U2 by U2
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Author: U2, Neil McCormick
List Price: $39.95
Pages: 352
Publisher: HarperEntertainment
ISBN: 0060776757
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In 1975, four teenagers from
Mount Temple School in Dublin gathered in a crowded kitchen to
discuss forming a band. The drum kit just about fit into the room,
the lead guitarist was playing a homemade guitar, the bassist could
barely play at all and nobody wanted to sing. Over thirty years
later, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. are still
together, bound by intense loyalty, passionate idealism and a
relentless belief in the power of rock and roll to change the world.
In a epic journey that has taken them from the clubs of
Dublin to the stadiums of the world, U2 have sold over 130 million
albums, been number one all over the world, revolutionized live
performance, spearheaded political campaigns and made music that
defines the age we live in.
From the anarchic days of their Seventies punk origins through
their Eighties ascent to superstardom with the epic rock of The
Joshua Tree, the dark post-modern ironies of Achtung Baby in the
Nineties and their 21st-Century resurgence as rock's biggest and
boldest band, this is a tale of faith, love, drama, family, birth,
death, survival, conflict, crises, creativity . . . and a lot of
laughter.
Told with wit, insight and astonishing candour by the band
themselves and manager Paul McGuinness, with pictures from their own
archives, U2 by U2 allows unprecedented access into the inner life
of the greatest rock band of our times.
About AuthorU2 is
one of the most successful and innovative groups of the last two
decades. The members are Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry
Mullen Jr. Together, they have sold more than 100 million records
around the globe and are consistently featured in the best albums of
all time. They are also involved in many charities including Amnesty
International, Greenpeace, Drop the Debt, and the Chernobyl
Children's Project.
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