The event gave The Hype’s lead singer a chance to redouble his musical efforts, and by 1978, the slowly improving band was ditching covers in favor of original material, largely written by Bono, who had left the guitar playing to the Evans brothers. The group set up in Mullen's kitchen, with the Evans brothers on guitar[3]—at the first meeting, the duo shared a single home-made instrument between them. Dik’s former bandmates even played a farewell gig with him at the Presbyterian Church in Howth, where the Virgin Prunes, who would eventually disband in 1986, made their official debut alongside U2. We've seen 100 faces, and we've rocked them all. [16], Irish alternative rock guitarist, early U2 member, "Irish Rock Discography: The Screech Owls", "On The Nature Of Electricity & Acoustics", Hasta la Vista Baby!
But, as the song goes, “It’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right. Shortly after, the band changed their name to "The Hype".
Richard G. "Dik" (also "Dick") Evans (born 1957) is an English-born Irish musician best known as a founder of the band Virgin Prunes and an early member of U2.
Dik Evans.
The rest of the band was leaning towards the idea of a four-piece ensemble. Dik and his brother, David "the Edge" Evans, U2's guitarist, were among the group's co-founders.
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Dik and his brother, David "the Edge" Evans, U2's guitarist, were among the group's co-founders. How two Irish soldiers in the British Army fell down a rabbit hole and ended up fighting for the Waffen-SS.
[10] Within a few days, Dik was officially phased out of the band with a farewell concert at the Presbyterian Church Hall in Howth. Richard studied engineering and computer science and holds both a BAI (1980) and MsC (1981) from Trinity College, and a PhD (1996) in Neural Networks from Imperial College London.
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He also joined the line up of the Gavin Friday band to play “Caucasian Walk” at concerts in Stradbally (Electric Picnic) and Dublin on the 2011 ‘catholic’ tour. For Chic’s Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, it started on New Year’s Eve 1977. The remaining four band members returned later in the concert to play original material as U2.
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