Edge was born in Barking, Essex in 1961. When he was 2 he and his family moved to Dublin. He was brought up there and over the years became a musician. He learned how to play the guitar and the piano. In 1978 he became the guitarist and keyboardist of U2. He is still in the group who have conquered the world for 20 years.


Guitarist, keyboardist and sometimes the songwriter of U2. His bandmates are Bono, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.. Although U2 as a band are Irish, The Edge is of Welsh decendancy, his parents hailing from the South Wales town of Llanelli. Moved to Ireland when he was just a year old, with his parents and his older brother Richard. Co-wrote (with Bono) the theme song to GoldenEye (1995), performed by Tina Turner. [1995] Owns a home in Malibu, California.