“I was just sick of the white blues rock thing. The whole mentality seemed stupid”: Why The Edge was always destined to become a different kind of guitar hero

ROTTERDAM Photo of THE EDGE and U2, The Edge performing live onstage on PopMart tour, playing Rickenbacker 330/12 12 string guitar, wearing sunglasses and stetson hat.

The Edge has never been one to try and fit in with the crowd.

Rather, over the course of multiple U2 albums, The Edge has carved out his own stylistic path – one that has always sought to differentiate itself from the delay-doting guitar hero’s contemporaries.