25/09/1976 Larry’s Kitchen, Artane, Dublin
During 1977 U2 started playing to live audiences using their name they were known as at the time, (Feedback), and later, The Hype. These were mainly concerts in church halls, schools etc in the Sutton, Howth area of Dublin. Their first major gigs in the city centre of Dublin would not take place until February 1978 supporting The Vipers at McGonagle’s.
25/09/1976 Larry’s Kitchen, Artane, Dublin
The Edge
“It wasn’t a particularly auspicious beginning. There was a lot of talk, a lot of people playing songs, they knew very badly trying to impress one another, trying to impress one another, trying to figure out if we had similar musical tastes. I remember thinking that I liked everybody, which was the most important thing; a sense that actually these are cool people”. Taken from the Times Magazine
Larry Mullan Jr
“It was my father who suggested I put a notice up on the school board for fellow musicians. We didn’t always see eye to eye but through it all he was still watching my back. He was figuring, “OK, the kid wants to play drums, how do I help him survive and navigate this because he’s never going to be a brain surgeon”. So I put the now legendary notice up. I think the wording went something like: “Drummer seeks musicians to form band.” I just thought of it as a bit of fun. After the notice went up, people asked if I knew, “Yer man Paul Hewson, he plays guitar.” I said I didn’t, but it turned out everybody knew who he was, so it didn’t take long for me to discover who I was going to have to deal with. I knew of Edge and Adam, so on Saturday September 25 1976, this group of people convened in my kitchen in Artane. Taken from the Times Magazine