Re: Are the Who important? Is ROCK important?

[Stuart Pittman <stoo@CAE.COM>]

SCHRADE in Akron re:

>> I always think that U2 've had his roots on Who...
>>
>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.

He was also quoted by Rolling Stone in late March '88
as saying something very similar to "I'm only here to 
see The Who" when explaining his presence at the BPI
awards.

"and you, you too.." (from "Jools and Jim")
Stoo