![]() I’m interested in what drives the desire for fame, what aspect of the psyche or the make-up of a family lies behind it, and is it really a healthy thing? It’s dealing with serious issues but in a fun way. Which is something I know a bit about myself. It’s just an excuse to write about stuff that I’m interested in which is pop, fame and the thirst for glory that we have in our society. It’s the story of a pop star on a big promo weekend having a crisis about whether he really wants to be famous. Neil is about to release his fiction debut #Zero, which he describes as the story of “a pop star on the verge of a nervous breakdown.” Mark Millar recently caught up with Neil to find out more. Neil collaborated on U2’s autobiography, U2 By U2 (Harper Collins, 2005) ![]() A film of Killing Bono was released by Paramount in 2011. His musical misadventures are laid out in painful detail in his memoir Killing Bono (originally published by Penguin in 2003 as I Was Bono’s Doppelganger). Neil attended Mount Temple Comprehensive in Dublin with members of U2 and was a singer in several bands, including Frankie Corpse & The Undertakers (1978), The Modulators (1979), Yeah! Yeah! (1980-83) and Shook Up! (1984-89). ![]() None of this, however, remotely compensates for being a failed rock star, haunted by witnessing his friend Bono rise to global superstardom. ![]() He is an author, radio pundit and television presenter, with his own music weekly interview show Neil McCormick’s Needle Time broadcast on Vintage TV. Neil McCormick is the Daily Telegraph’s chief pop and rock music critic. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |