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Topic started 7 years ago by WojBhoy in A Different Kind Of Music. Since then 14 posts have been made by 6 users.

blueeyedboy

7 years

Originally posted by il_famo:First band I was huge fan of. This was the first 12" I ever owned, still loving it.

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eviltwin

7 years

I've been a fan of Big Country since seeing The Teacher on some music television show on Holiday in Sweden, ca 1986.

in case people didn't realize this, Stuart Adamson, prior to starting Big Country was in the Skids and at age 19 co-wrote ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saints_Are_Coming

(one of a few Stuart Adamson songs the Edge wished U2 had written, as WojBhoy mentioned)

what they said

"I put the now-legendary notice up. I think the wording was something like 'Drummer seeks musicians to form band'. I just thought of it as a group of people coming together to have a bit of fun, it was never anything else." - Larry Mullen jr.

did you know

U2 made their first appearance on US television on Tomorrow hosted by Tom Snyder. It aired on June 4, 1981, and the band performed "I Will Follow" and "Twilight", followed by an interview.

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