Larry Mullen Jr. musicians to form band." U2 was founded on 25 September 1976 in Mullen's kitchen in Artane. The band, originally consisting of Mullen, Paul "Bono" Hewson, David "The Edge" Evans, his brother Dik Evans, Adam Clayton, and Mullen's friends Ivan McCormick and Peter Martin, was originally known as the "Larry Mullen Band", but the name quickly changed to "Feedback", as that was one of the few musical terms they knew. McCormick and Martin soon left, and the band's name was changed to "The Hype". Just before they won a talent contest in Limerick, Ireland, they changed their name again, for the
Until the End of the World (song) recorded at STS Studios in 1990, prior to the "Achtung Baby" sessions proper. Although guitarist the Edge loved the riff, the band struggled to finalise a song from the demo during the album's recording sessions. After the band met with German filmmaker Wim Wenders, who was looking for music to use in his film "Until the End of the World", the Edge was inspired to revisit the "Fat Boy" demo. In Dublin, he used the riff to assemble a backing track with bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. The composition excited the band so much, they decided to