum, chat
area, Bono quotes, and the largest U2 puzzle collection on the net.
The Ultimate U2 Bootlegs Collection
- The Ultimate U2 Bootlegs Collection: more than 300 U2 bootlegs to share.
Extensive collection spans U2's past 20+ years of live shows.
Will Draw for U2 Stuff
- Trade in anything U2 related for a portrait of anyone, from U2 members to
your family members.
Tribute Bands
Elevation - U2 tribute band
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Show dates, sound clips, photos, and member
profiles.
Elevation USA - St. Louis,
Missouri band. Show dates, song list, history, message board and links.
Exit - Fansite for Los Angeles'
female U2 tribute band. Features the gigs, gatherings and more of the
close-knit community of Los Angeles area U2 fans.
The Joshua Tree -
Massachusetts band. Show dates, biography and setlist.
Wide Awake in
America - Connecticut tribute band. Show dates, setlist, photos and
MP3s.
ZOO TV - Tribute band from
Hamburg, Germany. Site is translated in both English and German. Booking
info, play dates, merchandise sales, search function available.
ZOOSTATION - San
Francisco's U2 cover band with sites, sounds and schedule of gigs.
ZU2 - Tribute band based in
the UK. Gig list, pictures, and equipment listing.
