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U2 Biography
Brian Donahue
Title of Source: "U2." Contemporary Musicians, Volume 34. Gale Group, 2002.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://e-brary.ramapocentral.org:2271/servlet/BioRC
Date I accessed: I accessed this site today, 12/11/08
Main Idea: This sources main idea is talking about how U2 started out slow just like an ordinary band at home and how they turned it around completely. U2 became one of the best bands in the United Kingdom.
Paraphrasing 3 Important Points: U2 entered a talent show sponsored my guiness which led then to become one of the most famous bands in the world.
U2 started off their career playing in a garage and is now meeting demands of going from concert to concert.
U2 began as a ordinary part time band and ended up having the fastest selling album in the United Kingdom, won some awards and topped in the american music charts.
Brian Donahue
Title of Source: "Bono." Encyclopedia of World Biography Supplement, Vol. 24. Thomson Gale, 2005.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://e-brary.ramapocentral.org:2271/servlet/BioRC
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Date I accessed: 12/16/08
Main Idea: The main idea of this article is about the lead singer of the band U2 “Bono”.this article talks about Bono’s childhood and how he helped form the band U2.
Paraphrasing 3 Important Points: Bono’s real name is Paul Hewson and he was born in Dublin, Ireland on May 10th,1960.
Bono’s fater was Catholic and his mother was Protestent and
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Quote: “As lead singer in one of the most popular rock bands of all time, Irish-born guitarist Bono has become familiar to the general public as much for his support of social causes as for his trademark blue sunglasses and his energetic performances as lead singer in the musical group U2.”
Brian Donahue
Title of Source: "U2." Newsmakers, Issue 4. Gale Group, 2002.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://e-brary.ramapocentral.org:2271/servlet/BioRC
Date I Accessed: I accessed this site today 12/11/08
Main Idea: This sourses main idea is the biography of the band U2. What they were and what they became. It states where the band members come from. Awards that the band won. It talks about the persional information about each member of the band. A bunch of songs that they made and some books.
Paraphrasing 3 important points: U2 had many albums that reached number one in the United kingdom as well as some songs.
U2 has beenasked to go to the United States and the United Kingdom to have concerts.
U2 won a Grammy Award for the best rock performance by a duo or a group.
1 Quote: “In 1988 U2 received the award for Best International Group at the British Record Industry Awards, which was followed by their first Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Group and Album of the Year for The Joshua Tree.”
Brian Donahue
Title of Source: "U2." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. 16 Dec.2008 <http://www.school.eb.com/eb/article-9105883>.
URL: http://e-brary.ramapocentral.org:2100/eb/article-9105883?query=U2&ct=
Date I accessed: 12/16/08
Main Idea: The main idea of this article is explaining the start of the band U2, all of the albums that they made, all of the band members and where they are from.
Paraphrasing 3 Important Points: The punk rock band U2 swept Europe in the 1970’s with selling albums.
The band members went to Dublin secondary school when thy began rehursing with technoligical superision.
U2 had a down time in the 80’s and reboosted itself in the 90’s with the album Achtung Baby.
Quote: Irish postpunk band that by the end of the 1980s had established itself not only as one of the world's most popular bands but also as one of the most innovative.
Brian Donahue
Title of Source: "U2." UXL Biographies. Online ed. Detroit: UXL, 2003. Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. SUFFERN SR HIGH SCHOOL. 23 Dec. 2008 <http://e-brary.ramapocentral.org:2082/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=SRC-1&docId=EJ2108102305&source=gale&srcprod=SRCG&userGroupName=suff14876&version=1.0>.
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Date I accessed: 12/23/08
Main Idea: the main idea of this biographical essay isis the history of U2, how they are a new type of music, how the band stuck together, and the band of the 1980’s.
Paraphrasing 3 Important Points: U2 started out as a school band in Doublin Ireland, 1976
U2 released their first album in 1984 and they were described as a “softer and more complex, richer in it’s layers” U2 is Unforgetable.
There band has stayed exactly the same as it was when tey first started their career.
Quote: “Remarkably, no member has ever left U2, they've never changed record labels, and they remain with their original manager, Paul McGuinness.”