Giorgio Raffaele Castellino

Gerry Mulligan

The biography of the four Irish musicians and particularly of their leader Bono. Their first steps, the first successes, the growing international celebrity and the undying world-wide fame of one of the greatest rock-bands of all time. But U2 and Bono don’t only mean music; they also mean social and political commitment. Not just a book for the band’s fans but also a book for readers with musical and social interests.
 
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 La biografia dei quattro musicisti irlandesi e in particolare del leader Bono Vox. I primi passi, i primi successi, la crescente notorietà e la consacrata fama internazionale di una delle più grandi rockbands di tutti i tempi. Ma gli U2 e Bono non sono solo musica, sono anche impegno sociale e politico. Un reader non solo per i fans del gruppo, ma per tutti coloro che hanno interessi musicali e civili.

Paul Hewson (Bono)

Lawrence Joseph Mullen (Larry)

David Evans (The Edge)

Adam Clayton (Sparky)

Chapter 1 - The beginning

Extension: Punk and new wave

Chapter 2 - First records and hits

Extension: The Irish question

Chapter 3 - Thumbs up for U2

Extension: Multiple meanings in some of U2’s hits

Chapter 4 - U2 on stage

Extension: Rock groups

Chapter 5 - Standard and innovative tunes

Extension: Dublin

Chapter 6 - Private and public Bono

Extension: Frequently asked questions

Summing-up activities

Glossary

E X T E N S I O N FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 1. Is everyone in the band married? Bono is married to his high-school sweetheart, Alison, whom he married on August 21, 1982. Edge married Aislinn O Sullivan in July, 1983.They separated in the early  90s and divorced in 1996. He married Morleigh Steinberg, the second belly dancer from the Zoo TV tour, on June 18, 2002, in Dublin. Larry is single, but has a longtime girlfriend in Anne Acheson. Their relationship apparently goes back to the late  70s.Adam is also single, but was briefly engaged to supermodel Naomi Campbell in 1993. 2. How many kids do they each have? Bono and Ali have two daughters, Memphis Eve and Jordan, and two sons, Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q (yes, his real name) and John Abraham. Edge has four daughters and a son: daughters Holly, Arran, and Blue Angel with Aislinn; and daughter Sian and a son named Levi with Morleigh Steinberg. Larry and Anne are the proud parents of a son, Aaron Elvis, and a daughter named Ava. They also have a third child, a boy, but his name is not known. 3. How tall is Bono? He s not. 112 

4. Are U2 Christians? In a word: yes. Longer explanation: in the band s early years, it was no secret that Bono, Edge, and Larry were very active in their faith. For a time in the early 80s, the three joined a religious group called Shalom, and struggled for some time to reconcile their beliefs with the rock and roll lifestyle. Songs such as Gloria, 40, and I Still Haven t Found What I m Looking For are very open in their religious and spiritual overtones. In more recent years, Bono has not worn his faith on his sleeve1 as openly as he did in past years. But to examine things such as Zoo TV, the Mirrorball Man, and Macphisto, and to take the lyrics of songs such as Wake Up, Dead Man and others, and draw the conclusion that Bono (and U2) are no longer believers is to completely miss the point. These things were not U2 embracing the dark side, they were U2 exposing the dark side. As Bono often quoted,  Mock the devil and he will flee from thee . The message has not changed over the years  but sometimes it s been a little harder to find. 5. Didn t Adam get arrested for drugs? In August, 1989,Adam was arrested near his Dublin home and charged with2 possession of marijuana and with intent to supply3 marijuana to another person. Less than a month later, he appeared in court4 and admitted to possessing 19 grams of marijuana.The intent-to-supply charge had already been dropped by the State. Under Irish law, the prosecution5 agreed to apply the Probation of Offenders Act, which allows defenders6 to make contributions to charity. Adam agreed to pay £25,000 to the Women s Aid Refuge Centre and there is no mention of this incident on his record. 6. Did Bono really take off his clothes in the middle of a crowded restaurant? This is true. From  Newsday  March 27, 1992:  At a dinner earlier this week at London s celebrity haunt7, Nikita, Bono surprised his 18 dinner guests by removing all his clothes   including his black briefs8   for no apparent reason. The Irish rocker sat naked and acted as if being nude in a crowded restaurant was the most natural thing in the world.  Sometimes people drink vodka and do strange things  Nikita owner Sylvain Borsi told us. But didn t he find Bono s behaviour a bit eccentric, to say the least?  No, he was very nice and very civilized , Borsi said.  I think he just felt more comfortable with nothing on .  1. to wear something on one s sleeve: to make your feelings and emotions obvious rather than hiding them. 2. charged with: accused of. 3. supply: provide, give. 4. court: place where legal matters are decided by a judge. 5. the prosecution: the lawyers in a trial who try to prove that a person is guilty. 6. defender: here, person who defends himself from an accusation. 7. haunt: place often visited. 8. briefs: underpants. 113 

Narrativa inglese, livello B2 intermedio. La biografia dei quattro musicisti irlandesi e in particolare del leader Bono Vox.

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