Adam Clayton

Adam Charles Clayton (born March 13, 1960 in Chinnor, Oxford, England), is the British bass player for the Irish rock band, U2. Often refered by Bono as the poshest member of the band, Adam is well known for his bass playing on songs like Where the Streets Have No Name, New Years Day, and With or Without You.

Music

In 1983 Adam made a rare singing appearance on "Endless Deep", a b-side to U2s "Sunday Bloody Sunday" single.

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Adam and Bono, lead singer of U2, contributed to the 1984 African famine charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?." Adam played bass.

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Bono - Do They Know It's Christmas?

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On the 1995 album Original Soundtracks No. 1, Adam can be heard speaking the last verse on the song "Your Blue Room".

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In 1996 Adam co-arranged, and spoke on, "Tomorrow ('96 Version)", a rerecording of a U2 song originally featured on the "October" album.

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Adam was winner of the Best Bassist award in the Orville H. Gibson Guitar Award in both 2001 and 2002.

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Though he is the bass player for one of the biggest bands in the world, Clayton did not have any formal music training until 1996.

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