Subject: alt.music.u2 FAQ, Part 1/4
Supersedes: <music/U2-faq/part1_826083322@rtfm.mit.edu>
Date: 21 Mar 1996 14:38:40 GMT
X-Last-Updated: 1995/10/23

Alt-fan-U2-archive-name: fan/U2-faq/part1

                                                               U2 FAQ version 1.1
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                                                              Posted: September 30, 1995
Maintained by Maryann Stump  jbrp58a@prodigy.com or
stumpm@gunet.georgetown.edu
Originated by Sergio Lucero  slucero@cipres.cec.uchile.cl
 
(New questions/answers are marked with a %, Incomplete questions are
marked with a #)
CONTENTS
0. General information on this FAQ list
   0.1  What has changed since last time?
% 0.2  Where can I find the latest version of this list?

1. U2 and The Internet 
   1.1  How do I subscribe to the Wire mailling-list?
   1.2  Where can I find U2-related files via ftp?
   1.3  Are there any U2-related newsgroups?
   1.4 Are there any U2 WWW sites?
%1.5 What about the online services?
%1.6  Is there a U2 channel on IRC?

2. Stories for Boys
  2.1 The early years
   2.1.1  Who started U2 and when? How did they get those wacky
nicknames?
   2.1.2  Where does the name U2 come from?
   2.1.3  Which band members were/are in U2?
   2.1.4  Who's the boy on the cover of "Boy" and "War"?
   2.1.5  Wait, I don't see a boy on the "Boy" cover!!
   2.1.6  What is said at the end of "Another Time, Another Place"?
   2.1.7  What is the meaning behind the title "An Cat Dubh"?
   2.1.8  Who is Gavin Friday?

2.2 October to The Unforgettable Fire
   2.2.1  Where is the castle on the cover of "The Unforgettable Fire"?
   2.2.2  Where did the idea for "The Unforgettable Fire" come from?
   2.2.3  Tell me all about the song "Pride (in the name of love)"
 
2.3 Rock's Hottest Ticket - The Joshua Tree and Rattle & Hum
   2.3.1  Is The Joshua Tree the biggest U2 album ever?
   2.3.2  What's the story behind "Where the Streets have no name"?
   2.3.3  Who are Greg Carrol and Jara in "One Tree Hill"?
   2.3.4  Tell me about the Negativland incident
   2.3.5  In the Song Angel of Harlem, what is "BLS"?
   2.3.6  What is The Joshua Trio?
% 2.3.7  Why haven't I seen the video for Red Hill Mining Town?
% 2.3.8  Who dies at the end of the All I Want is You video?
% 2.3.9  Was JT originally a double album?
% 2.3.10 What does Hawkmoon 269 mean?

2.4 Awards
  2.4.1 Grammys
  2.4.2 Brit Awards
  2.4.3 MTV Awards
  2.4.4 Rolling Stone
  2.4.5 Other
 This section is under construction. 

3. ZooTV - Achtung Baby and Zooropa
   3.1 What characters does Bono use in shows?
   3.1.1 Who's in the picture on MacPhisto's dressing table in the Sydney
video?
   3.2 What is Automatic Baby? Will there be an album?
   3.3 Who is Wim Wenders?
   3.4 Who is Charles Bukowski?
   3.5 Who is William Gibson, and what is Neuromancer?
   3.6 What's all this fuss about the 'Lemon' video?
%  3.7 What does Vosprung Durch Technik mean in Zooropa?

4. Discography
   4.1  What studio albums have been released?
#  4.2  Solo projects/collaborations.
#  4.3  Soundtracks

5. Books, videos, bootlegs
# 5.1  What books are there on U2?
   5.2  What videos are there?
    5.2.1  Full-Length videos
#  5.2.2  Single-Song videos  
   5.3  What's a bootleg?
   5.3.1  Where can I buy bootlegs?

6. Fanclubs, Fanzines, and Propaganda
#   6.1  Addresses of U2 fanclubs
%   6.2  What are fanzines? What fanzines are available?

7. Gossip
  7.1 Marital status
   7.1.1 Any children?
   7.1.2 Any pets?
  7.2 How tall is Bono anyway?
  7.3 I heard that Bono is god. 
  7.3.1 I heard that Bono will be playing god in a movie.
  7.4 Injured in the cause.
% 7.5 Is Edge on the Internet? aka, Does Edge read this newsgroup?
  7.9 Bottom feeding
   7.9.1 Until Further Notice, All of the Following is FALSE
   7.9.2 However, oddly enough . . . . 
   7.9.3 What's the deal with Bono's guesthouse?
     This Section is undergoing construction. Please be patient. 

#8. What if I played it backwards? [Hidden messages, etc]
%   8.1 Seconds
 Also under construction

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   0. General information on this FAQ list
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[MJS] The U2 FAQ was started by Sergio Lucero
(slucero@cipres.cec.uchile.cl), his last edition of the FAQ (version 0.8)
was posted last year.  Much of the work you see here was done by
Sergio, if something isn't credited, chances are Sergio wrote it. 
Unfortunately, real life appears to have interfered with Sergio's duties as
FAQ maintainer and I have attempted to fill his shoes. I have tried to
keep this document as faithful as possible to Sergio's original format and
intent.  Wherever you are, Sergio, you're a saint. 
 If you want to make an edition to the FAQ, e-mail me and I'll be happy
to include it.  

DISCLAIMER
[SL] The facts mentioned in this FAQ are unofficial. Do not bet your
house on whatever you find here. Hopefully, with time these facts will
all be verified and we might just be able to include a 100% truth
certificate. This information is provided 'as is' for public use and
enjoyment. Please address all corrections to the maintainer of the list and
not to Wire or the newsgroups, as the maintainer has no time to check
them all. 
All answers appear credited, and attributed to their original poster when
it is possible. If an answer does not have a [XY] credit (see the credits at
the end), then I wrote the answer. 
Common acronyms
     FYI        = For Your Information
     IMHO    = In My Humble/Honest Opinion
      U2         = Irish Band formed by four marvelous musicians 
    AB,R&H,UF,JT  = Abbreviations for the names of some albums
(work'em out!)
     RTFF   = Read The Friendly FAQ

On Wire, albums and songs are sometimes abbreviated. Some examples
are:
 AB=Achtung Baby    EBTTRT=Even Better Than The Real Thing 

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   0.1  What has changed since last time?
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[MJS] The WWW section is the in the middle of a major overhaul. The
rest is pretty much the same. The big news is: this is now the OFFICIAL
FAQ of alt.fan.U2 and alt.music.U2  Can the Nobel Prize be far from my
grasp?  New questions are denoted by a % in the table of contents.
Again, thanks to all who've helped.
 Special thanks to:
 Barbra "Therapist" Benes  shwf47a@prodigy.com
 Patty "Party Girl" Culliton  acmy82a@prodigy.com
 Caroline "Don't call me a goddess" van Oosten de Boer   
vonb@knoware.nl
 Matt "Database" Mc  Pleeker@aol.com

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   0.2  Where can I find the latest version of this list?
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 This should be stored at the UKY ftp site mentioned below, at the 
rtfm.mit.edu "official FAQ ftp site, and posted on alt.fan.U2,
alt.music.U2, alt.news.answers and news.answers newsgroups around
the 12th of each month.  In addition, the FAQ may be retrieved via email
from rtfm.mit's e-mail server.  

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   1. U2 and the Internet
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 This section deals with the Wire mailing list, various ways to obtain U2
info in USENET, IRC, commercial online services FTP and WWW sites.

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   1.1  What is the Wire mailing-list? How do I subscribe, etc?
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[JA] Hello.  I am Joel Abbott (abbott@ms.uky.edu), and I maintain
u2-list (or Wire as the subscribers have nicknamed it).  As of May 1,
1995, u2-list had 1350 subscribers.  On 1/20/94, wire moved from
math.jmu.edu to ms.uky.edu.  I am the third administrator of the U2
mailing list.  The founder was Rob Bakie
(slinkie@milton.u.washington.edu), and the second was Thomas Jordan
(tjordan@math.jmu.edu).  The list lives on!
  There are no moderators on this list, so everything you send to: 
u2-list@ms.uky.edu
goes directly to everyone in the alias file.  The administrative address for
u2-list is:
 u2-list-request@ms.uky.edu   Please use this address for administrative
messages (removal from list, change of address, etc.,), and NOT the
regular list, as the rest of the list recipients probably aren't interested in
your request to be removed/changed, etc!  DO NOT SEND THESE
REQUESTS TO THE POSTINGS ADDRESS!  This is one of the worst
things a person can do.  Please don't do it.
 The second worst thing you can do is to include the entire digest inside
of your mail message when you are posting.  If you are going to include
something, only include what is relevant to your posting. Including the
whole digest not only increases the size of the next digest two-fold, but it
is very annoying.  DO NOT DO THIS EITHER.
  Wire stuff is being archived at:      
ftp://ftp.ms.uky.edu/pub/mailing.lists/u2-list/
Everything that Thomas Jordan put together, things that have been
contributed by members of wire, and the things I have found are all
located here. This includes samples, pictures, past postings, etc. 
Anonymous ftp is the only way to get these items. Please do not ask me
to mail them. If you want to donate something to the archive, put it in 
ftp://ftp.ms.uky.edu/incoming/
but please send me mail and let me know that you have done so.  Be sure
to include the name of the file/files you have uploaded.  Doing this will
make sure I get to it before the directory gets cleaned out.  I don't scan
/incoming regularly.
 Please, keep in mind that this list is what you make of it.  There is no
charge for this list, and it is worth that much.  :)  The content is entirely
based on you, the subscriber and poster.

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   1.2  Where can I find U2-related files via ftp?  What files are available?
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[MJS]     There are several FTP sites with pictures, sound files, lyrics,
and tabs.  A complete listing of all files at each site is in Appendix A.

     ftp.ms.uky.edu   pub/u2
     This is the proverbial big one.  In the /text directory there are lyrics,
reviews, transcripts of Bono's Bob Marley speech, their Grammy
acceptance speeches, and archives of WIRE.  In /pictures there are over
50 files in GIF, TIFF, JPEG, and RGB formats.  The /sound directory
has samples in WAV and AU formats and a MOD version of WOWY.
     
     cs.uwp.edu   /pub/music/artists/u/u2
Mirror Sites:
     www.wit.com  /music/u/u2 
     This is the mother lode of music files, there are directories for any
band you can think of here.  The main site is extremely overloaded, so
use one of the mirror sites for downloading. Only use the UWP site for
uploading. There is a rumor that UWP is considering shutting this site
down because of the volume of FTP so don't abuse it. [Rant over] 
     This site has the usual stuff pictures - GIF, TIFF, JPEG, and BMP
formats - and lyrics.  There is one sound file, bonobye.wav, which
features Bono saying goodnight to a stadium of screaming fans.  It makes
the perfect Windows signoff file.

     chaos.pc.cc.cmu.edu  /pub/u2
     This is the ftp server for Michael Sherman's U2 WWW page.  Pictures
in JPEG format, many from the PPV special.

     ftp.luth.se
     What cs.uwp.edu is to pictures, this site is to sound files.  Every
major artist has a directory.  The U2 directory has files in the AU format

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   1.3  Are there any U2-related newsgroups?
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    There are two: alt.fan.u2 [founded originally for discussion of the
ZooTV tour] and alt.music.u2  

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  1.4 Are there any U2-related WWW sites?
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[MJS] Tons.  In the name of sanity, I've tried to group these pages into
categories.  I've included a list of those sites which I know to be up and
running as of the date of this FAQ.  IIf you have a U2 page and it isn't
listed here, e-mail me and I'll include it in the next version.  (All of the
descriptions below were written by me unless otherwise noted, so the
sins of omission are mine.) For the most up-to-date information, consult
the Guide to U2 Related Information on the Internet, an excellent
resource posted monthly on the U2 newsgroups.

U2 PAGES
Andrew Lockhart's U2 Archive
http://lockhart.pdial.interpath.net/WWW/Pages/U2.htm
Author: Andrew Lockhart  e-mail: THEfly@lockhart.pdial.interpath.net

Backstage - Italian U2 Fan Club
http://www.tread.it/backstag/backstag.htm

Bryan's U2 Quiz
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~bryanb/
Author:  Bryan Buchanan  e-mail: bryanb@christa.unh.edu

Chez Skippy's U2 Page
http://esquilino.enserb.u-bordeaux.fr:8001/~rousseau
It's baa-ack.  This page will lead you to the Skippy's U2 Page, it is in
French but even lingually disadvantaged Americans such as myself
should have no trouble navigating it. Unfortunately, the page only seems
to work on Netscape's Web Browser. If you have access to Netscape,
then check out Skippy's great collection of U2 postcards from the
JT/R&H era.

Chris's U2 page - U2@ODDS
http://freenet3.scri.fsu.edu:81/users/schmittc/u2@odds.html
Author: Christoper Schmitt    e-mail: schmitt@freenet.scri.fsu.edu 
Featuring the Guide to U2 Related Information on the Internet, U2 Icons
for Windows, and the Edge's interview with Mondo 2000

Edge's U2 Page
http://www2.ecst.csuchico.edu/~edge/u2.html
Author: James E. Gass  e-mail: edge@ecst.csuchico.edu
[JG] The First U2 Home Page.  I am  pretty sure mine was the first. 
Because last year when I was first  exploring WWW I couldn't find
anything.  So I thought to myself, well why don't I make a page.  So I
just started working on it, and well here I am.  

Edmond's U2 Home Page
http://modem.circus.cse.unsw.edu.au/~s2154869/u2.html
Author: Edmond Gock  e-mail: s2154869@cse.unsw.edu.au
A discography, a BP Fallon interview with U2, and U2 utilities

Guess the U2 Lyric of the Week
http://www.crl.com/~stheo
Author: Steve Theodorou  e-mail: stheo@crl.com
[ST] U2 Guess the Lyric of the Week has something new and revealing in
every week's lyric. Since the lyrics and questions are picked by you the
fan. The lyrics are made fresh each  week and the questions as close to
impossible.
[MJS] Not only a weekly contest, the site contains sound files and links
to other sites.

The International (Uncertified) Crazy U2 Fan Club
http://http3.brunel.ac.uk:10000/wit/Topic1037
Founder Noel Wynder e-mail: ae56@solopipex.com

Jayson Kastens' U2 Page
http://zooropa.yavapai.arizona.edu/~jkastens/u2.html
Author: Jayson Kastens email: jkastens@zooropa.yavapai.arizona.edu
"FAQ, Discography, Salome Liner Notes, Boot Discography available, as
well as pictures of Melon and other rare CDs," and pictures from the
1995 U2 Calendar.

JINX's U2 page....
http://www.iaehv.nl/users/jinx/u2/u2.htm
e-mail: Jinx@IAEhv.nl
Hmm, another great U2 page from the Netherlands . . . 

Joe Foley's U2 Pages
http://sfbox.vt.edu:10021/J/jfoley/u2/u2.html
Author: Joe Foley e-mail: jfoley@vt.edu
Features links to several other U2 pages, the usenet, and Wire. Also
contains info about Neuromancer author and occasional U2 interviewer,
William Gibson.

Mania Mansion - Home of U2 Collectormania Magazine
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pj/index.html
Author: Caroline van Oosten de Boer, associate editor;  e-mail:
vonb@knoware.nl
Under construction, currently features links to several U2 sites, sound
files, pictures, and will eventually include back issues of Collectormania.

Michael Sherman's U2 Page
http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr18/mset/www/U2.h
tml
Author Michael Sherman e-mail: mset@andrew.cmu.edu
Something for everyone, pictures, lyrics, text, and links to other sites.

Mikko Halme's U2 Page
http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/mhalme/testien.html
Author: Mikko Halme e-mail: Mikko.Halme@mhalme.pp.fi

Mirrorbal's U2 Page
http://www.universal.nl/users/mirrorbal/u2.htm
Author: Hans Westerbeek   e-mail: hw@universal.nl

Neil's U2 Juke Box
http://www.med.virginia.edu/~njz7p/.
Author: Neil Jason Zemmel  e-mail:  njz7p@galen.med.virginia.edu

NYnet's U2 Stuff
http://savvy.com/~nynet/u2ticket.html
e-mail: nynet@savvy.com
This is one way to immortalize your concert memories.

Pat's U2 samples
http://www.icon-stl.net/~pat/u2/
Author:  Pat Niemeyer  e-mail:  pat@icon-stl.net

Paul's U2 Page
http://hcslx1.essex.ac.uk/~pdyson/u2.html
Author: Paul Dyson  e-mail: pdyson@essex.ac.uk
This site has 60 second sound samples from Melon and pictures of the
band from the author's personal collection.

Pete Juvinall's World of Fun: Recording Studio - U2
http://rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu/~psjuvina/
Author: Peter Juvinall  e-mail: psjuvina@ilstu.edu
Sound files of Dirty Day and Pride and Mac Quicktime movies of U2
singing WOWY. 

Principle Management
http://www.numb.ie/
e-mail:  rab@numb.ie
It's the Official U2 Page! And it's nearly blank . . . 

Synergis U2 Page
http://www.singnet.com.sg/~edmonds/u2.html
Author: Dale Emily Edmonds  e-mail: edmonds@singnet.com.sg
"A site with plenty of links to U2 information on the web, onsite U2
information, and tangents such as the music industry, alternative music,
pop culture, art, mass appeal are linked to here.

tHE u2 dIRECTORY by EdGE
http://argos.uniandes.edu.co/~l-arcini/u2.html
Author: Fabio -EdGE- Arciniegas  l-arcini@argos.uniandes.edu.co
More links than you can shake a stick at, although why you'd want to . .
. 

U2 on WWW
http://www-users.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~kaldow/u2.html
Author Ralf Kaldowski  e-mail: kaldow@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
[RK] It's just a lot off U2-Stuff. To my mind what's special is that you
can see nearly all lyrics, and that you can see GIFs of Concert-Tickets.

UV's #U2 Web Page!!!
http://www.mindspring.com/~ggough/u2irc.html
Author: Josh Gough  e-mail:ggough@mindspring.com
THE source for information about U2 on the IRC, #U2 Games
descritions, IRC Visitor Profiles, and a Fan Art Gallery.

WendellGs U2 Page!!!
http://www.valleynet.com/~harton/index1.html

WIRE Home Page
http://www.ms.uky.edu/
Author: Joel Abbott  e-mail: abbott@ms.uky.edu
Access the WIRE archives and ftp site via your favorite web browser.

The Zooropean - U2 Magazine
http://www.luna.nl/~u2zoorop/home.htm
Author: Marco de Graaf  e-mail: u2zoorop@luna.nl
A U2 fanzine that covers it all. [It's official, Holland is THE center of U2
fandom.]

U2 LINKS PAGES

4 U,  Links 2 U2
http://www.stud.mdh.se/~dat93gts/u2.htm
Author:  Goran Thorselius  e-mail: dat93gts@idt.mdh.se

Angel of the Web
http://www.lehigh.edu/~swb2/u2.html
Author:  Swarup Bandyopadhyay  e-mail:  swb2@Lehigh.EDU 

Dustin's U2 Links
http://198.64.53.1/~dustin/u2links.html
Author: Dustin Hall e-mail: dustin@blkbox.com
Links, some text files and a nifty picture.

Einet's U2 Index
http://galaxy.einet.net/editors/douglas-bell/rock/utoo.html

Hawkmoon's U2 Page
http://www.ccil.org/~conan/u2.html
Author: Joe Cohen  e-mail: conan@lock.ccil.org
[HJC] A variety of information and links to sites with information about
many different forms of music, featuring a large collection of U2 related
sites, information, and  just overall *stuff*.

Jay's U2 Page.
http://www.fy.net/~aj03/u2/u2.html
Author:  Andrew Onifer  e-mail: aj03@fyi.net

Me, a fanatic? - U2 WWW Sites
http://www.sgi.net/marbles/zeno/u2.html
Author: Sara Zeno

Nikko's U2 Links Page
http://www2.e.kth.se/~e94_nha/Public/www/u2.html
Author: Henrik Lundin  e-mail: hlu_92@rbk.sollentuna.se

The Running U2 Archive
http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d4jonas/U2/u2.html

U2 Jump Page
http://wwwcsc.cornell-iowa.edu/~jcragun/u2jump.html
Author Josh Cragun e-mail:  jcragun@csc.cornell-iowa.edu
Provides links to several U2 pages.

U2 Links
http://acm.vt.edu/~rnbrown/files/u2.html
Author:  RNBrown  e-mail:  theo@vt.edu

U2 Links Page
http://minyos.xx.rmit.edu.au/~t9453044/u2.html
Author: Luke Hanley  e-mail: .t9453044@minyos.xx.rmit.edu.au

Web of Wonder
http://www.digimark.net/wow/entertai/music/groups/u2/index.html.

Yahoo - Entertainment:Music:Artists:U2.
http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Artists/U2/
U2 LYRICS AND TAB PAGES

Cian's U2 Lyrics (Ver 1.2.0).
http://www2.tcd.ie/~cokirsey/U2.lyrics.html
Author:  Cian O'Kiersey  e-mail:  cokirsey@alf2.tcd.ie

The Finnish U2 Page
http://www.math.jyu.fi/~tuanta/u2.html
More U2 lyrics.

Grendel's Lyric Archive - U2 Lyrics
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~avernon/lyrics/u2.html
Author: A. Vernon  E-mail: avernon@eniac.seas.upenn.edu

Jonny Black's  U2 Homepage - Lyrics
http://www.mcs.dundee.ac.uk:8080/~jblack/u2.html
Author: Jonny Black  e-mail:  jblack@mcs.dundee.ac.uk
U2 lyrics from albums and the hard-to-find b-sides.

Sergio Lucero's U2 Tabs
http://www.dim.uchile.cl/~slucero/albums/Albums.html
Author Sergio Lucero  e-mail: slucero@dim.uchile.cl
He founded the U2 FAQ, the least you can do is visit his tab page and
check out his bootleg list. 

U2 Lyrics Page
http://metro.turnpike.net/~macintsh/U2/index.html
Author: John Siracusa    e-mail: macintsh@bu.edu
"The official home of The U2 Lyrics Archive, the most comprehensive
and accurate collection of U2 lyrics anywhere on the Internet!"

U2 Tab Page
http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~mooneykj/u2.html
Author: Kenneth Mooney  e-mail: mooneykj@dcs.gla.ac.uk
Under construction, will contain a complete transcription of U2 songs
with tabs and chords.  Also features "Out of Control", J. Gareth
Williams' list of U2 bootlegs.

U2 DISCOGRAPHIES

Roger's U2 Single Discography 
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~roger/u2_disk.html
Author: Roger   E-mail: roger@ifi.uio.no

WWW Music Database - U2 Discography
http://www.cs.uit.no/Music/View/u2
Author: Espen Skoglund  E-mail: espensk@stud.cs.uit.no 

SOME U2 CONTENT

Batman Forever Homepage
http://batmanforever.com/
A sample of HMTMKMKM, a thumbnail movie of the video in MOV
and AVI formats, and a biography. 

Bennett's Homepage.
http://www.st.nepean.uws.edu.au/users/boprysa/
Author: Bennett Oprysa  e-mail: boprysa@st.nepean.uws.edu.au
A photo of Bono with Pavarotti.  Anyone care to explain why Bono
wants to look like a cross between Michael Stipes and a castmember of
Newsies?

FUN Page - Sounds
http://www.fct.unl.pt/Fun/fun.html
Contains three U2 sound files, Gloria - live version, In the Name of the
Father, and I Will Follow.  

History of Rock 'n' Roll
http://www.hollywood.com/rocknroll/index.html
Has an interview, picture and sound file of Bono from the recent tv
special.

Marvin Gaye Track Listing - Inner City Blues
http://www.polygram.com/polygram/inrb/various_gaye_mA.html
A sound file of Bono's contribution and an AVI interview.

OUT LOUD: U2
http://www.hidwater.com/OUTLOUD/u2.html
All about U2's contribution to the OUT LOUD album, including a sound
sample.

Steve Rapport's Virtual Portfolio
http://sashimi.wwa.com/hammers/pictures/bono.htm
Want a picture of Bono circa December 1983? Here it is.

Sumit's Web Page
http://access.net99.net/~sshah
Author: Sumit Shah  e-mail: sshah@net99.net 
Contains a few sound files, more sound files and pictures coming soon.

Tulane's U2 Sound Files 
http://unicycle.cs.tulane.edu/audio/U2/

U2 Midi Files -The Owl
http://info.pitt.edu/~bdnst2/

MAINLY TEXT U2 SITES

Alarms' '83 Tour w/U2
http://www.demon.co.uk/alarmpo/alarm83.html

BDD: Previous Releases - U2 At the End of the World
http://www.bdd.com/newrl/bddnewrl.cgi?w=06-01-95&m=bddprevu&p
=bddnrp-u2ed&h=bddnrp-u2ed
Brother Jack: Bono on God
http://www.mofile.fi/biz/bj/bono_god.htm....

Derick's Account of a U2 Concert
http://www.mi.net/trip/chap1-5.html

GREEN EGGS REPORT for news:alt.fan.u2
http://www.ar.com/ger/alt.fan.u2.html

Review of Achtung Baby by Negativland
http://astro.uchicago.edu/home/web/duvernoi/neg/neg12.html

Review of U2 at the End of the World
http://www.io.org/~buff/sinatra/u2-book.html

Sides Magazine: U2'S MYSTERIOUS WAYS
http://boris.qub.ac.uk/tony/Sides/u2.html
Author:  Tony Bowden  e-mail: t.bowden@qub.ac.uk

"The Fly" on the Stage
http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~rocklist/other/fly.on.stage

U2-RELATED SITES

Addicted to Noise - Music News of the World
http://www.addict.com/ATN/Music_News_Of_The_World/
Hey kids, do you like the Rock n' Roll news? I'm abusing my position as
FAQ maintainer here but I love this on-line zine, it's been consistently on
top of all the latest U2 news [the new single,  soundtrack news, hints
about the new album], has easy to download pix, and a searchable
archive. 

All Thing's Irish
http://www.flowerstop.com/mckinley/irish.html
Want to know where everything Irish is on the net? Start here.

Artyfact
http://www.xs4all.nl/~vonb/af/af_index.html.
Author Caroline van Oosten de Boer  e-mail: vonb@knoware.nl

Brian Eno
http://mosaic.echonyc.com/~mysticfire/MAImagEno.html

Gavin Friday's Wonderful Wicked World
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pj/gf-index.html
Author Caroline van Oosten de Boer  e-mail: vonb@knoware.nl
All you need to know about "the cabaret singer from hell" and his latest
acts of mayhem.

HOT PRESS on the 'net
http://www.dublin.iol.ie/hotpress/
Latest issues and archives of Ireland's premier music magazine.
Subscription now required to access this page.

The Irish Times Corner 
http://www.irish-times.ie/cgi-bin/IThome
Can't get enough Irish news? Maybe this will tide you over 'til the next
album.

Irish X-Press 
http://www.adnet.ie/Adnet/xpress/XPress.htm
Bono and Adam recently gave an interview to the employees of this
Dublin newspaper have been locked out of their jobs.  The interview
covers the two new albums and other subjects.  

Live Aid - A Celebration 
http://www.herald.co.uk/local_info/live_aid.html
Author:  Melanie Dymond Harper

NegativeLand: U2 Fan Club
http://sunsite.unc.edu/id/negativland/u2.html.

Negativland/U2
http://www.eskimo.com/~irving/negativland/u2/

Negativland - U2
http://www.yab.com/~stumbras/u2.html

The Photographic Works of Anton Corbijn
http://yar.cs.wisc.edu/~wonko/anton/.

Polygram Records - Island Records U2 Catalog
http://www.polygram.com/polygram/cat/catU.html

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame + Museum
http://www.rockhall.com/

Rocktropolis
http://underground.net/Rocktropolis/map.html
More on-line Rock n' Roll fun.

RockWeb(TM) Interactive
http://www.rock.net/
Still more on-line Rock n' Roll fun. Do I sense a trend here?

SleepBot: Brian Eno
http://underground.internet.com/lookit/sleepbot/html/eno.html

The (unofficial) EnoWeb
http://www.nwu.edu:80/music/eno/

The Vibe: Cyber-Sleaze
http://metaverse.com/vibe/sleaze/index.html
I don't like Adam Curry's hair anymore than you do, but he does dish the
dirt.

Virtual Irish Pub - VIP Magazine
http://www.misty.com/ulysses/vip/music/music.htm

Commercial Services
Note - inclusion of  a service in the FAQ does not imply an endorsement.

CDnow! 
http://cdnow.com
A wide selection of U2 CDs including imports, gold discs, videos,
t-shirts and singles.

Fandom Paradise Home Page
http://www.io.org/~peterw/Fandom.html
A Canadian store specializing in Rock n' Roll collectibles. They list
several U2 items, like keychains, postcards, trading cards, etc.

Apparently Dead Sites
 If the status of these sites changes, let me know. They were once
awesome . . . . 
U2 Boots at Notre Dame
http://www.nd.edu/studentlinks/kbuttler/kevin2.html

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   1.5  What about commercial online services?
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Still haven't had enough? Well, get those credit cards out and check out
these services:

America Online - United States 
  Plenty of U2 files are available from the Software Archive [keyword:
download] and the U2 faithful meet every Sunday nite at 9pm EST in
Deja Zoo [keyword: forum]. Yours truly has been know to frequent this
den of U2 frivolity (MaryannJS) so if you're online, drop by and say hi
to my pals BigAudioD, Pleeker and PolarisU2.

CompuServe - available worldwide
  Michelle Perez (Melon) and Marcus Dunne (Mirrorball Man) recently
founded a U2 fanclub online [GO U2FANS] and plan to add an archive
of U2 material and special events. They're off to a great start - Bill
Flanagan, author of At the End of the World, will be online in August. In
addition, Island Records maintains an archive here with sound files and
pictures.

Delphi - United States and Canada
  I haven't been online there in ages, but it's the only commercial service I
know of with IRC access. Anyone have anymore info?

Prodigy - United States and Canada
  My online home. All U2 fans are welcome at the U2 bulletin board
[JUMP: Music 1, then topic Rock L-Z] where we discuss everything
from the latest news, the best imports and, of course, Adam's most
recent haircut.

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   1.6  Is there a U2 channel on IRC?
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Yes. U2 fans can meet at #U2  For more info, check out UV's web page.


