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U2 ... or R.E.M.?
U2 and R.E.M. are two bands which followed similar - yet different - trajectories during the 1980s, into the 1990s and beyond. Choose whether each statement applies to U2, R.E.M., both or neither.
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1. Which band formed in 1980 in Athens, Georgia (USA)?
U2
R.E.M.
Both
Neither
2. Which band's debut album is called Boy?
U2
R.E.M.
Both
Neither
3. Which band's original line-up included a female singer?
Neither U2 nor R.E.M. ever had a female member.
U2
R.E.M.
Both
Neither
4. Which band hails from Dublin, Ireland?
U2
R.E.M.
Both
Neither
5. Which band took part in the Live Aid concert in 1985?
U2
R.E.M.
Both
Neither
6. Which band's first mainstream hit song was The One I Love?
U2
R.E.M.
Both
Neither
7. Which band filmed a music video on a Los Angeles rooftop in 1987?
It was the video for Where the Streets Have No Name.
U2
R.E.M.
Both
Neither
8. Which band released an album in 1991 that reached number one on the US Billboard charts?
U2's Achtung Baby and R.E.M.'s Out of Time both reached number one.
U2
R.E.M.
Both
Neither
9. Which band's members played in a one-time band called "Automatic Baby" at Bill Clinton's 1993 Presidential Inauguration?
Michael Stipe and Mike Mills (R.E.M.) and Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. (U2) played U2's song One.
U2
R.E.M.
Both
Neither
10. Which band's drummer suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm on-stage during a 1995 concert in Switzerland?
Bill Berry fortunately made a complete recovery, but departed R.E.M. in 1997.
U2
R.E.M.
Both
Neither
11. Which band broke up in 2000?
Both U2 and R.E.M. were still together in 2000. R.E.M. broke up in 2011.
U2
R.E.M.
Both
Neither
12. Which band recorded a song with "New York" in the title?
U2's song New York is on their 2000 album All That You Can't Leave Behind; R.E.M.'s song Leaving New York is on 2004's Around the Sun.
U2
R.E.M.
Both
Neither
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