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Title: U2 - War
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1983, Rock, Post-Punk, Dublin, Ireland
Condition: New 5/26 | Members: Paul H (60' - Alive), David E (61' - Alive), Adam C (60' - Alive), Larry M (61' - Alive)

Cultural Facts:

1. Political Science: Written with the Troubles as the daily backdrop - the band framed it as anti-violence, but it was constantly misread as taking sides.

2. Media Narrative: Their Red Rocks film (shot in the rain) became an MTV era artifact that helped sell U2 as a live band, not just a studio act.

3. Personal Struggle: Bono lost his mother suddenly at 14 during his grandfather’s funeral - that early grief shaped his urgency and obsession with public meaning.