U2 SIGNED LP "THE JOSHUA TREE"

The song, written by U2, was first released on U2's 1987 album, The Joshua Tree. It reached No. 2 on the British charts in 1987 and 1990. In 1976, Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums) posted a notice on his high school bulletin board in Dublin, Ireland, asking for fellow musicians to form a band. Bono (Paul Hewson; vocals, guitar), the Edge (David Evans; guitar, keyboards, vocal), Adam Clayton (bass) and Dick Evans responded to the ad, and the group formed as a Beatles and Rolling Stones cover band called the Feedback, before changing their name to the Hype in 1977.