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  1. DEATH BY AUDIO and THE EDGE: In Print

    MARCH 2009 ROLLING STONE

    ...Edge has a particular affinity for the fuzzed-out experimentation of Benjamin Curtis, the young former guitarist from the indie-psychedelic act Secret Machines, now with Scholl of Seven Bells. "I love what those two bands are doing," says The Edge, who cites their sounds as an influence on No Line's droning, tribal side. "It brought me back to some of the music that I would have been listening to when U2 first formed, bands like Magazine, Joy Division, Neu! and Can."

    Curtis, in turn, was heavily influenced by The Edge, and the two struck up a friendship -- Curtis turned Edge on to an over-the-top new fuzz pedal by a company called Death by Audio, which ended up difining the grinding rhythm-guitar sound of both "No Line On The Horizon" and "FEZ-Being Born." (Editor’s note: It seems that The Edge is using it for "Get On Your Boots"). "'No Line' blew my mind -- he is using that pedal in a textural way that it wasn't intended to be used at all," says Curtis. "The Edge makes the guitar seem like such a beautiful simple instrument."



    NOVEMBER 2008 - MOJO

    MOJO: You always manage to find -- in every record -- a piece of technology that you engage with immediately, and that throws up a song. "Where the Streets Have No Name" came out of your dabblings with the Infinite Guitar box, and this time you mentioned your Death By Audio pedal...

    EDGE: It's this particular kind of 21st Century distortion. Guitar is such a versatile instrument, but it's very easy to get in a cul-de-sac in terms of how it sounds.

    I love anything that just gives it a different personality and this particular set of distortion pedals I think, are a different colour. It's like a different personality and that, for me, is a great jumping-off point.

    I used Death By Audio's Supersonic Fuzz Gun on the song "No Line on the Horizon," and a couple of others I think.

    It was Ben Curtis who turned me onto them. He's one of the Curtis Brothers from Secret Machines -- he's got a new band now called School of Seven Bells, who are pretty interesting.



    OCTOBER 2008 - Q MAGAZINE

    Other notable tracks include the eight-minute-long "Moment of Surrender" and "No Line on the Horizon," inspired by a distortion box called Death By Audio recommended by ex-Secret Machines guitarist Ben Curtis.
  2. I had nothing better to do the other night, so I made up a list of comical conversations that may, or may no have happened between Edge, and Dallas. Here's the best one.

    Dallas: Hey Edge. I bet you 50 bucks, and a keg of Johnny Walker, that you cant go a whole album without using a strat.
    Edge: Bring it bitch!!!
  3. Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:I had nothing better to do the other night, so I made up a list of comical conversations that may, or may no have happened between Edge, and Dallas. Here's the best one.

    Dallas: Hey Edge. I bet you 50 bucks, and a keg of Johnny Walker, that you cant go a whole album without using a strat.
    Edge: Bring it bitch!!!
    Hhahahahaahhahaa epic one, just laughing my ass off right now
  4. Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:I had nothing better to do the other night, so I made up a list of comical conversations that may, or may no have happened between Edge, and Dallas. Here's the best one.

    Dallas: Hey Edge. I bet you 50 bucks, and a keg of Johnny Walker, that you cant go a whole album without using a strat.
    Edge: Bring it bitch!!!


    Then Dallas pauses and says: ... OR A DELAY of any sort!

    Edge: (reaches for his wallet)
  5. Im learning angel of harlem and in all the places i look it say's C,F and a G but in the film rattel and hum the edge plays something different , can anybody tell me what they are as they seem a little easy'er ,,not that C,F is hard for me i just want to play it like him .


  6. Edge just play that same chords, although not at their open positions (C open and F at the first fret), but at the 8th and 5th frets.
    C = 8 8 9 10 10 8 , like an E on the 8th fret.
    F = 5 6 5 7 8 5 , like a C on the 5th fret.

    I hope this helps you
  7. Thanx for that
  8. Non U2 related, but does anyone know what kind of bass amps Kim Deal used on The Pixies reunion tour?
  9. I am Edge

    Hear me ROAR

    I swear that the photographers wait until he makes the most awkward face possible lol... It looks like his mother just walked on stage
  10. Ignore the face and just LOVE that Telecaster.
  11. Think that's a pretty sweet pic., personally

    I'm home on break from Uni. for a few weeks, and took the opportunity to run my Explorer through my brother's Marshall amp. while he's away.

    WOW.

    Can't say much else lol. The combination was pretty spectacular, although I wasn't using my pedal at the time. I'm definitely gonna try and take the opportunity to get some recordings done using that beast in the next few days if possible...

    EDIT - it's a Marshall MG30 DFX. I know digital amps get a bad rep. compared to true tube and valve amps, but I was pleasantly impressed, especially when I hooked it up to my Zoom GX1 pedal and unleashed general noisey mayhem. I recorded a few covers inc. New Year's Day, One and UTEOTW on my LP and The Fly on my Explorer, and tried to record videos of the latter two but I need to sync. them with audio and on UTEOTW the recording messed up during the solo and for The Fly I kinda lost my way and added lib post-solo which doesn't really suit the feel of the song. Another couple of attempts will be coming up in due course over the next few days
  12. Just going back to an oldish thread of conversation from a couple of weeks back, I've changed my mind per the Moment of Surrender solo - I'm now agreeing with Jeff, it sounds more Les Paulish than anything Why the change in heart? 'Cause the closest I've got to said tone (through accident more than anything) was using my Epi. LP through the MG30...
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