Can U2 be relevant in the current music scene? Can the band’s upcoming album be as popular as U2’s landmark albums of the past? Those are questions that are on not only the minds of U2 fans, but also on Bono’s mind, too.

@U2 staff writer Scott Calhoun recently had the chance to pose those questions to Flood — AKA, Mark Ellis — who’s been working in various capacities on U2 albums since The Joshua Tree. The interview, conducted recently in Flood’s studio,