contactmusic.com: Veteran rockers U2 wanted there new album HOW TO DISMANTLE A BOMB to sound like a live band playing in a studio, because they were desperate to capture the sound of youthful energy.
Previously famed for their heavily-produced sound on albums including ZOOROPA, the BONO-fronted legends wanted to get back to being a band again after listening to records by younger groups THE HIVES and THE LIBERTINES.
Bassist ADAM CLAYTON says, "It was really down to making the songs work with the three or four musical elements. On previous records we tended to do a live take but then there would be overdubs to get something out of the song. So this is raw and that was the intention. [
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Previously famed for their heavily-produced sound on albums including ZOOROPA, the BONO-fronted legends wanted to get back to being a band again after listening to records by younger groups THE HIVES and THE LIBERTINES.
Bassist ADAM CLAYTON says, "It was really down to making the songs work with the three or four musical elements. On previous records we tended to do a live take but then there would be overdubs to get something out of the song. So this is raw and that was the intention. [
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