U2 by U2
By: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Jr., with Neil McCormick.
Contributors: McCormick, Neil, 1961-
Edition: 1st U.S. edition
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780007196685; 9780060776756
Subjects: U2 (Musical group); Rock musicians -- Ireland -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: In 1975, four teenagers gathered in a kitchen in Dublin to discuss forming a band. The drum kit just about fit into the room, the lead guitarist had a homemade guitar, the bassist could barely play at all and nobody wanted to sing. Over thirty years later, they are still together, bound by intense loyalty, passionate idealism and a relentless belief in the power of rock and roll to change the world. U2 have sold over 130 million albums, revolutionized live performance all over the world, 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, the dark post-modern ironies of 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.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.