<sod>The Irish rock band [[U2]] has been another important influence on Martin both musically and politically,<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite web|title=The Immortals: The First Fifty|work=Rolling Stone Issue 946|publisher=Rolling Stone|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5940051/the_immortals__the_greatest_artists_of_all_time_22_u2 |accessdate=21 December 2006}}</ref> on whom he wrote for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/|title=100 Greatest Artists of All Time|accessdate=22 March 2009|work=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> in the section on [[U2]], saying: "I don't buy weekend tickets to Ireland and hang out in front of their gates, but U2 are the only band whose entire catalogue I know by heart. The first song on ''[[The Unforgettable Fire]]'', "[[A Sort of Homecoming (U2 song)|A Sort of Homecoming]]", I know backward and forward – it's so rousing, brilliant, and beautiful. It's one of the first songs I played to my unborn baby." Martin also comments on [[Bono]]'s effect on his own charity and political involvement he is even known to joke with friends referring to himself as "Crono".<ref name="rollingstone" /> In a radio interview with <eod>
<sod>The Irish rock band [[U2]] has been another important influence on Martin both musically and politically.<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite web|title=The Immortals: The First Fifty|work=Rolling Stone Issue 946|publisher=Rolling Stone|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5940051/the_immortals__the_greatest_artists_of_all_time_22_u2 |accessdate=21 December 2006}}</ref> Martin wrote for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" on the band,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/|title=100 Greatest Artists of All Time|accessdate=22 March 2009|work=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> saying: "I don't buy weekend tickets to Ireland and hang out in front of their gates, but U2 are the only band whose entire catalogue I know by heart. The first song on ''[[The Unforgettable Fire]]'', "[[A Sort of Homecoming (U2 song)|A Sort of Homecoming]]", I know backward and forward – it's so rousing, brilliant, and beautiful. It's one of the first songs I played to my unborn baby." Martin also comments on [[Bono]]'s effect on his own charity and political involvement he is even known to joke with friends referring to himself as "Crono".<ref name="rollingstone" /> In a radio interview with <eod>