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It was a hot May afternoon at Glen Helen Park in San Bernardino. My wife and I attended the third show of the 1983 Us Festival of the three day Memorial weekend. It was a concert with over hundred thousand people. The concert featuring artists and groups for that day were; Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul, Berlin, Quarterflash, Missing Persons, Pretenders, Joe Walsh, Stevie Nicks, David Bowie and U2. A performance that made U2 shined that day. The band U2 was new to me, the music was so fresh and different as The Edge's guitar aroused the crowd. Bono with his showmanship, as he climbed over hundred feet through metal fixtures to get to the top of the stage. As a young Bono with a black t-shirt with cut off sleeves looks down and sang to the large crowd. Their performance made it worth going through the large traffic jam, watching in the burning heat of the sun, and using those unbearable dirty portable restrooms. I was twenty-three years old, back then that was just a small inconvenience for me cause I loved a good rock concert and U2 was the band that made it worthwhile that day.

They're the pride of Dublin, Ireland and a band that is well known through out the world. They were just young teenage boys when they formed the band in 1976. The U2 band members are; Bono (Paul Hewson), The Edge (Dave Evan), Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton. In March 1980, the album "Boy" would be U2's first album and they would receive good reviews from the critics. They would also do their first Europe and United States concert tour and also received praise for their concert performance by the critics. The early music material of U2 helped establish their unique sound in rock music. Anyone that's into rock music can always recognize U2's music on the radio. Bono has his own distinctive voice that blends with the band so well, songs such as; Sunday, Bloody Sunday and "New Year's Day" from the 1983 War album. These songs could be considered rock anthems as much as they're played on the radio.

One of my favorite rock documentaries is the 1988 film "Rattle and Hum". The opening scene starts with the Paramount Picture logo appears you hear Bono's voice saying " This song Charles Manson stole from the Beatles, were stealing it back" as U2 performs on the concert stage the song "Helter Skelter". The combination of The Edge's guitar playing, Bono's singing and bending of the music to the sound of the crowd shouting. What makes this concert scene work so well is the camera showing

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