Neil McCormick

Talented people with excessive ambitions and tough-minded always make me delight. And the hottest British music critic was no exception. And where did it all begin? With the film "Killing Bono", based on the book-McCormick's autobiography.





Based on the simple logical conclusions, we can see that every picture appear very real «U2» and a real character like Bono, and the Nile is not a fictional person. I do not know that the film is "to finish," the author, but a large part - the truth. And not to be unfounded, I will be guided by the facts.

Neil McCormick was born in 1961. The school years passed Nile in Dublin (Ireland). It was really best friends future brethren «U2». And when all honest company began its triumphant march on top of the world charts, Neil was actively engaged in musical creativity. He was replaced by more than one team: «Frankie Corpse & The Undertakers» (1978), «The Modulators» (1978-79 gg.):



«Yeah! Yeah!» (1980-83 gg.)





and the most famous «Shook Up»! (1984-89.).











Critics loved it, and record companies - no. Music McCormick received high marks. But in the end it does not give, because none of the rock band of the Nile could not unwind properly. As a result, spent years in the music did not bring their fruits, and Neil has successfully redirected its efforts in journalism.



That's where it awaited glory! Today McCormick leads his column in «The Daily Telegraph», he is a frequent guest on television and radio, and is a specialist in a particular part of the music industry to BBC News. McCormick worked for such publications as «Marie Claire», «Q Magazine», «Hot Press», «the Observer», «the Sunday Times», «the Irish Independent».



Rumor has it that McCormick was a direct participant «U2» and the first to quit the band. However, this fact is not confirmed anywhere.



Reading the reviews of the movie "Killing Bono" I was just amazed why everything is actively Neil Coster and consider it a failure ?! Well, he did not turn tail and ran to ask school friend for help. Personally, I'm delighted phrase in response to an invitation to perform as the opening act Bono «U2»: «... this success was given to us is not easy, so we'll play better 5 hundreds of their fans than your 5000". I do not know whether there was a phrase in reality, not just a movie, but I have a feeling that this whole McCormick. Who the hell out of all of those who condemned him for "stupidity" could be with so many calving move on to their dreams, while not changing its principles ?! After all, if you look, a little of whose work the rich and famous can be called qualitative, and even art and even more so. As for me, the difference in the quality of music «Shook Up» and «U2» no special, but the last - rock star with a worldwide reputation, and that «Shook Up» existed at all, most learned thanks to the film adaptation of the book of the Nile. Fortuna, gentlemen, lady capricious.

The brothers Neil and Ivan McCormick







Speaking of the book. I can not in this case does not pay tribute to McCormick -So way about him as a musician is now recognized throughout the world. Autobiography called «I Was Bono's Doppelganger» - «I was a ghostly counterpart Bono" (in the United States came under the heading of «Killing Bono»). I do not read yet, unfortunately, but considering that the master of the pen written, I think that standing.

Bono and his doppelgenger 2003



















And it does not only work on the musical and literary career. In 2007, all sales records broken book «U2 By U2», supposedly written by group members currently. Ha! The actual author is McCormick, especially given its brilliant writing. But on the cover of his name does not appear.





But Neil would not be a, if break with music. In parallel with the journalistic activity McCormick went on to compose music under the pseudonym The Ghost Who Walks (Wandering Ghost). Among his pokolonnikov was ... Mel Gibson, who turned on the composition Ghost «Harm's way» the collection «Songs Inspired By The Passion Of The Christ» along with the songs of Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan.


Now sometimes recalls Neil young and middle-aged rockers gang have «Groovy Dad» occasionally acts in London.
Here is a person, do not say anything!