U2's remix album, Melon

1995: Number 27 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicPrimal Scream's Screamadelica in 1991 showed how far rock music could be stretched when a DJ was let loose in the studio to rip it up and start again. Soon, there wasn't a guitar band left without a  "dance element" in their music. U2 got in on the act with Melon – featuring a remixes from Perfecto, Paul Oakenfold and Massive Attack – and took DJs such as Oakenfold as support on their Zoo TV tour. Cue a lot of ...

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