Dik Evans

he band that would eventually be named U2 formed in Dublin on 25 September 1976.[2] Dik and his brother Dave were two of six people to respond to a note that Larry Mullen Jr. posted on the notice board at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in search of musicians for a new band. 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. They soon whittled down the lineup to a five-piece[4][5] and settled on the name “Feedback” because it was one of the few technical terms they knew.[6] Most of their initial material consisted of cover songs, which the band admitted was not their forte.[7] Some of the earliest influences on the band were emerging punk rock acts, such as the Jam, the Clash, Buzzcocks, and Sex Pistols. The popularity of punk rock convinced the group that musical proficiency was not a prerequisite to success