Megabands

And U2 may well be the last of the megabands: long-running, internationally recognized rockers whose every album, from “Boy” in 1980 to “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb” in 2004, has sold millions of copies worldwide. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"They're so grateful to have influenced all these megabands, but they truly belive their time will come," says Gervasi. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Anvil influenced a generation of heavy metal megabands like Metallica and Anthrax, but never became well known outside of its native Canada. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Of course, megabands still command outsize venues -- and proportionate ticket prices. ❋ Unknown (2007)

While you were losing your mind at Girl Talk more on that later, one of the world's few remaining megabands took to the Bud Light stage on the north end of Grant Park. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Once again, people want to take that frustration out on the management and the revellers in the megabands such as Tribe and Island People. ❋ Andy Johnson (2010)

The seventies also marked the beginning of corporate megabands with their highly polished sounds and of course Disco. ❋ Unknown (2010)