Bono: Larry [Mullen] is going to kill me for doing this. But I
want this on the record. Are you going to turn this thing on?
Your vision of what rock is, and mine, is 180 degrees apart.
Some of what is going around as a result of your article is not
just unhelpful to our group and our relationship to our
audience, but just really problematic for what in the broad
sense you might call rock music. The things you think are wrong
with it, and the things that I think are wrong with rock music,
are polar opposite. And that's why I need to talk to you.  Kot:
I understand. Let me tell you how the article came about. I
should say that you're an important band for my generation. A
band that led by example: This is how to do it, how to be a
successful band without compromising your principles. But when
the ticket sale went wrong this year, I got hundreds of e-mails
from fans who felt you'd let them down, that their loyalty was
betrayed.  Bono: Everybody in this band knows about that
debacle, and regrets it. I think most