Editing Adam Clayton (section)

==Musical career==
=== U2 ===
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[[File:Adam Clayton performing on Unforgettable Fire Tour in Sydney 09-09-1984.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Clayton performing with U2 in September 1984]]
In September 1976, Mullen put an advert onto the school's bulletin board seeking other musicians to form a band; Clayton showed up for the first meeting and practice, as did the Edge with his older brother [[Dik Evans|Richard Evans ("Dik")]], Bono, and Mullen's friends Ivan McCormick and Peter Martin, who both left the band soon after its inception.<ref name="mcc40"/>

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 Evans left.<ref name="bio1">{{cite web |url=http://www.atu2.com/band/bio.html |title=U2 Biography from @U2 |access-date=10 September 2007 |last=McGee |first=Matt| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070917034205/http://www.atu2.com/band/bio.html| archive-date= 17 September 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> Clayton stood in as the nearest thing that the band had to a manager in its early life, handing over the duties to [[Paul McGuinness]] in May 1978.<ref>McCormick (2006), pp. 52–56, 59–62</ref> In 1981, around the time of U2's second, spiritually charged album, ''[[October (U2 album)|October]]'', a rift occurred between Clayton and McGuinness, and the three other band members. Bono, The Edge, and Mullen had joined a Christian group, and were questioning the compatibility of rock music with their spirituality.<ref name="bio1" /> However, Clayton, with his more ambiguous religious views, was less concerned, and so was more of an outsider.

In 1995, after the [[Zoo TV Tour]] and ''[[Zooropa]]'' album, Clayton went to New York with bandmate Mullen to receive formal training in the bass; until then, Clayton had been entirely self-taught.<ref name="book2" /> During that period, Clayton worked on U2's experimental album, released under the [[pseudonym]] "Passengers", entitled ''[[Original Soundtracks 1]]''. That album features one of the few instances where Clayton has appeared as a vocalist; he spoke the last verse of "[[Your Blue Room]]", the album's second single. Prior to this Clayton had only provided live backing vocals to tracks such as "[[Out of Control (U2 song)|Out of Control]]", "[[I Will Follow]]", "[[Twilight (U2 song)|Twilight]]", and "[[Bullet the Blue Sky]]". Since the 1997 [[PopMart Tour]], Clayton has not sung live in any capacity for the band.<ref name="rs">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/u2/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110619060444/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/u2/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 June 2011 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|title=U2: Biography |access-date=1 January 2011}}</ref>

===Other projects===
Clayton has worked on several side projects throughout his career. He played (along with the other members of U2) on [[Robbie Robertson]]'s [[Robbie Robertson (album)|self-titled album]] from 1987, and has also performed with [[Maria McKee]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theband.hiof.no/albums/robbie_robertson.html |author=theband.hiof.no|publisher=theband.hiof.no|title=Robbie Robertson:Robbie Robertson |access-date=8 September 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070905135457/http://theband.hiof.no/albums/robbie_robertson.html| archive-date= 5 September 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.u2boy.nl/u2/u2_biography.php?id=u2_adam_clayton_bio|author=u2boy.n|publisher=u2boy.n|title=U2 Biography: Adam Clayton|access-date=8 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210172325/http://www.u2boy.nl/u2/u2_biography.php?id=u2_adam_clayton_bio|archive-date=10 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Clayton joined U2 producer [[Daniel Lanois]] and bandmate [[Larry Mullen Jr.]] on Lanois's 1989 album ''[[Acadie (album)|Acadie]]'', playing the bass on the songs "Still Water" and "Jolie Louise".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/coll25a.html |publisher=U2wanderer.com|author=U2wanderer.com|title=Acadie Album (Daniel Lanois) |access-date=8 September 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070804163505/http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/coll25a.html| archive-date= 4 August 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> Clayton played on [[Sharon Shannon]]'s song "The Marguerita Suite" from her self-titled debut album, which was released in October 1991.<ref>McGee (2008), p. 138</ref> In 1994, Clayton played bass alongside Mullen on [[Nanci Griffith]]'s album ''[[Flyer (album)|Flyer]]'', appearing on the songs "These Days in an Open Book", "Don't Forget About Me", "On Grafton Street" and "This Heart".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nancigriffith/albums/album/186920/review/5943520/flyer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017000337/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nancigriffith/albums/album/186920/review/5943520/flyer |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 October 2007 |title=Flyer review from Rolling Stone |access-date=8 September 2007 |last=Galvin |first=Peter |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] }}</ref>

Clayton and Mullen contributed to [[Mission: Impossible (soundtrack)|the soundtrack]] of the 1996 film ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]'', which included reworking the "[[Theme from Mission: Impossible|Theme from ''Mission: Impossible'']]", whose time signature was changed from the original {{music|time|5|4}} time signature to an easier and more danceable [[Time signature#Compound time signatures|{{music|time|4|4}} time signature]]. The song reached number&nbsp;8 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot&nbsp;100]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-QsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA25|magazine=Billboard|author=Flick, Larry|title=Mission: Impossible Theme Mixes Suspense, Funk|date=27 April 1996|volume=108|issue=17|page=25|access-date=8 September 2007}}</ref> and was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pumpkins a smash with 7 Grammy nominations|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|first=Greg|last=Kot|author-link=Greg Kot|date=8 January 1997|at=sec. 1, p. 4}}</ref> Clayton was also featured on [[Steven Van Zandt]]'s 1999 album ''[[Born Again Savage]]''.