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Alt-fan-U2-archive-name: fan/U2-faq/part1 See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge U2 FAQ version 1.3 (beta) ****************** Posted: February 1, 1998 Maintained by Maryann Stump stumpm@juno.com Originated by Sergio Lucero slucero@yahoo.com (Copyright 1998) (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 mailing-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)" 2.2.4 Who is the Mrs. Christine Kerr listed in the liner notes? 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? 2.3.11 Who is Goldman in God Part II? # 2.4 ZooTV - Achtung Baby and Zooropa 2.4.1 What characters does Bono use in shows? 2.4.1.1 Who's in the picture on MacPhisto's dressing table in the Sydney video? 2.4.2 What is Automatic Baby? Will there be an album? 2.4.3 Who is Wim Wenders? 2.4.4 Who is Charles Bukowski? 2.4.5 Who is William Gibson, and what is Neuromancer? 2.4.6 What's all this fuss about the 'Lemon' video? 2.4.7 What does Vorsprung Durch Technik mean in Zooropa? 2.5 Beyond the Zoo 2.5.1 Passengers 2.5.2 For God's sake, when is the new album coming out? 2.6 Pop Under construction 3. The Spoils of Success 3.1 Awards 3.1.1 Grammys % 3.1.2 Brit Awards % 3.1.3 MTV Awards % 3.1.4 Rolling Stone % 3.1.5 Other % 3.2 Tours % 3.2.1 The Measure of Success? % 3.2.2 Injured in the cause % 4. Discography 4.1 What studio albums have been released?% 4.2 Contributions to anthologies, tribute and charity albums% 4.3 Solo projects/collaborations% 4.3.1 Solo% 4.3.2 Collaborations% 4.3.3 Written expressly for . .% 4.4 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 Is Edge on the Internet? aka, Does Edge read this newsgroup? 7.5 Bottom feeding 7.5.1 Until Further Notice, All of the Following is FALSE 7.5.2 However, oddly enough . . . . 7.5.3 What's the deal with Bono's guesthouse? 8. What if I played it backwards? [Hidden messages, etc] 8.1 Seconds Also under construction 0. General information on this FAQ list [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 in 1995. I have tried to keep this document as faithful as possible to Sergio's original format and intent. Whether in Switzerland or Chile or sunny California, Sergio, you'll always be a saint and my hero. If you want to make an edition to the FAQ, e-mail me at stumpm@juno.com and I'll be happy to include it. Please do NOT quote the full text of the FAQ in your message. This email address is used only for the FAQ and I check it only a few times a month, don't be concerned if you don't receive a reply immediately. 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. Common acronyms FYI = For Your Information IMHO = In My Humble/Honest Opinion 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 0.1 What has changed since last time? [MJS] To use a consulting phrase, "a substantial amount" with still more to come. I reorganized things again, ditched some questions that are no longer even occasionally asked. And, yes, I'm still struggling with the killer octopus that is the Internet Section. New questions are denoted by a % in the table of contents. Update 1.3: This version corrects the address for WIRE and the U2 ftp archives and a few new Websites. The WWW section is undergoing a significant revision and, frankly, is threatening to take over my life. I've added more, yes, webpages. I'm in the process of trying to clean out the existing list, if you know of any webpages listed here that have died, please let me know. The other MAJOR change is the posting of the Copyright notice. The FAQ has always been copyrighted but until recently I've been able to avoid including this potentially threatening notice. Unfortunately, some cretin has seen fit to copy large portions of the FAQ (namely the rumors section) and pass it off as her own work. Rather pathetic, IMHO. The FAQ can still be copied, posted and linked to websites, used wallpaper and whatever else may seem appropriate at the moment EXCEPT using it without attribution and/or selling it. The FAQ is the work of literally hundreds of U2 fans; have a little class and give them credit if you intend to use their work. Again, thanks to all who've helped. 0.2 Where can I find the latest version of this list? The is stored at the Wire Mailing list web page www.gartholamew.com/pub/mailing_lists/u2-list/ , 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 E-mail from rtfm.mit's e-mail server. 1. U2 and the Internet This section deals with the Wire mailing list, various ways to obtain U2 info in USENET, IRC, commercial online services FTP and WWW sites. 1.1 What is the Wire mailing-list? How do I subscribe, etc? >From the Wire FAQ: [JA] Hello and welcome to the mailing list. I am Joel Abbott <abbott@gartholamew.com>, and I maintain u2-list (or Wire as the subscribers have nicknamed it). As of Nov 9, 1997, u2-list had 4217 registered subscribers. There are most likely more recipients of the list since many people are not subscribed and read the list via one or more web sites. There is more information on this later. Please read this entire document! This list is not affiliated in any way with anyone in U2, at Island Records, etc. It is simply a mailing list maintained by a fan for other fans. The founder of this mailing list was Rob Bakie <slinkie@milton.u.washington.edu>. From there, the list moved to its second maintainer, Thomas Jordan <tjordan@math.jmu.edu>. On January 20, 1994, wire moved to me, its third maintainer. The list lives on! Feel free to start a topic of your choice as long your posting contains something pertaining to U2. There are no moderators on this list, so everything you send to: u2-list@gartholamew.com goes directly to everyone in the alias file. Before you post to the mailing list, keep in mind that many people will be reading what you write. The administrative address for u2-list is: u2-list-request@gartholamew.com Please use the administrative address for administrative messages (removal from list, change of address, etc.,). (To change your address, send an unsubscribe request from your old address and then a subscribe request from your new address). 1.2 Where can I find U2-related files via ftp? What files are available? [MJS] There are several FTP sites with pictures, sound files, lyrics, and tabs. 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. 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. 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 1.3 Are there any U2-related newsgroups? [MJS] There are two: alt.fan.u2 [founded originally for discussion of the ZooTV tour] and alt.music.u2 1.4 Are there any U2-related WWW sites? [MJS] Apparently the UN passed a resolution decreeing that henceforth there shall be on U2 webpage per household. These things come and go and I'm hard-pressed to keep up with either occurrence. I've tried to group these pages into categories. Before removing the "Beta" designation to this edition of the FAQ I hope to check on the status of each of these websites. If you have a U2 page and it isn't listed here, e-mail me and I'll include it in the next version. (Note: If your website blatantly rips off another website, it won't be included here.) RECENT ADDITIONS The Official U2 Popmart Page http://u2popmart.msn.com/ MY PERSONAL FAVORITE U2 PAGE Bono's Enchanted Laundry Hamper http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/4304/bono.html U2 Pages by Fans ACHTUNG BABY - LIGHT MY WAY http://www.capecod.net/~amoore/crash/U2/U21.html Angie's Page http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/8592/ The Blue Room http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mdhaight/u2.html Boosh's U2 Page http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~cdb176/music/u2.html BOSTONmART * 97: your friendly superSTORE http://lynx.neu.edu/home/httpd/j/jcarvalh/ Brad Grantham's U2 Page http://www.cyberview.net/~grantham/ Brian Laudeman's U2 Page http://www.nd.edu/~blaudema/U2.html Burning Star http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/5385/ CelebSite: Bono http://www.celebsite.com/people/bono/ Chris's U2 Page http://www.werple.net.au/~dag/u2.htm Claire's Blue Room http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/5349/ Columbus Pictures http://www.computan.on.ca/~shaggy/columbus.htm The Complete Bootleg Guide http://members.aol.com/saschak1/u2links.htm Crow's U2 Page http://www.ptialaska.net/~crow/u2/u2.htm DESIRE FOR U2 http://oxxo.ste.fr/U2/index.asp DISCOTHEQUE http://www.helsinki.fi/~mcahlfor/ tHe eDgE http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~cek/ Fanclub http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/1853/fanclub1.html The Fly's Wall On The Web http://www.clo.com/~thefly/ Graham Jenkins' U2 Links http://www.uq.edu.au/~e2gjenki/music/artists/u2.html Hibby's Home(r) on the web! http://www.pathcom.com/~jasonh/ It's All Just One Big Plastic Hassle... http://www.angelfire.com/ma/plastichassle/index.html JB Harvey's U2 Page http://home1.gte.net/jbharvey/u2/ Jen's Tribute To U2 http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/8695/ Kansas City http://www.uic.edu/~eespin4/u2_jpg/kc.html Lemon Files http://www.mindspring.com/~rubyeuropa/index.htm Luna's U2 Page http://www.onthenet.com.au/~luna1/u2.htm MacPhisto's Mansion - the lounge http://www.wantree.com.au/~mcphisto/mclounge.htm Mark Grzymala's Homepage Intro http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~grzymala/u2 Martin's U2 Popmart Archive http://193.203.33.190/popmart/ Mary Eve*~'s little U2 page. http://members.tripod.com/~N_e_p_t_u_n_e/U2.html M A X: Inhalt: U2-Interview http://www.max.de/inhalt/9704/u2/u2_engl.html Nick Danielson's Music Page http://ucsub.colorado.edu/~danielsm/music/music.html Otto's U2 Popmart Photos http://www.primenet.com/~otto/detailedfiles/popmart.html Out of Control http://www.inconnect.com/~mkbarrus/u2/index.html POP for * CLUBBERS * http://members.aol.com/mofotour/index.htm *POP* This! http://www.premier.net/~grantham/popthis.html POP Mart - Boston, MA, 7/2/97 http://www.interworld.com/staff/henry/zootv/poppics/ PopMart SuperCenter! http://pw1.netcom.com/~popmart/index.html popmart rkf http://www.nicom.com/~khufu/u2pmrfk.htm The POP-Online - Homepage http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/9234/ Popstuf http://www.smart.net/~davezzzz/popmail.html PopTour97 - U2 PopMart Tour site http://www.poptour97.com/ PopTour97 http://comet.1stnet.com/poptour97/ POP Related Articles & Interviews http://www.personal.u-net.com/~stockton/u2start.html POP Archive http://www.illume.com/U2/ The Playboy Mansion http://home2.inet.tele.dk/skals/u2/ The POP-mart! (Info about POP) http://home2.inet.tele.dk/skals/pop.html POPMART.COM http://www.popmart.com/ Popmart! http://members.aol.com/bonovoxu2/popmart.html R. Clarke's U2 Page, pix and links http://sage.nelson.planet.org.nz/~rclarke/u2index.html The Real Thing http://www.personal.u-net.com/~realthing/ Schmuck's U2 Shanty http://146.57.192.102/u2page.htm Sharelook: U2 U2 Links http://www.sharelook.de/Unterhaltung/Musik/U2.html Stefan's U2 page http://www.vtek.chalmers.se/~v94ahlst/u2.html Steve's U2 Page http://pw2.netcom.com/~steveu2/index.htm Timothy's U2 Site! http://www.teleport.com/~tchealy/ U2 Mansion http://gatonegro.simplenet.com/anja/U2/index2.html U2 New Zooland http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/8432/ U2 Singer Arrest http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/9107/bono.html (yes, it's a joke) U2 Pictures http://www.blackstone.ca/staff/corriweb/U2/U2Start.html U2 POP Mart http://U2popmart.msn.com/kroq/kroq2after.htm U2 POPMART COLOGNE http://home.t-online.de/home/O.L.B.CREATIX/u2nue.html U2 Popmart Photo Opportunity http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/vonb/popmart/ The U2 page http://home.pi.net/~peter5/u2.html The U2 Site http://www.ica.net/pages/Bazyl/U2/main.htm U2 station http://pw2.netcom.com/~jwayne2/U2Station.html The U2 Zone http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/8980/index.html Ultimate U2-Sound-Site http://www.hoexter.netsurf.de/homepages/Marius.Schmidtke/index.htm The unforgettable site http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/4481/ U2 Index http://home.nordnet.fr/~pbogaert/ U2 *POP* WEB http://www.computan.on.ca/~shaggy/U2.htm U2 Page http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/8432/ U2 Page http://www.mygale.org/01/u2pop/ U2 Page http://www.nd.edu/~jhlavaty/u21.html U2 POP*MART EDMONTON http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/8414/index.html U2 http://www.esil.univ-mrs.fr/Eleves/P99/bono/u2/u2menu.html U2 http://home.att.net/~adp-pep/U2.html U2 live in Madison http://home.earthlink.net/~mme11/u2.html U2 Made In Greece http://w4u.eexi.gr/~the_edge/u2.htm U2 MP3 Archive http://oberon.hss.cmu.edu/u2/ U2 On Video http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Kay_Bauersfeld/ U2 http://www.familytown.com/filter/music/u2.htm U2 http://felix.antiquity.arts.su.edu.au/~mking/u2.htm U2 - Expect Nothing - U2 http://www.e.kth.se/~hanning/u2/ U2 - The Pop interview http://www.thei.aust.com/isite/bono.html U2 At the End of the World http://pages.prodigy.com/Confusion/review/ U2 Dublin http://indigo.ie/~azaidan/ U2 from Portugal http://caravela.di.fc.ul.pt/~e20695/u2.html U2 nuts http://nemo.hamilton.edu/personal/alange/index.htm U2 the MEGA site! http://www.jsp.umontreal.ca/~charbost/U2/U2main.html U2 world http://hem1.passagen.se/u2world/ U2: "Pop" http://www.screenit.com/music/rock/u2/pop.htm U2: dream out loud http://members.tripod.com/~Clayt/band.html U2OPIA http://members.tripod.com/~McPhisto/ U2OPIA http://users.aol.com/zoorodoc/index.htm U2000 http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/1467/ van diemens land http://www.netby.nerdscan.dk/Nord/Mandelvej/u2/van/index.html Vicente Fortea's U2 Page http://www.ctv.es/USERS/vteforte/ Where The Site Has No Name http://www.bright.net/~mldunne/ Wire - The U2 Mailing List http://www.gartholamew.com/MailingLists/u2-list.html Wire Archives: U2 Pictures Http://www.wildheart.org/archives/wire/970730/0128.html ZAMEER'S HOMEPAGE/U2 http://rhf.bradley.edu/~zameer/ Zoo TV http://zoo-web.com/ ZOONATION WORLD HOME PAGE http://users.exis.net/~bonovox/ ZooCentral http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/8007/ ZooNation's Rumors & News http://zoonation.com/webhtml/rumors.htm U2 Text Pages alt.culture: U2 http://pathfinder.com/altculture/aentries/u/u2.html alt.music.u2 http://tile.net/news/altm244.html Band Chat - U2 http://www.callnet.com/~gal/u2.html Dotmusic Talent: U2 http://www.dotmusic.com/MWtalentU2.html A YEAR WITH SWOLLEN APPENDICES http://www.gbn.org/BookClub/Year.html The Ethereal Conection http://www.trcom.com/u2beatles/ THE ROUGH GUIDE TO ROCK MUSIC http://www.roughguides.com/rock/ Media Pages Canoe's U2 http://www.canoe.ca/MusicArtistsU2/home.html CNN - U2's new 'POP' culture http://cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9703/07/u2/index.html DISCOTHEQUE http://www.theglobe.com/homepage.qry?name=DISCOTHEQUE Island - U2 News http://www.island.co.uk/u2news.html JAM TV http://www.JAMtv.com/index.html Las Vegas Review Journal: U2 http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/u2/ Las Vegas SUN: U2 PopMart http://www.lasvegassun.com/sun/dossier/events/U2/index.html Mr. Showbiz: U2 http://www.mrshowbiz.com/reviews/musicreviews/music/u2retro.html MTV News Gallery: U2 http://mtv.com/news/gallery/u/u2.html Neo/Sounds: U2 Feature http://www.injersey.com/Neo/u2.html Rock Garden - U2 http://www.rockgarden.co.uk/rock/bnd_u2.html RTE - U2 Direct from Las Vegas: Audio & Video http://u2.rte.ie/audio.html SecondComing http://www.secondcoming.com/u2/index.html SonicNet! http://www.sonicnet.com/U2/ Wall Of Sound: U2 http://www.wallofsound.com/artists/u2/index.html Commercial Pages Cor's U2 Only's Collector's Site http://www.xs4all.nl/~u2only/ U2 Collectables For Sale http://www.ozramp.net.au/~lukas/ U2 Now http://www.u2now.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1222831924/leaf=u2_2 U2 - Related 2FM http://ireland.iol.ie/2fm/ Gavin Friday http://www.gavinfriday.com/heaven/archive/ Windmill Lane Recording Studios http://www.windmill.ie/ U2 Fanzines U2-Fanzine - The Truth, Jokes and other stories http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/9375/ THE ZOOROPEAN U2 MAGAZINE http://www.wirehub.nl/~u-2/ U2 Links El Jaguar Quetzal U2 Links http://www.rice.edu/~solis/U2/ Mike's U2 Appreciation Page http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~yenwei/U2page.html U2 Index http://www.dra.nl/~stikkel/u2index.html U2 Links http://www.erols.com/breck/u2links/ U2 Links From Japan http://kermit.ccm.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/~yasuo/music/U2.html Yahoo - U2 Pages http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Artists/By_Genre/Rock/U2/ _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. 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