Edge might not be the most echnically amazing guitarist around, but he's probably my biggest inspriatio, even more than Hendrix I think. His playing is about the sound, not the guitar, and he gets some amazing stuff out of it. They are a rock band, and they are a pop band, sometimes it is the same in a way. They are an example of what is good about some Pop though. Listen to their album "POP" though, and you will see that they are not just like that (kind of ironic that". I loved the quote Adam Clayton said recentl in an interview, "I may not be the best bass player in U2, but I am the bass player in U2..." Hehehe.