Episode Details

I welcome my first guest of this daily podcast challenge, my friend Matt McGee, to mark U2’s 50th anniversary. We speed run the history of U2, the history of atU2, and Matt’s personal journey with and without U2 (see what I did there?).

Audio note: We live-streamed the recording of this on my Twitch and YouTube channel, so if we seem a little more distracted this episode than usual, that’s why.

Links Mentioned in This Episode:

• Matt McGee
• Appeared on ep 105 back in June, 2015 to talk atU2.com
• U2: A Diary by Matt McGee
• Off the Record: The Untold History of atU2.com
• Chris’ Thread post about being in a band with people in high school
• U2’s Discography
• Gang of Youths

Topics:

00:00 Intro
00:25 Meet Matt McGee
01:20 U2 History Speed Run
04:33 Book Updates Reality Check
05:37 Matt + U2
12:02 Silencio First Impressions
15:59 New Album Lolz
19:12 AtU2 Book Status
22:29 Where to find Matt
23:43 Wrap Up

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