Richard "Dik" G. (also "Dick") Evans is a musician. He is the brother of David "The Edge" Evans, guitarist for rock band U2. The Evans brothers both played guitar in the initial line-up of the band, known as The Hype, sharing their homemade guitar.
Their first guitar was an old acoustic that their mother bought at a local flea market for only a few pounds. Dave Evans said in 1982 of this early experimentation, "I suppose the first link in the chain was a visit to the local jumble sale where I purchased a guitar for a pound. That was my first instrument. It was an acoustic guitar and me and my elder brother Dik both played it, plonking away, all very rudimentary stuff, open chords and all that."
The Hype had come to an agreement that there was no need for three guitarists (the Evans brothers and Bono at the time). They felt that as a unit a four-piece operated better. Together, they played one final gig, first as The Hype, then returning without Dik as U2. Dik reportedly left after a Hype gig to concentrate on academia.
He later joined fellow Dublin scenesters The Virgin Prunes and was also a member of The Screech Owls.
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