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David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known by his stage name The Edge (or just Edge),〔McCormick (2006), p. 21〕 is a British-born Irish musician and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist of the rock band U2. A member of the group since its inception, he has recorded 13 studio albums with the band as well as one solo record. As a guitarist, the Edge has crafted a minimalistic and textural style of playing. His use of a rhythmic delay effect yields a distinctive ambient, chiming sound that has become a signature of U2's music. The Edge was born in London, England to a Welsh family, and was raised in Ireland after moving there as an infant. In 1976, at Mount Temple Comprehensive School, he formed U2 with his fellow students and his older brother Dik. Inspired by the ethos of punk rock and its basic arrangements, the group began to write its own material. They eventually became one of the most popular acts in popular music, with successful albums such as 1987's ''The Joshua Tree'' and 1991's ''Achtung Baby''. Over the years, the Edge has experimented with various guitar effects and introduced influences from several genres of music into his own style, including American roots music, industrial music, and alternative rock. With U2, the Edge has also played keyboards, co-produced their 1993 record ''Zooropa'', and occasionally contributed lyrics. The Edge met his second and current wife, Morleigh Steinberg, through her collaborations with the band. As a member of U2 and as an individual, the Edge has campaigned for human rights and philanthropic causes. He co-founded Music Rising, a charity to support musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina. He has collaborated with U2 bandmate Bono on several projects, including songs for Roy Orbison and Tina Turner, and the soundtracks to the musical ''Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' and the Royal Shakespeare Company's London stage adaptation of ''A Clockwork Orange''. Several music publications have ranked the Edge among the greatest guitarists of all time. ==Personal life== David Howell Evans was born at the Barking Maternity Hospital,〔Dunphy (1988), p. 70〕 London, England. He is the second child of Welsh parents Garvin and Gwenda Evans.〔 They were from Llanelli, a town in the heart of the industrial South Wales. Garvin was an engineer and worked for the local electricity board and then took a job with the electronics company Plessey. The Edge has an older brother Richard (often called Dick) and a little sister called Gillian.〔 The Evanses lived in Chadwell Heath, London, but some time around 1962, Garvin was offered a promotion, and a transfer. Edge's parents made the decision to leave Chadwell Heath and moved to County Dublin, Republic of Ireland, when Edge was one year old.〔 Growing up, said the Edge in ''U2 by U2'', he had two different accents, one he would use to communicate with his family and the other for his friends: "The reason for this dual identity was mainly to be understood by my peers, but also to be accepted."〔 The Edge attended St Andrew's National School. He received piano and guitar lessons and often performed with his brother Dik Evans before they both answered an advertisement posted by Larry Mullen Jr. at their school, Mount Temple Comprehensive School, seeking musicians to form a band.〔McCormick (2006), pp. 117–120〕 The band accepted both of them. This band went through several incarnations before emerging as U2 in March 1978 (Dik Evans left the band just before the name change).〔 U2 began performing in various venues in Ireland and eventually began developing a following. Their debut album, ''Boy'', was released in 1980. In 1981, leading up to the October Tour, Evans came very close to leaving U2 for religious reasons, but he decided to stay.〔 During this period, he became involved with a group called Shalom Tigers, in which bandmates Bono and Larry Mullen Jr. were also involved.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Edge biography (@U2) )〕 Shortly after deciding to remain with the band, he wrote a piece of music that later became "Sunday Bloody Sunday".〔 The Edge married his secondary school girlfriend Aislinn O'Sullivan on 12 July 1983.〔McCormick (2006), p. 144〕 The couple had three daughters together: Hollie in 1984, Arran in 1985 and Blue Angel in 1989.〔 The couple separated in 1990, but were unable to get officially divorced because of Irish laws regarding marriage annulment; divorce was legalised in 1995 and the couple were legally divorced in 1996.〔 In 1993, the Edge began dating Morleigh Steinberg, a professional dancer and choreographer employed by the band as a belly dancer during the Zoo TV Tour. They had a daughter, Sian (born 1997), and a son, Levi (born 25 October 1999),〔 before marrying on 22 June 2002.〔 The Edge has been criticised for his efforts to build five luxury mansions on a 156-acre plot of land in Malibu, California. The California Coastal Commission voted 8–4 against the plans, with the project described by the commission's executive director, Peter Douglas, as "In 38 years...one of the three worst projects that I've seen in terms of environmental devastation. ... It's a contradiction in terms – you can't be serious about being an environmentalist and pick this location."〔 The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy agreed to remain neutral on the issue following a $1 million donation from The Edge and a commitment from The Edge to designate 100 acres of the land as open space for public footpaths.〔 In 2015, in Vancouver, Canada, for the opener of U2's iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE (U2ie) tour, The Edge fell off the edge of the stage catwalk while performing the encore number "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", suffering some minor cuts and scrapes.〔The Toronto Sun, 15 May 2015: (【引用サイトリンク】title=WATCH: U2's The Edge loses edge, falls off stage during tour opener in Vancouver )〕 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「The Edge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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