Description: *This book is fitted with a custom-made, removable, heavy duty crystal clear protective sleeve* Illustrated with black and white photographs. With index. It is probably true to say that, over the last decade, U2 have been one of the very few bands that have really advanced the cause of rock music as a valid form of popular culture, carrying the torch lit in the 1960s by the likes of Lennon and Hendrix. In A CONSPIRACY OF HOPE U2 now have more than just a simple linear biography. The book will also look at the band's creative output in a broader light, tracing the prevailing conditons which shaped their music at each stage and analysing some of the inherent contradictions and frictions which motivate their songwriting. Featuring exhaustive research and extensive interview material, the book will chronicle U2's journey to date in a musical, political and social context, and will consider the future, giving a wider vision of the work the band have done and what they have yet to do. For a band that's dangerous because it's honest, there's always more work to do.

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Binding: Hardcover