I like U2
Larry Mullen has some great beats / patterns, some stuff I don't hear anywhere else
Adam Clayton... same thing, great bass lines (and U2 is a bass heavy band, production-wise)
Edge? Who cares about his "technical skills". He's one of the best at what he's doing; creating sonic textures
That being said, I also lost interest in them after ATYCLB, the album was very good, but they stopped trying and got in a boring comfort zone (and became ultra commercialized). At least they were putting on a good show back then. Now they're just old / tired / bored.
You want to see what a great performance of Bullet The Blue Sky is? Watch this one from ZooTV (with guitar solo, too).
ZooTV is probably the best show I've ever seen (live or on tape) by the way