
The last time I heard this band play live, it was outdoors on a pier on Manhattan’s west side, in the summer of 1982 or 1983. At that time, AIDS was just starting, and most of the then-young group’s inspiring songs drew on tensions in Ireland.

The last time I heard this band play live, it was outdoors on a pier on Manhattan’s west side, in the summer of 1982 or 1983. At that time, AIDS was just starting, and most of the then-young group’s inspiring songs drew on tensions in Ireland.