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THE EDGE

Edge was born David Howell Evans in East London on 8th August 1961 to Garvin and Gwenda Evans. He has one sister (Jill) and one brother, Dik, who was also a member of the early incarnation of U2 before leaving to join the Virgin Prunes. Having moved to Ireland while David was still at school, the Evans family settled in St. Mary Park Road, Malahide - an affluent area north of Dublin. It was while there that he attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School and met the rest of the band.

Many theories exist concerning how Edge came to get that name. Some say that it was due to his 'edgy' style of playing guitar, while others say it was because he rarely became fully involved in things, preferring instead to remain 'on the edge'.

Edge learned guitar mainly by playing over records that the rest of the band supplied him with. Rory Gallagher and Tom Verlaine were early influences, although the fledgling U2 covered anything from The Moody Blues to The Sex Pistols - in fact it was the realisation that they were not a good cover band that forced them to write their own material and become good. Edge developed a distinctive style that he described as "doing the work of two", as he liked to fill every spare moment with guitar. He has always seen himself as the opposite of the stereotypical guitar hero, preferring instead to think of himself as someone who communicates something meaningful through his music in a way that means something to the listener.

On leaving school, Edge was torn between pursuing his career with the band and going to university to become a doctor. However, medicine's loss was music's gain, and Edge's career with U2 was settled.

In 1983, Edge married Aislinn O'Sullivan, and they had 3 daughters together - Hollie, Arun, and Blue Angel. The couple separated in 1990 though, and were legally divorced 6 years later. Much of the lyrical content of Achtung Baby related to Edge and the break up of his marriage at that time. In 1993 he began dating Morleigh Steinberg, who had been chosen as the belly dancer for part of the ZooTV tour, and in October 1997 they had a daughter, Sian, and 2 years later a son named Levi was born. In June 2002 Edge and Morleigh married first in a civil ceremony in Dublin on the 18th, followed by a Jewish service in Eze-sur-Mer in the south of France on the 23rd. You can see a photo of the day here. The pair also bought a new home next door to Bono and Ali for 10 million Euros.

Edge was at the centre of the missing CD d颡cle in July 2004 when his demo copy of HTDAAB was stolen in the south of France. He felt particularly bad that 2 years' work had gone just like that, especially as the songs were still in an unfinished state. Since the theft however, no songs made their way onto the internet despite the widespread predictions that that would happen.

ADAM CLAYTON

Adam Charles Clayton was born to brian and Jo in Oxfordshire, England on 13th March 1960. At the age of 5 the family moved to Yellow Walls Road in Malahide near Dublin, where sister Sarah and brother Sebastian were born. Adam was sent to St. Columba's boarding school due to the nature of his father's job (RAF pilot) which meant that the family could be called away at very short notice. Adam hated it, and left at age 16 having probably been expelled, at which time he began attending Mount Temple Comprehensive which was located nearby in Malahide (Ireland's first non-denominational, co-educational comprehensive school).

Always a rebellious character, Adam had no interest in schoolwork, much to his parents' dismay. He was known for frequently wearing outrageous clothes or sometimes no clothes at all (!), and knew from an early age that he wanted to be on stage. He was originally in the Max Quad Band (but was fired for not being able to play), and then joined Feedback, where he was the only one to have any experience of being in a band. Before U2 met Paul McGuinness, he took up the role of temporary manager as well as bassist, booking shows and representing the band in early negotiations with CBS Ireland. Bono credited Adam with being the driving force that got the band off the ground in the early days, as his dedication and determination to succeed spurred them all on to make a success of it.

In some ways, Adam is the odd one out in the band. In the early days, he and manager Paul McGuinness were frequently allies, opposing the "born agains" as they referred to Larry, Bono, and Edge. He doesn't share the religious beliefs of the others, and is renowned for his "rock'n'roll lifestyle". He has had several brushes with the law, most notably for drink-driving and drug offences, and once missed a concert in Sydney in 1993 because of extreme drunkenness. On that occassion his roadie Stuart Morgan was able to take his place, but the incident caused friction with the other band members. Fortunately this served as a wake-up call and made him realise that he had to take control of himself. He has been back on track ever since then, thanks in part to the steadying influence of Larry, who spent a year in New York with him working on 'Mission Impossible' among other things.

Despite much publicised relationships with the likes of Naomi Campbell, Adam remains single and has no children. He has most recently been linked with Suzie Smith who is a member of the U2 organisation, but the pair have kept their relationship as private as possible.

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i guess no one likes adam or larry ! xp

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Hey, those two are cool!

Adam and his cigarette of utter coolness and Larry and his stern expression of awesomeness lol