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Adam Charles Clayton (born 13 March 1960) is an English-born Irish musician best known as the bass guitarist of the Irish 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". His work on ''No Line on the Horizon'' has been cited as his best bass playing.〔 He has worked on several solo projects throughout his career, such as his work with fellow band member Larry Mullen, Jr. on the theme of 1996's ''Mission: Impossible''.〔 Clayton, as a part of U2, has won 22 Grammy awards. ==Early life== Adam Charles Clayton is the oldest child of Brian and Jo Clayton, born on 13 March 1960 in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England. His father was an RAF pilot and then he moved into civil aviation; his mother moonlighted as a stewardess.〔 When Clayton was 4 years old, his father found work in Kenya flying for East African Airways.〔 The entire family was based in Nairobi—Clayton recalls this as the happiest period from his childhood years.〔 In 1965, the family moved to Malahide, County Dublin in Ireland, where Clayton's brother Sebastian was born.〔〔 The Clayton family became friends with the Evans family, with their sons Dik and Dave ("The Edge") who, along with Clayton, would later form the band Feedback, which eventually became U2. At the age of 8, Clayton was sent to a boarding school called Castlepark, in Dalkey.〔 Clayton did not respond well to boarding school.〔 He was not sports orientated or social, and although he was keen on music, the students were not allowed to listen to pop music or watch television.〔 As a result, Clayton joined the Gramphone Society, which met to listen to classical music. He also took piano lessons for a short time before quitting.〔 Clayton's early introduction to music was at the age of ten, listening to rock operas like ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' and ''Hair'', and things that were midway between classical and popular music.〔 Clayton changed schools when he was 13, joining St. Columba's College in Rathfarnham. He befriended people who used to listen the music that was popular at that time: The Who, The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, Carole King and others. Clayton bought a £5 acoustic guitar from a junk-shop near the Dublin quays that he used to start learning chords and songs.〔 One of his friends persuaded him to form a band in which he would play the electric guitar and Clayton would play bass guitar. His parents bought him a bass guitar at the age of 15 with the promise that he would commit himself to the instrument.〔 He later changed school to Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, where he met bandmates Paul "Bono" Hewson and Larry Mullen Jr., and was reunited with his boyhood friend Dave "The Edge" Evans. Mullen had posted an advertisement on the school bulletin board for musicians to form a band with him; Clayton showed up at the first practice, which also included the Evans brothers, Bono, Ivan McCormick, and Peter Martin, who were two of Mullen's friends. McCormick and Martin left the band soon after its inception. While the band was a five-piece (consisting of Bono, The Edge, Mullen, Dik Evans, and Clayton), it was known as Feedback. The name was subsequently changed to The Hype, but changed to "U2" soon after Dik left the band. Clayton also served as the band's first manager before Paul McGuinness, a more experienced manager, was hired after Clayton had left school.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adam Clayton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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