Hammershaug, Bjørn.Age of Innocence: U2’s Dublin Beginnings.Tidal.com(23 октября 2014).— «[Bono]: I still think that I sing like Siouxsie from The Banshees on the first two U2 albums.»Дата обращения: декабрь 2021.Архивировано 30 ноября 2021 года. Martin, Dan.The Gospel According to U2 - Part Two [Bono interview].— NME, 2005-01-05.— «[Bono]: I wanted to check where I was to where I am. So I went back and listened to all the music that made me want to be in a band, right from the Buzzcocks, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Echo & The Bunnymen, all that stuff. And what was interesting is, that was what a lot of people in bands now are listening to anyway. So in a funny way, it made us completely contemporary."». Costello, Elvis.Spectacle: Elvis Costello with Bono and The Edge of U2.— Sundance Channel, 2009-12-09.— «[The Edge]: I think we were influenced a lot by music that was rooted in Europe, the German sort of sensibility, the music of Neu! and Kraftwerk, which was about a different sort of way of using chord changes and a sort of nihilistic approach to the backbeat", "and the UK bands", "like [Siouxsie and] the Banshees, probably Echo & the Bunnymen" "and Magazine"».
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Hammershaug, Bjørn.Age of Innocence: U2’s Dublin Beginnings.Tidal.com(23 октября 2014).— «[Bono]: I still think that I sing like Siouxsie from The Banshees on the first two U2 albums.»Дата обращения: декабрь 2021.Архивировано 30 ноября 2021 года. Martin, Dan.The Gospel According to U2 - Part Two [Bono interview].— NME, 2005-01-05.— «[Bono]: I wanted to check where I was to where I am. So I went back and listened to all the music that made me want to be in a band, right from the Buzzcocks, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Echo & The Bunnymen, all that stuff. And what was interesting is, that was what a lot of people in bands now are listening to anyway. So in a funny way, it made us completely contemporary."». Costello, Elvis.Spectacle: Elvis Costello with Bono and The Edge of U2.— Sundance Channel, 2009-12-09.— «[The Edge]: I think we were influenced a lot by music that was rooted in Europe, the German sort of sensibility, the music of Neu! and Kraftwerk, which was about a different sort of way of using chord changes and a sort of nihilistic approach to the backbeat", "and the UK bands", "like [Siouxsie and] the Banshees, probably Echo & the Bunnymen" "and Magazine"».
