Sex: All Male

Current Members:
Bono (Paul Hewson)
The Edge (Dave Evans)
Adam Clayton
Larry Mullen Jr.

Past Members:
Ivan McCormick

Genre: Rock, Alternative, Post-punk

Formed: formed in Dublin on Saturday, September 25th, 1976 when 14 year old Larry Mullen, Jr. posted a notice on his secondary school bulletin board

Where they're from: Dublin, Ireland

Name Game: The first high school incarnation was called "The Larry Mullen Band," for one day then "Feedback", then "The Hype" after 18 months, finally at Steve Averill request they picked a new name U2 (name of a spyplane and a submarine)

Nationality: Irish

Debut Album: Boy (1980)

Career Breakthrough: The Joshua Tree (1987, album)

Profession: musicians

Worldwide Sales: estimated at over 150 million worldwide