isabelle_guns
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The title says it all. What ever happened to the boy on the U2 CD cover? Better yet, who was that Boy?
What happened to the kid on the Boy cover
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4. Who's the boy on the cover of Boy and War?
His name is Peter Rowan. He was a kid who lived across the street in front of Bono's house in Dublin. He's the brother of Derek "Guggi" Rowan, and Strongman - both of which were in the Virgin Prunes. Peter later became skate-board champion of Ireland, works in a skate-board shop and has also had various acting parts, notably in The Commitments and The Snapper. In The Commitments, Peter plays the kid who wants to audition for Jimmy's band, and is carrying a skateboard in his arms as he yells to Jimmy from the street below. More recently, Peter was one of the pallbearers at the funeral of Bono's father, Bob, who died August 21, 2001. (He joined Bono, Edge, Larry, Guggi, and Bono's brother Norman as pallbearers.) [SL, Ge, CB, M2, PC]
http://www.u2faqs.com/history/a.html#4
His name is Peter Rowan. He was a kid who lived across the street in front of Bono's house in Dublin. He's the brother of Derek "Guggi" Rowan, and Strongman - both of which were in the Virgin Prunes. Peter later became skate-board champion of Ireland, works in a skate-board shop and has also had various acting parts, notably in The Commitments and The Snapper. In The Commitments, Peter plays the kid who wants to audition for Jimmy's band, and is carrying a skateboard in his arms as he yells to Jimmy from the street below. More recently, Peter was one of the pallbearers at the funeral of Bono's father, Bob, who died August 21, 2001. (He joined Bono, Edge, Larry, Guggi, and Bono's brother Norman as pallbearers.) [SL, Ge, CB, M2, PC]
http://www.u2faqs.com/history/a.html#4
Queen Bee
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There's website dedicated to him here: http://www.angelfire.com/80s/u2war/
It's pretty outdated since it was last updated sometime in 1998. However, there are a couple of pictures of what he looks like today there.
It's pretty outdated since it was last updated sometime in 1998. However, there are a couple of pictures of what he looks like today there.
Muggsy
Refugee
oh my.. this pic is beautiful!
Moonlit_Angel
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neutral said:
A little off topic here, but I find that rather touching, his friends helping him with that task.
Just wanted to say that. Carry on with the discussion at hand.
.Angela
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isabelle_guns
Refugee
Damn that irish man looks hot. Turned out to be a looker. The photo of him and Bono when he was younger is just darling.
BVS
Blue Crack Supplier
Why exactly did the American version not have this photo? Did it have something to do with looking too child pornish, that's what I always assumed but never really researched.
Popmartijn
Blue Crack Supplier
BonoVoxSupastar said:
Indeed, that was the reason they used a different cover in the USA.
Moonlit_Angel
Blue Crack Addict
I actually found the version of Boy with the original cover here in my town last year, which surprised me.
Angela
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isabelle_guns
Refugee
how much would the original cover album be?
biff
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Thanks. I had always wondered who the 6th pallbearer was. I was able to recognize everyone else in the news photos, but not him. I wonder what determined the choice of pallbearers? Given the way they carry the casket in Ireland, on the shoulders, my first guess would be height. (You wouldn't want anyone significantly taller than the others, hence no Gavin.)
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celia
New Yorker
cool, Havent seen some of those pictures before.
The Sage
War Child
BonoVoxSupastar said:
Political correctness gone mad...
not too much. any place with imports would probably have it. if not, i know amazon's got it.isabelle_guns said:
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