A couple of weeks before the shows were formally announced, U2 guitarist the Edge phoned up Rolling Stone ... we then were looking at the anniversary of The Joshua Tree, and another thing started ...

The Joshua Tree appeared in stores in 1987 and ... That's where "Bullet the Blue Sky" came from. Edge: It's actually a great example of U2 working as a band. I had a guitar part, and Adam and ...

While the lyrics to U2‘s 1987 opus give voice to their ever-expanding social conscience, the roots of The Joshua Tree are planted firmly in blues, gospel and folk – with an outsider’s edge.

28. Actually, U2’s The Edge says this tour is about more than just nostalgia. He believes the “Joshua Tree” songs, which touched on politics, spirituality and social issues during the Reagan ...

(Steven Cuevas/KQED) Driving toward the western edge of Death Valley (the opposite direction U2 was driving on the morning "The Joshua Tree" photos were taken), I spot a small cluster of Joshua trees ...

The Edge was in the midst of losing his marriage ... Not to tip my hand but: What separates Achtung Baby from other U2 albums, even The Joshua Tree, is that it’s easily Bono’s best album ...

U2's 1987 album The Joshua Tree is considered by many fans to be the best in the band's catalog. Let's rank the record's ...

Both Clayton and guitarist The Edge talk about feeling disconnected ... Eno says with The Joshua Tree, U2 were trying to make an album that was “self-consciously spiritual,” while Bono speaks ...

Fans of U2, The Joshua Tree is overrated ... For all the tricks and effects that guitarist The Edge has up his sleeve, the delay effect he often uses to create the ringing guitar riff that ...

U2’s "The Joshua Tree" beat out classic albums by Dire Straits and The Stone Roses. By Lars Brandle U2’s The Joshua Tree has topped a major U.K. poll of 1980s albums, beating out classic ...