Music
June, 1997
RockMost Bands begin with teen angst and work toward resolution and hope. But U2 started out as Christian idealists and spent the Nineties backtracking to cover the dark stuff. The group's 1991 release, Achtung Baby, acknowledged the slippery surfaces of modern life. U2's latest, Pop (Island), continues in much the same vein, with a few stylistic adjustments. The warped, ambient textures of Achtung have been replaced on Pop by techno's throbbing dance beat. The Edge's guitar chimes and blurs are...
