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Were U2 the biggest band in the world?
U2 were the biggest band in the world, before the internet and streaming splayed music so broadly it became a title impossible to achieve. The peak was All That You Can’t Leave Behind, the monster album released in late 2000. Twenty years on, it’s worth defending.
Who was bigger Guns N Roses or Metallica?
“According to the Recording Industry of America (RIAA), whose data encompasses the bands’ entire careers, METALLICA leads GUNS N’ ROSES, 59 to 43.5 million.
What is U2 biggest hit?
U2’s 40 greatest songs – ranked!
- The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
- I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (1987)
- All I Want Is You (1988)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1983)
- With Or Without You (1987)
- Mysterious Ways (1991)
- One (1991)
- Where the Streets Have No Name (1987)
Is U2 bigger than ACDC?
It is a fact, though, that AC/DC (180 million album sales) are a bigger band than U2 (140 million album sales) and probably the biggest selling band in the world. In essence, AC/DC have succeeded in achieving megastardom without ever being megastars.
Who tours with Guns and Roses?
The band will be joined for most dates by Mammoth WVH, which is fronted by Wolfgang Van Halen, the son of Eddie Van Halen. Festival dates on the touring run include stops at BottleRock in Napa, California (September 4) and Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (September 18).
What is Bono’s favorite U2 song?
It’s Stay (Faraway, So Close!) and Bono named it as one of his… favorite U2 songs. Telling The Irish Post last year it was “perhaps the greatest U2 song,” Bono stated it had the “most extraordinary contour of a melody.
What was Guns N’ Roses’ first number one album?
Guns N’ Roses’ debut album, Appetite for Destruction (1987), reached number one on the Billboard 200 a year after its release, on the strength of the top 10 singles ” Welcome to the Jungle “, ” Paradise City “, and ” Sweet Child o’ Mine “, the band’s only single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Who is the lead singer of Guns N’ Roses?
When L.A. Guns needed a new vocalist, Stradlin suggested Hollywood Rose singer Axl Rose. Guns N’ Roses was formed in March 1985 by Rose and rhythm guitarist Stradlin, along with lead guitarist Tracii Guns, bassist Ole Beich, and drummer Rob Gardner of L.A. Guns.
How did Guns N’ Roses come up with their name?
So we both said ‘Fuck that’, and came up with the name Guns N’ Roses, which was going to be just a record label that we’d put singles out on. The band’s “classic” lineup was finalized on June 4, 1985, when Adler and Slash officially joined. After two days of rehearsals, the band played their first show with the lineup on June 6, 1985.
Will Pink Floyd ever be as big as Guns N Roses?
Pink Floyd are survivors, they are legendary, they will always have a big folowing but they never achieved that kind of massive success at one specific moment like Guns’n’roses did but G’N’R will certainly never be as big as they were from 88-92 ever again.