Adam Clayton
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Biography
Adam was born the eldest child of Brian, an airline pilot, and Jo Clayton in 1960. Adam has two siblings - Sarah Jane, and Sebastian.
The family moved to Ireland when Adam was a youngster.
Adam attended St Columbia's as a boarder. He later switched to Mount Temple where he was to meet U2 band mates Bono, The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr.
A music aficionado since his teens, Adam started off as U2 bassist and manager. His name made headlines in August 1989 when he was arrested in Dublin and charged with possession of a small amount of cannabis. He avoided a conviction by making a sizable donation to charity.
Music
In 1983 Adam made a rare singing appearance on "Endless Deep", a b-side to U2s "Sunday Bloody Sunday" single.
Adam and Bono, lead singer of U2, contributed to the 1984 African famine charity single "Do They Know Its Christmas."
On the 1995 album Original Soundtracks No. 1, Adam can be heard speaking the last verse on the song "Your Blue Room".
In 1996 Adam co-arranged, and spoke on, "Tomorrow ('96 Version)", a rerecording of a U2 song originally featured on the "October" album.
Adam was winner of the Best Bassist award in the Orville H. Gibson Guitar Award in both 2001 and 2002.
Though he was the bass player for one of the biggest bands in the world, Clayton did not have any formal music training until 1996.
Solo Projects
Adam played bass on Robbie Robertson 1987 self-titled album. Adam has also contributed to albums by Maria McKee.
Adam Clayton played bass on "Still Water" and "Jolie Louise" on Daniel Lanois 1989 album "Arcadie"
In 1994 Adam contributed to Nanci Griffiths 1994 album "Flyer" on the following songs - "These Days in an Open Book", "Don't Forget About Me", "On Grafton Street" and "This Heart". Larry Mullen Jr also contributed to these songs.
Adam and Larry Mullen Jr recorded soundtrack, including the theme song, for the 1996 remake of the movie Mission: Impossible. In 1997 The "Theme From Mission: Impossible" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Pop Instrumental Performance category.
Quotes
References
Flanagan, Bill (1995)U2 At The End of The World . Delta ISBN 0-385-31157-5
External links
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