The genre that Bono called the worst in the world: “The enemy”Every move that Bono has ever made can either be badass or pretentious, depending on who you talk to. Because when you think about it, a lot of U2’s best moments have come from ideas that Bono had before anybody. It might sound painful, but what Bono does isn’t about him trying to suffer for his art. People simply didn’t care about the grandiose side of things, and nowhere was this more evident than prog rock. Despite The Edge having a few favourite prog bands, Bono felt like the genre as a whole was tearing apart what rock and roll was all about, saying, “Progressive rock was the enemy in 1976.