Larry Mullen, Jr.
Lawrence " Larry " Joseph Mullen ( born October 31, 1961 in Dublin) is an Irish musician and drummer of the band U2.
Life
Mullen grew up with his two sisters in the Dublin suburb of Artane. The younger died at the age of nine years. Mullen's mother came in 1978 in a car accident. Later Mullen put the Jr. after his name, to prevent his father got the horrendous tax assessments of the Son.
Mullen is in a relationship with his childhood sweetheart Ann Acheson. With her he has three children and lives with his family in Howth near Dublin. He is known for his love of Elvis Presley's music and motorcycles, the Harley-Davidson brand. He supported an avid motorcyclist an advertising campaign of the Irish Transport Authority for safer motorcycling. Mullen is also a big fan of the Irish national football team, for which he 1990 song Put ' em under pressure wrote.
Music
Mullen's parents were of the opinion that it is good for her son when he will learn an instrument. So Mullen got from the age of eight years of piano lessons. However, he quickly realized that playing the drums is much more to him, and so gave him his sister in 1970 his first drum kit.
Mullen began to take lessons, and joined several groups, including the Artane Boys Band and the Band of the General Post Office. Influenced by the military way of playing prevailing there Mullen developed a style appropriate to the music of U2 is characteristic to this day. In 1976, Mullen via an ad on the notice board of Mount Temple School in Dublin other musicians for starting your own band. There were some teenagers in Mullen's kitchen, which all had interest in playing in this band. Finally, Mullen chose five people from Paul David Hewson (aka Bono ), David Howell Evans (aka The Edge ), Adam Clayton and Dik Evans ( Edges older brother). Clayton was selected only because of Mullen because he was so cool and with his bass jargon just so threw around. On the first day the band was named after its founder, The Larry Mullen band. However, this name remained only one day. Even at the next rehearsal, the band was renamed feedback. 1978 rose Dik Evans made from Mullens band and moved to another Dublin band Virgin Prunes. From then on, the band called The Hype - so was born U2 ( U2 the name they were given in 1979 at a demo session ). Mullen has worked with many famous artists, such as BB King, Daniel Lanois, Nanci Griffith, R.E.M. and Johnny Cash. In 1996 he was, along with his band friend Adam Clayton, the main theme to the film Mission: Impossible re-edited. For this, they have won several awards.
Mullen is considered a very meticulous person. The U2 album How to Dismantle to Atomic Bomb was not completed until 2004 because Mullen did not fit the lyrics and therefore delayed the recordings very strong. Mullen is also heavily involved in all that regards the merchandising of U2. It gets nothing in the sale, which was not controlled by it and found to be good.
Film
Mullen plays the role of a thief in his film debut, " Man on the Train" along with Donald Sutherland. The film was made in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada and was released in 2011.
Award
- Golden Globe for Mandela - The Long Walk to Freedom, awarded on January 12, 2014