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...Bono and the rest of U2 have been big rock stars for decades, but when they first appeared on TIME's cover, many Americans were hearing about them, and their origins, for the first time. Here's how the band got together...
...seven Mount Temple students appeared in the Mullen kitchen. "Some people could play," Mullen remembers. "The Edge could play. Adam [Clayton] just looked great. Big bushy hair, long caftan coat, bass guitar and amp. He talked like he could play, used all the right words, like 'gig.' Then Bono arrived, and he meant to play the guitar, but he couldn't play very well, so he started to sing. He couldn't do that either. But he was such a charismatic character that he was in the band anyway, as soon as he arrived. I was in charge...
JOSH TYRANGIEL WROTE OUR COVER STORY ON BONO (BEING PHOTOGRAPHED HERE BY SAM JONES), THE MULTITASKING ROCK MUSICIAN. Reporting on Bono means that you get to visit a variety of universes. In New York City you accompany the noted social activist Bono at the World Economic Forum to discuss globalization nonstop. Then in New Orleans you are hanging with the global rock star Bono at the Super Bowl, a nonstop party. I love Keynesians as much as the next guy, but New Orleans and U2 is tough to beat. As the band members made their way from the field...
Call me a fan, but Bono stands out. In the past three years, in talking to politicians, aid workers, activists and United Nations and development-bank officials, I have never heard a single suggestion that the U2 singer was involved with the plight of the world's poor for anything other than genuine concern. In part that's because he has convinced the professionals that he does his homework. It's one thing to hear celebrities talk about "doing something" for a cause. It's quite another to hear a rock star give a lecture on "HIPC conditionality," the terms...
Sachs also noted that retiring Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) recently promised to focus on the issue of global AIDS during his last year in the Senate after hearing Bono speak on the topic...