Adam Clayton

About

Bass player for Irish rock band U2, the group known for hits like "Pride (In the Name of Love," "Vertigo," and "Sunday Bloody Sunday."

Before Fame

He formed a band using his school's bulletin board.

Trivia

His bass playing on the album No Line on the Horizon is considered exceptional.

Family Life

He began dating British supermodel Naomi Campbell in the early 1990s. He got engaged to Suzanne "Susie" Smith, the former assistant to Paul McGuinness, in 2006 but they split up before getting married. He then got married to Mariana Teixeira De Carvalho in 2013.

Associated With

He went to school in Dublin, where he met bandmate Bono.

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