

And just to rub salt into the wound even more, they decided to turn it into a film, Killing Bono. Neil decided to write a book about how he lived in Bono and the band's shadow, calling it I Was Bono's Doppelganger. Less chance of you knowing who Neil is though. The band became known as U2 and Paul went by the name of Bono. Paul was in a band called The Hype he wasn't really comfortable with the name however, or his own for that matter, so he changed both. Neil and Paul both went to the same school and shared a passion for playing music.

It could be worse, you could have gone to school and hung out with Paul Hewson, just like Neil McCormick did. There's a disease that almost everyone suffers from that manifests itself thus: resenting someone you know who appears to be doing better than yourself.
