How Did The United's Journey To Become Revolutionary

The Band That Never Died From the very start of the irish band, U2 was destined to be revolutionary. U2 was different from most bands because they didn’t give into the sex, drugs, and alcohol trends that were prominent in the 1980’s rock decade. Instead, U2 revolutionized the world and Rock N’ Roll genre through major societal impacts such as their music, live aid events, and political influence. After U2’s first two albums reached number one on the charts, they were able to control what they put out into the public versus what record labels advised them to do. U2 is influential among their fans because U2 had “respect to their elders, . . . communication and respect between the band and its audience, and [used] live performance as the anchorage point for communication” (Cogan). As the band grew more popular, hundreds of thousands of people flocked to their shows to see their revolutionary style. Audiences were drawn to the band because they were unlike anyone else. U2 was not afraid to express their own style and they didn't conform to society.

An example comes from their hit song, Sunday Bloody Sunday, which is about the tragic Bloody Sunday incident that took place in Northern Ireland. The lead singer, Bono, is also a major activist in humanitarian politics. Bono with the help of Bob Geldof, Bill Gates, and George Soros, “set up Debt Aids Trade Africa, a non-profit-making organization which argues in favor of more aid for the development of Africa and the development of commerce on the black continent” (Cogan). Bono, the spokesperson for the organization, was and still is today, a major activist in the fight against aids. He not only has been heavily involved in Debt Aids Trade Africa, but also many other humanitarian organizations to help fight aids and many more causes. With Bono’s fan base from U2, he has been able to bring awareness to the world in the fight against