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UB40


Background information
Origin Birmingham, England, UK
Genre(s) Dub
Reggae
Years active 1978—present
Label(s) Virgin Records
A&M Records
DEP International
Associated acts Chrissie Hynde
Afrika Bambaataa
Robert Palmer
Lady Saw
Hunterz
Website Website
Members
James Brown
Duncan Campbell
Robin Campbell
Earl Falconer
Norman Hassan
Brian Travers
Astro
Tony Mullings
Laurence Parry
Martin Meredith
Former members
Ali Campbell
Michael Virtue
Patrick Tenyue
Henry Tenyue
Maxi Priest



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U2's Bono Compares David Bowie To Elvis

November 23, 2010
U2's Bono Compares David Bowie To ElvisU2 frontman Bono has compared David Bowie to Elvis Presley and said the singer played a pivotal role in making them a success.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Bono said the Irish band owed a lot to the musician.

"It's the high singing, beyond your 'man' voice into the feminine. And there's the staging, the attempt to be innovative,” he said.

"Bowie wasn't afraid to use scale, to dramatise things. His setlist was not just a jukebox he could run through. It was drama."

Bono added: "It's not exaggerating to say what Elvis meant to America, David Bowie meant to the UK and Ireland. It was that radical a shift in consciousness.

"The first time I saw him was singing 'Starman' on television it was like a creature falling from the sky. Americans put a man on the moon. We had our own British guy from space - with an Irish mother."

Meanwhile, U2 are currently recording a new album with Danger Mouse.

(by Jason Gregory)



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