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Re: Are the Who important? Is ROCK important?



> I always think that U2 've had his roots on Who, and
> that his name were an hidden homenage to the horrible
> 'oo - the 'oo #2 - U2. 

Here's a comment from U2's Bono from Rolling Stone's
20th anniversary issue (11/5/87):

RS:  So rather than identify yourself with the bands that 
came out of punk, what groups do you feel akin to?

Bono:  The Who.  Because of that three-dimensional qual-
ity: sexual, spiritual, and political.


- SCHRADE in Akron