2021 saw Achtung Baby reach its 30th anniversary. Thirty years on it still sounds uniquely fresh. In this U2start ‘Original’, 12 essays from forum members dissect the 12 tracks of Achtung Baby, breaking down their origins, interpretation of lyrics and personal attachment to some of the band's greatest ever songs. Enjoy.

Ask any U2 fan to name U2's most iconic live songs and chances are that Bad will feature heavily. I went back through time and listened to nearly every live performance of Bad to try and understand how this song became so special. Along the way I kept a list of the best performances, speeches, snippets, collaborations and much more. This article is my journey in writing. Join me for the ride.

U2's Experience and Innocence show had a story to tell and was made with a story in mind. The band wanted to tell us something. But what is this story, what is this narrative that fans have been talking about all year? In this article we unravel the narrative, the songs and the stories. Join us as we attempt to breakdown the Innocence from the Experience.

The successor to Songs Of Innocence brings us 13 songs about Experience. Where Innocence brought us back to the young U2, Experience brings us a different U2 with a Bono that tries to leave something behind. Each of the Songs Of Experience has its own story, musically and lyrically. In this article we unravel some of those stories.

In this series we look back in time to highlight U2's biggest setlist surprises in liveshows and elaborate on their significance and fans responses. In this installment we go back to 27 July 2015 to the tour debut of Two Hearts Beat As One.

To celebrate U2's 40th anniversary we chose 40 special moments, one for each of the 40 years of the band's career. Through videos, photos and recordings, you will understand how these events were important for the band and how they contributed to U2 becoming what we know the band for today.

In this series we go back to recent times to highlight U2's biggest surprises in liveshows and elaborate on their significance and fans' responses. In this part we travel back to 2 July 2009, to the live debut of Electrical Storm, a song no one expected to hear and retired already only 2 performances later.

A personal journey about following a band one month of their life. About being a U2 fan, meeting friends, amazing show experiences while spreading the word about a U2 community.

A story about Spanish poet Jesús Lizano, about the epilogue of the story of the encore of U2's Innocence and Experience tour. Because the ending of the show screams innocence, not experience as one was supposed to assume. The final part of the show leads us to believe that the band is set to conquer innocence back.

Our taper's guide series continues with the final part, which is about applying your learnings from part 1 and 2 into practice and get in, record and share your recording with the community.

Our taper's guide series continues with part 2, which is about microphones. U2 records great music but we wouldn't be able to listen to it if they didn't use microphones. The microphones are the most important link of the whole recording chain in order to achieve a great sounding bootleg. In this article we'll give you all the essentials.

Through this series of articles, we will try to show the basic aspects of concert taping so anyone can jump on the train and start taping with little or no previous knowledge. In this first part we dive into the topic of the recorder, which is the obvious first thing you need to get your hands on to tape a show.

An observation of how music shapes our memories and how one band in particular unites us all.

Each of the eleven songs has its own story, musically and lyrically. In this article we will try to unravel some of those stories. Stories that trace back many years, stories about how musically bright songs can have very dark themes.