Happy Birthday, Larry!
The founder and "baby" of U2 turned 54 today
(Though he clearly hasn't aged a day since 18)
I have been very interested in the interactions and relationships of the members of U2. By the end of September 2016 they will have been together for 40 years. Most interesting to me is the way these men talk about one another. They joke and tease one another and no relationship seems more abrasive than that between Bono and Larry. Truth be told, when you get them to be serious and speak from the heart the reality seems that they may be the closest two in the band.
We all know, particularly with this most recent album and the song 'Iris', that Bono lost his mother at the age of 14. Perhaps less known is that two years later in that first year these four young men are together as a band, Larry's mother died in a car crash. The way Larry speaks of how Bono helped him through shows the strength of their friendship:
"He came around to my house and just said, "Look, I understand what's going on, because it happened to me, and maybe I can help you. And that was --you know, and he, he basically forced me to be in the band. When I say that, I mean, he, he wouldn't let me go.
