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Title: U2 – Wide Awake In America
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1985 Post-Punk
Matrix #: 7 90279-1-A
Condition: NM

Cultural Facts:

Media Narrative: Mid-80s U2 were already fighting the “messiah band” storyline—earnest politics vs. rock-star suspicion in the press.

Scene Ecology: They came up in a tiny Dublin circuit where punk DIY networks doubled as rehearsal rooms, promoters, and social life.

Political Science: Bono’s cause-driven persona formed early—human-rights messaging became part of the band’s brand, for better and backlash.

2/19/26 OB