Larry couldn’t stand jazz, and jazz was the reason his dad let him have a drum kit. So-called serious music was never Larry’s bag, and that tells you how Larry became a pop star. By pretending he was going to play jazz. Drummers are born, pop stars are packaged, but rock stars are the self-made members of the species that is Homo erectus show business. I wonder if Larry loves being a rock star more than he will own up to, but I have no doubt that he is the best equipped to play Rock Star in U2. Adam wanted to be one and pulled it off—until it pulled him off his pedestal and he had to get
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