Showing posts with label UK rock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UK rock. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Larry Mullen Jr.

Lawrence Joseph Mullen Jr was born on October 31, 1961 in Artane, Dublin, Ireland. His nickname includes Babyface Mullen, he is 5'7''http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611979/bio



Trademark: his very short spiked blonde hair
Trademark:
  • His mother, Maureen Mullen, was killed in a car crash in 1978 just before his 17th birthday
  • Loves Harley Davidson motorcycles
  • Currently resides in New York
  • Before joining U2, he worked as a messenger for a delivery company



Adam Clayton

Adam Charles Clayton was born on March 13, 1960, in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England. His nicknames include Sparky, Madame Clayton, he is 5'10''
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0165651/bio


Trademark: his glasses

Trivia:
  • Designed fashion clothing in the mid-90s
  • Oldest and tallest member of U2 at 5'10''
  • He was the manager of U2 in the beginning



The Edge

David Howell Evans was born on August 8, 1961, in Barking, in Essex, England. He is 5'10'', and he has been married twice. His first wife was Aislinn O'Sullivan, and they married on July 12, 1975, but divorced in 1996, with 3 kids. He's currently married to Morleigh Steinberg and they currently have 2 children
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0857253/bio


Trademark
  • Often wears hats to cover receding hairline
  • Known for distorted, acoustic and digitally processed guitar work
  • Has a wide variety of guitars, but often plays a Gibson Les Paul
  • Also prefers to wear black Chuck Taylor All-Star gymshoes, aka Converses
Trivia
  • 3 kids with Aisling: Hollie, Arran, Blue Angel. 2 kids with Morleigh: Sian and Levi
  • Although U2 is an Irish band, The Edge is of Welsh descent.
  • His nickname The Edge came from the fact that is is always on the edge of things



How odd, even at a wedding, his wedding, he wears a hat!

Bono

Paul David Hewson was born on May 10, 1960, in Dublin, Ireland. His nicknames include Bon, B-Man, Mirrorball Man. He is 5'9'' and has been the lead singer of U2 since 1976. He is currently married to childhood sweetheart Ali Hewson and has been since 1982. They have 4 children, Jordan, Memphis Eve, Elijah Bob, John Abraham
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0095104/bio

OMG!! What a sexy hottie!


Trade mark:
  • Wears goggle-like sunglasses
  • Glasses
  • Religious symbolism in songs
  • Often wears a rosary given to him by Pope John Paul II
  • Songs often include lyrics about politics
  • His Gretsch Irish Falcon guitar
  • His high vocal range
  • He runs around the stage at live concerts
  • Always wears black clothes
Trivia
  • Has written a song with or for Frank Sinatra, Keith Richards, Luciano Pavarotti, Sinead O'Connor, Howie B
  • He and his wife Ali Hewson, along with New York designer Rogan created a fashion line called Edun, which is nude spelled backwards. The proceeds go to developing countries
  • Ranked #17 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists






OMG! What a hottie!!!!!!!!!!

U2

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1277752/bio

  • Started in Dublin, Ireland, in 1976
  • Strong believers in human rights
  • Consists of Bono(lead singer/songwriter), Adam Clayton(bass guitar), Larry Mullen Jr(drums), and The Edge(lead guitar, keyboards, vocals)
  • Been popular since the late 1980s
  • They strongly ID themselves as Christians, except for The Edge and it is obvious in their music, such as songs like I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
  • One of their more popular songs is Sunday Bloody Sunday, which is about all the innocent civilians being murdered during the Irish troubles. They used this song to campaign against the IRA(Irish Republican Army)'s efforts to fuel money into fighting. Eventually the IRA threatened U2 by saying that if they continued using the song, they'd be kidnapped. U2 went ahead anyway
  • Their 1984 album Unforgettable Fire was inspired by paintings of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings
  • At the Live Aid concert in 1985, Bono was there to help raise money and it suprised everyone when Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones showed up and started singing with him. The concert raised money to send to Ethiopia who was suffering a severe drought, and during the concert, Bono went down into the audience.
  • They were the 4th band to appear on the front of Time Magazine, the others were The Beatles, The Band, The Who
  • Have the most Grammy awards, 22
  • The show One Tree Hill is taken from the song One Tree Hill from their album The Joshua Tree