U2 by U2
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| Author | Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr. with Neil McCormick |
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| Country | England |
| Subject | Autobiography |
| Published | 2005 (HarperCollins) |
| Pages | 345 |
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| OCLC | 156786741 |
U2 by U2 is an autobiography written by the members of Irish rock band U2 and first published in London by HarperCollins in 2005. Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. collaborated with their friend Neil McCormick, a staff music writer for The Daily Telegraph to write the only authorized biography of the band. It portrays the story of U2 in their own words and pictures.
U2 by U2 was inspired by The Beatles Anthology, a book released in October 2000 as part of The Beatles Anthology film project.
The book took over two years to complete and features more than 1,500 photographs taken from U2's personal archives, depicting the evolution from their early days in Dublin in 1978, to achieving rock superstar status. More than 150 hours of interviews were conducted by journalist Neil McCormick with singer Bono, guitarist The Edge, bassist Adam Clayton, drummer Larry Mullen Jr., and manager Paul McGuinness.
"We felt it was important to get the story on record, but that's not to say we're not going to go on a good many more years […] [t]his is the story thus far."
U2 by U2 is an oral history created by Neil McCormick with the band, an in depth look at U2 with more than 150 hours of interviews from the 1970s on. This large heavy book describes the band started by four teenagers in 1976, and is the first book by the entire band written in their own words. The focus of the book is their music, their relationships and the growth of the band throughout the years, and is told by the band members themselves and their manager, Paul McGuinness, each tell their own account of a specific event. It is organized chronologically, beginning with childhood stories that continue through the Vertigo tour. McCormick, author and friend, helped the band to compile hundreds of vivid and colorful, never before published photographs, depicting the many era's and stages the band went through to get where they are today. The book, as stated by Trent McMartin in his review of the book for UnRated Magazine, does not contain stories of overindulgence, infidelity, and indecency. McMartin also found very interesting those parts that discuss the early years of U2 as the band struggled with young age, spirituality, rejection, and turmoil at home.
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