The Edge wants U2 “to be the vanguard of this resurgence of guitars”

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U2 guitarist The Edge has said that he wants to be “the vanguard of this resurgence of guitars”.In an interview for the latest issue of MOJO, The Edge spoke about how he has a lot of “great material waiting” and that he hopes Bono‘s “noisy, uncompromising, unreasonable guitar album” will be their next project.“Well, I would love that to be the next U2 record!” He said. “The lockdown was a very creative period for me, just in composing music.

I don’t want to jinx ourselves… but there’s a lot of great material waiting. I think the guitar is coming back. I really feel it.

And I would like to be part of that.”He continued: “I’d like to be the vanguard of this resurgence of guitars! Don’t get me wrong – talking to people I know who work at Fender [guitar shop], they’re selling more guitars now than they’ve ever sold.

But in terms of popular culture, there’s been a drift away from the instrument, it would be fair to say.“And I think that pendulum is going to start swinging the other direction.