Coulda Been In U2

Coulda Been In U2
12 posted on March 12, 2009
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So I was at Starbucks the other day and struck up a conversation with one of the Baristas about the new U2 album that was in the rack near the register. I asked if she was a fan (she wasn’t) and she proceeded to tell me a story about a friend of hers who is a guitar player at her church.

Turns out her friend played with the band during their early days in Dublin back in the late 70s. He stopped playing with them shortly after he got married. Supposedly after he left the band wrote him letters asking him to come back. Here’s where the story gets interesting. He never got the letters because his new wife tore them up before he could read them!

I guess she must have only told him about this later on after they’d been married long enough that she thought he wouldn’t kill her. Of course I have no way of verifying the story but I thought it was pretty crazy.

Here’s my question for you, what would you do if you found out your wife blew your chance for being in one of the most famous rock bands in the world?

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    1 Mark Thomas said:

    Hmmm…sounds like a pretty tall tale. I don’t remember reading about another member in their book. The Edge’s brother did play with them for a little while in the beginning.

    Re: your question,

    I’m not sure what I’d do. My first reaction would be something like: “Wha…? Why?…Wait, what? Why!?

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    2 Juli Jarvis said:

    Did you confirm that they are still married?

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    3 Brad Ruggles said:

    @Mark – like I said, no way to confirm the story. Just thought it would be crazy IF it were true. And I think I’d have the same reaction.

    @Juli – Supposedly yes. Amazingly. Not like THAT would ever come up in marital arguments though :-)



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    4 ryan guard said:

    unless U2 desperately needs someone who can only play “Old McDonald” on the piano, then I don’t think this applies to me.

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    5 D.Lake said:

    Hind sight is 20/20. One thing about this story is there is no way in God’s green earth the guys wife knew they would become one of the most successful bands of all-time. To her (if it’s true), they were just another Dublin garage band!

    Oh the game of “What if…”

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    6 Curtis Honeycutt said:

    I’d go nuts…I’d probably send her an e-mail with lots of viruses…virii?

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    7 Ronald Cox said:

    D. Lake,

    What if his wife was a time traveler from the future? Then she would have known. Also, maybe she saved his life by tearing them up. I wish I could time travel…

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    8 Jim said:

    Brad,

    Nice job with PhotoShop’n you in there… Didn’t even notice the first or second time looking at the picture.

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    9 Brad Ruggles said:

    @Jim – Yeah, I don’t think anyone has noticed the Photoshop magic. Guess I did a little too good of a job blending in. I’m just a U2 natural.



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    10 Adam said:

    Brad you look like you could be a younger brother of Bono in that picture..



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    11 Molly said:

    Wow, what a story.

    To me, doesn’t matter IF they ever became U2 or stayed just another band in Dublin…she tore up his mail!!!

    Wow.

    I have a feeling that isn’t their ONLY issue, IF they are still married after 20 something years

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    12 Kevin Twombly said:

    sounds like the 5th Beatle controversy all over again…

    Great job with getting your mug into that shot – amazing that the photographer didn’t notice you pushing the drummer out of the way!

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    13 Theresa Woodkirk said:

    As usual you made me think! If the story is true, Is this lady a dream killer? Was it fear of the unknown that made her do it? Was it her own insecurities and fears that caused her to manipulate the situation? Or was she unable to see the big picture and recognize the potential of U2? A reality check for all women to think over and analyze their own reactions.



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    14 alece said:

    ouch.

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    15 Barry Rod said:

    I would forgive her. Because that’s the right answer. :)

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    16 BJ said:

    I would pray that Cherith and I have such an honest relationship that she or I would never do that to each other and we would allow the other to make a decision together about that or anything…..oh I would be hurt and crushed and probably would not fully trust someone ever again if they did that to me….honestly….

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    17 Cherith said:

    Dang BJ, likin the honesty! hahaha… I would NEVER do that to BJ!!! he is way to gifted to be held captive!!! But i would probably tear it open myself because i am way to nosey to just let something like that slip by.

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    18 tam said:

    first of all…id wonder why i had a wife. then id kill her.

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    19 Paul U said:

    Did he mentioned why does he leave the band?

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    20 Brad Ruggles said:

    @Tam – Let’s hope Brent never has any secrets like this you find out about. Guess you wouldn’t be very forgiving. :-)

    @Paul – No, and like I said, who knows whether or not this is even true. Just thought it was an interesting story if it was.



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    21 mandythompson said:

    Hi.

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    22 Kiel said:

    Brad is a U2 natural. :-)



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