The guitarist, in a gray hoodie and his ever-present beanie, spoke prosaically and held his cards close to the vest. In separate Zoom interviews - Bono, 62, from his Los Angeles hotel and the Edge, 61, from his Malibu home - some personality differences were obvious. revisit 40 of their previous songs, as far back as their debut album, and not only strip down the arrangements, but in several cases revise the lyrics as well. They’ve never settled for big when they could aim for huge and epic.īono’s memoir also inspired a new album, “Songs of Surrender,” to be released on Friday, on which U2 - Bono, guitarist the Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. “I’ve written a book with a title I’ve yet to fathom or properly grasp,” U2 singer Bono inscribed on the title page in my copy of his recent memoir, “ Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.” U2’s long, blockbuster career - 14 studio albums that have sold 170 million copies worldwide, plus 22 Grammys - is rooted in a similar quixotic ideal of trying to fathom big topics like love, faith and community.įrom their origins as a guileless, almost emo Irish post-punk band to their mulleted mainstream success in the late ’80s through their subsequent decades as stalwart rock elders who can sell out stadiums, they’ve asked questions of us and themselves, then rejected the answers in favor of more questions.

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