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A review by ericschlipf
U2: At the End of the World by Bill Flanagan, Bill Flanigan
5.0
In telling the story of 1990-1994, Flanagan also dives into all of U2’s past, putting appropriate time in all eras of the band. I’ve read U2 by U2, and Bono’s “in conversation” biography, and I prefer this one to both of those. Flanagan provides a generally positively-focused portrait of the band that is honest about their flaws without being too gushy about their more admirable parts.
Flanagan describes scenes that, if the band were to describe, would come across as too arrogant or self-aggrandizing. Hearing an outsiders perspective gives the book a bit of arms-reach honesty that is compelling and refreshing.
I’ve never read a rock biography that captures what the day to day is like for the subject so well, in this case in the context of the Zoo TV tour.
Flanagan describes scenes that, if the band were to describe, would come across as too arrogant or self-aggrandizing. Hearing an outsiders perspective gives the book a bit of arms-reach honesty that is compelling and refreshing.
I’ve never read a rock biography that captures what the day to day is like for the subject so well, in this case in the context of the Zoo TV tour.