10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About U2

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4-25-2008 2:26 AM

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border: none;" cite="http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/Features/10thingsyouprobablydid%281%29/">3. <STRONG>Bono is the only person who has been nominated for an Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, and a Nobel Prize</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/Features/10thingsyouprobablydid%281%29/">4. <STRONG>Before deciding on the name U2, the band tried out the Larry Mullen Band, Feedback, and the Hype</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/Features/10thingsyouprobablydid%281%29/">5. <STRONG>Even though it is now universally reviled as a half-formed collection of songs </STRONG>and blight on U2’s otherwise pristine discography, the group’s techno-heavy ninth studio album Pop debuted in the No. 1</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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