Adam Clayton is the bass guitarist with the Irish rock band U2. The award winning musician was a founding member of the famous band. Clayton was, for a time after it was established, the manager of U2.
Adam Charles Clayton was born in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England in 1960. He moved to Kenya with his family in 1964 when he was four years old. A year later the family moved again this time to Ireland and settled in Malahide County Dublin. Clayton received his early education in private schools in Dublin but later attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Clontarf on the north side of the city.
Interested in music from a young age Clayton responded to a notice in Mount Temple looking for musicians to form a band. The band, which came to be called U2, eventually consisted of four members: Paul ‘Bono’ Hewson, Dave ‘The Edge’ Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen who had posted the notice. For a time Clayton served as manager of U2 until Paul McGuinness took over as manager in 1978.
With Clayton as the bass player the band became a top international act and to date have released thirteen studio albums. They have sold over 150 million records worldwide and are ranked one on the best-selling bands in the world. With his band mate Larry Mullen Adam Clayton composed the acclaimed theme music for the movie ‘Mission: Impossible’ starring Tom Cruise. In 1997 the theme music was nominated for the ‘Best Pop Instrumental Performance’ Grammy. To date Adam Clayton has won 22 Grammy Awards with U2.
Adam Clayton, bass guitar player with U2, was born in the year 1960 On This Day.
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