Adam Clayton
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Clayton playing in Charlottesville, Virginia on 1 October 2009
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| Background information | |
| Born |
13 March 1960 Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England, UK |
| Genres | Rock, alternative rock, post-punk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
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| Years active | 1976–present |
| Labels | Island, Interscope |
| Associated acts | |
| Website | u2 |
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Fender Precision Bass Fender Jazz Bass Warwick basses Gibson Thunderbird |
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Adam Charles Clayton (born 13 March 1960) is an Irish musician best known as the bass guitarist of the rock band U2. He has resided in County Dublin since the time his family moved to Malahide when he was five years old in 1965. Clayton is well known for his bass playing on songs such as "Gloria", "New Year's Day", "Bullet the Blue Sky", "With or Without You", "Mysterious Ways", "Get on Your Boots", and "Magnificent". He has worked on several solo projects throughout his career, such as his work with fellow band member Larry Mullen, Jr. on the 1996 version of the "Theme from Mission: Impossible". Clayton, as a part of U2, has won 22 Grammy Awards.
Adam Charles Clayton is the oldest child of Brian and Jo Clayton, born on 13 March 1960 in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England. His father was a pilot with the Royal Air Force, who moved into civil aviation, and his mother was a former airline stewardess. When he was 4 years old his father worked in Kenya as a pilot with East African Airways, the family being resident in Nairobi (Clayton regards this as the happiest period of his childhood). In 1965 the family moved to Malahide, County Dublin in the Republic of Ireland, where Clayton's brother Sebastian was born. The Clayton family became friends with the Evans family (including their son David Evans, who would later become a fellow band-member with Clayton in U2).
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