Before they were famous…

a.pantsios81-004s.jpg … they were already fabulous. Since U2 are playing their ‘Boy’ songs this tour, we thought we’d match ’em by featuring some pictures from that era from the collection of Pimm Jal de la Parra. They were originally obtained for publication in U2 fan magazine ‘Collectormania’ and the U2 Live book. PJ died three years ago, on April 9th.

The photos were taken on two separate occasions in Cleveland, 1981, by photographer Anastasia Pantsios who has kindly permitted us to publish some of her work. We will be giving you more samples of Anastasia’s U2 photographs (81-87) in the coming months. Click the large button below to view the pictures.


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8 thoughts on “Before they were famous…”

  1. Thank you for showing us these pics, I love seeing pics from that era. It’s fun to see what U2 looked like at my age. Most importantly, thank you Pimm Jal de la Parra.

  2. Thank you for showing us these pics, I love seeing pics from that era. It’s fun to see what U2 looked like at my age. Most importantly, thank you Pimm Jal de la Parra.

  3. ..

    I am in shock..
    ..
    I must have been living on an other far and away planet for the past 3 years,not knowing of Pimm Jal de la Parra ‘s death..
    ..
    Since years and just recently I thought,”I must give the man his U2 concert and U2 interview tapes back “.
    I’ve met him a couple of times at his place and at concerts.
    The first time I met him I was just 17 .
    And very impressed by his collections of tapes..
    I am 30 now.
    But never forgot that day.
    haha..
    He thought I would have a giant accent-me as being a girl from the North of Holland..-,but he turned out to be the boy with an (Amsterdam) Accent !

    But,..I did forget to bring back his tapes,and the writing I’d done on them..

    ..

  4. ..

    I am in shock..
    ..
    I must have been living on an other far and away planet for the past 3 years,not knowing of Pimm Jal de la Parra ‘s death..
    ..
    Since years and just recently I thought,”I must give the man his U2 concert and U2 interview tapes back “.
    I’ve met him a couple of times at his place and at concerts.
    The first time I met him I was just 17 .
    And very impressed by his collections of tapes..
    I am 30 now.
    But never forgot that day.
    haha..
    He thought I would have a giant accent-me as being a girl from the North of Holland..-,but he turned out to be the boy with an (Amsterdam) Accent !

    But,..I did forget to bring back his tapes,and the writing I’d done on them..

    ..

  7. I saw them in Providence that year and still remember how Adam was such a character. Edge looked like a rock and roll guitar god Larry looked like he was 14 and Bono was well lets say had a little disco look to him…..
    Oh those were the days.

  8. I saw them in Providence that year and still remember how Adam was such a character. Edge looked like a rock and roll guitar god Larry looked like he was 14 and Bono was well lets say had a little disco look to him…..
    Oh those were the days.

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