This book traces U2's incredible ascent from a young fledgling Irish band on its first tour of America in 1980 to one of the world's biggest groups. As a free-lance writer and disc jockey and Music Director with Boston's WBCN-FM, Carter Alan traveled extensively with U2 and conducted many interviews which form the basis of this unique and personal story. Originally printed in 1992 by Faber and Faber, "Outside is America" was updated in '97 as "The Road to Pop." After selling out of several editions, "Outside is America" has been out of print. This new 2009 version adds fresh interview...

Blaring the Cream anthem "I Feel Free," WBCN went on the air in March 1968 as an experiment in free-form rock on the fledgling FM radio band. It broadcast its final song, Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," in August 2009. In between, WBCN became the musical, cultural, and political voice of the young people of Boston and New England, sustaining a vibrant local music scene that launched such artists as the J. Geils Band, Aerosmith, James Taylor, Boston, the Cars, and the Dropkick Murphys, as well as paving the way for Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, U2, and many others. Along the way,...