Sunday Bloody Sunday (song, as drummer of U2)

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"Sunday Bloody Sunday" is one of U2’s most iconic protest songs, renowned for its militaristic drum pattern created by the band’s drummer Larry Mullen Jr.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album War
artist U2
associatedAct U2
composer Adam Clayton
Bono
Larry Mullen Jr.
The Edge
countryOfOrigin Ireland
drummer Larry Mullen Jr.
genre post-punk
protest song
rock
hasInstrumentation bass guitar
drums
electric guitar
vocals
hasMusicalFeature martial drum beat
militaristic drum pattern
hasMusicVideo Sunday Bloody Sunday (music video)
hasSignatureElement military-style snare pattern
snare-driven drum intro
hasTheme Bloody Sunday
surface form: Bloody Sunday (1972 in Derry)

The Troubles
surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland

anti-violence
political conflict
includedIn Under a Blood Red Sky
isProtestSongAgainst political violence
sectarian violence
label Island Records
language English
liveShowOpenerFor U2 concerts in the 1980s
lyricist Bono
The Edge
notableLivePerformance U2 Under a Blood Red Sky
surface form: U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky
notableWork Sunday Bloody Sunday
originallyReleasedOn War
partOfAlbum War
performer U2
performerRoleOfLarryMullenJr drummer
primaryDrummer Larry Mullen Jr.
producer Steve Lillywhite
recordedBy U2
releaseDecade 1980s

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Larry Mullen Jr. notableWork Sunday Bloody Sunday (song, as drummer of U2)